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sleep schedule?
by girliegrl1723, Jun 21, 2007 12:00AM
hey everyone. forgive me if this is a silly question, but i am still adjusting to being a new mom and no one in my circle of friends can really relate quite yet. my little one is 5 months old. he is a good boy. but lately i am really confused about how he is sleeping. from the time he was about 2 months old, maybe even earlier, he would not sleep on his back. i went many sleepless nights wondering why he would only last 20 minutes until i discovered he is a tummy sleeper. *please no judgments* anyway, after i found that out, my life got much easier. i would put him down after his last bottle between 7:30 and 8:00 and he would fall asleep on his own - no problem. he would get up once...maybe twice....just to eat and then go right back to sleep until 7:00 am. well, recently, this is all changing. he will no longer fall asleep on his own, nor will he let me rock him to sleep. the problem is, he started rolling over. but only from tummy to back, he can't go back the other way. so whenever i lay him down, he rolls right over and i have tried leaving him there on his back and he will not go to sleep. he'll hang out for a while, then get frustrated and cry. the other problem is, when i actually get him to sleep, he is getting up more often and, here's the worst part - he is awake for good between 4 and 5 every morning. no matter what i do, he will not go back to sleep until 7 or 8 and thats when i have to go to work. i have tried to keep him up, but he is cranky and ready for bed for 8. he is a good eater. formula. and i recently started solids with him. does anyone have any suggestions on how i can try to regulate his sleep a little more. i don't care if he gets up a million times during the night, i just don't think i can do another 4:00 morning. any help would be much appreciated. thanx and congrats to all you new and soon to be moms out there! <3
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Your baby may be cutting teeth now which is causing the night wakings and/or not tolerating the solids so well.
While you asked for us not to sit in judgement of the tummy sleeping, I don't need to tell you that it's a big no no unless advised by a ped for specific reasons. Nonetheless, if you're already advocating tummy sleeping, then perhaps a wedge may help your baby remain tummy or side sleeping?
as for the tummy sleeping, its not that it was my choice, it was his. he would not sleep any other way and i was fully aware of the "back to sleep" campaign, but when i told my doctor he wouldn't sleep but 20 minutes as a newborn, they suggested it.
no sleep from 5 to 9 months? i don't think i'll survive....