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Another sleep question
Looking for your advice ....
Starting at 2-3 weeks old, my DD would sleep from 7 pm to 3-4 am, feed, and then go back down for 3 hour stretches until we woke up for the day. Starting in December (2.5-3 months old), she started waking twice at night (anywhere from 12-1am and then 3-4am). I had been thinking it was a growth spurt but it doesn't seem to be going back. The last couple nights its been 12, 2, 4, and then up for the day at 5:30. She will eat at each of these wakings.
Do you think she really is hungry? Is it still a growth spurt? 4 month wakeful? Should I not be going and feeding her? We have tried just giving her a pacifier and that will usually buy us another hour but it seems easier to feed her and get another 2 hours instead.
Re: Another sleep question
My daughter turned into a terrible sleeper right at four months, too. From what I understand, four month "wakeful" is temporary and goes away after a week or two. This was not the case for us. She woke up ever hour (or more) for several hours, then still woke up to eat at 3, or 4, then was up for the day at 5:30.
I felt like she was too young to sleep train then- I wanted to wait until six months, and just to see if it was a phase. What I think it was was she was just getting smarter and knew what she wanted (me!). I tried the No Cry Sleep Solution first, then at 6.5 months I did some sleep training lite, and it worked like a charm.
I guess that's not really advice! But we went through it, too, so at least you know it's kind of normal. Good luck- hopefully it's just a phase for you!
Also, I realized just because she eats doesn't mean she's hungry. My girl will never turn away a boob- she loves to eat. But often I'd let her fuss for 5 mins and she'd go back to sleep. Or sometimes I'd pick her up and rock with her with my eyes closed pretending to be asleep and that would work, too. If it's been less than 4-5 hours I assume she is not hungry, just lonely, and try other things first.
Ugh yep 4 month wakeful was HORRIBLE for us. And it lasted about a month and a half, not a week here too. No real advice but to echo what was already said above. I didn't sleep train until about 6.5 months old, so I sucked it up and dealt with it. NOT fun.
Like what has been said, try letting her fuss for a few minutes and see if she settles back down, try having your husband rock/soothe here -- often that worked with jerred because if I went in she wanted to eat (hungry or not, same boob love here with maddy so she'll nurse whether hungry or not if I'm there). But Jerred could rock her back to sleep often in 10-15 minutes.
So not fun. Ben wasn't affected by it so much b/c he was bottle fed, but man Maddy was sleep hell until we started training at 6.5 months.
GOOD LUCK! Hugs - come on and vent away whenever you need to!
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It's definitely not a fun stage to go through. JJ was definitely sleeping 8-10 hours a night before this stage happened. I knew he wasn't hungry, his acid reflux was under control, he just wanted to sleep with me. After much debate, we decided to Ferberize. JJ knew exactly what was happening, and it really only took 2 days for him. He's been STTN ever since, unless he's sick of course.
Every parent/child is different, this is what worked for us
Good Luck!
Thank you for the responses! Glad to hear I am not alone.
Even with the more wakings, she is still not a horrible sleeper but I would really love to get back to my 7 - 4:30. Ideally, I would love 7 to 5:30 because that is when I get up for the work day.
It seems I am weighting what is easier:
1. Get her and nurse her in bed for like 5 minutes. She immediately falls back asleep and can put her back in her crib.
2. Having to be up for longer then the 5 mintues while she is fussing.
I know in the long run, option 2 is probably better. It would be fantastic to not have to wake up at all. I am still nervous that she is legitemtly (sp?) hungry. The other thing to add to this is lately it seems she is not eating nearly as much during the day (4 months distracted baby)
Ugg, who knows?
To top it all off, this weekend was worse then normal because she had her 4 month shots on Friday so had a fever and increased fussiness Friday and Saturday night. Now it seems she is coming down with a cold
Even with all this going on, she is still the happiest sweetest baby 
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