My 5 monther wakes me up every hour at night - HELP!

[2gorgeousgirls]

DD2 is 5 months, and generally a happy, easy baby during the day. However, she turns into a fiend at night!

At 8 weeks, she gave me 3 blissful weeks of sleeping through 8-7, but since then she has been waking every 2 hrs, wanting a BF. We moved her into DD1's room, as we thought mybe we were disturbing her, but now she wakes up every hour! I don't think she's really hungry, as she sucks for about a minute and then falls asleep again, but an hour later she's awake.

I thought perhaps she was teething but bonjela doesn't make any difference.

This morning I actually feel drunk and sick - this isn't a safe way to be in control of 2 kids!

Any ideas gratefully received.

P.S. We have a good bedtime routine, and I put her down awake. She goes to sleep straight away, but then starts waking from 0030....

I feel for you. Both of mine's worst sleeping was between 4-6 months.

With dc1, she slept much better once she went into her own room at 6 months.

Dc2. Sigh. It's all a bit of a blur, but I seem to remember bits of co-sleeping combined with taking it in turns to get some kip downstairs. We did bits of cc here and there when he was a few months older, but it was always compromised by him being ill or us going on holiday etc.

Some babies sleep better when they're on solids - hope that yours is one of these.

Its the same here, just posted on another thread! He's lovely in the day, but I call him Damian at night ... Been going on since 12 weeks, was great before then. I have no idea what to do and feel klike I am in complete "feeding to sleep" cycle now that I never was with DS1. I think it would help if he took a dummy, but he won't. Have started weaning this week. He's in with me and DH is in spare room, and we have ended up co-sleeping after the first wake up as I can not be arsed with getting in and out if bed.

Difference is that he does feed for quite a while, unlike your DD, before falling asleep.

Same here at 19wo, the dummy doesn't help - trust me! Just waking up for the dummy instead (and annoyingly quite often spitting it back out to cry some more!)
I now think there are no answers and any improvements happen of there own accord but may coincidentally tie-in with something or other we've changed that day / night!!!
If you don't want to feed back to sleep, you could try shush/pat or PUPD which will work after a week or so but IME won't be any quicker than feeding and does not reduce wakings!

Good luck - it will end one day!

Your message is most refreshing! I too am battling at night and your story is similar to mine.

I feel like my little one is using me as comfort as she only feeds briefly before nodding off. However, her latest trick is to cry and thrash around for a couple of hours around 3am - what a delight!

Just rest assured that you are not alone and enjoy a bit of sunshine x

Update - have now had 2 nights with just one waking at 3am for a feed.

The solution? Cut her first tooth so have given her 2.5ml of neurofen before she went to bed the last 2 nights...

Don't know whether it's coincidence or not, have not given it to her tonight, so we'll see. I figure that she was tired and wanting to sleep (therefore going back to sleep quite easily), but being woken up shortly after by pain?

Looking back, I remember that with DD1 it felt like it took absolutely ages for that first tooth to come through - weeks and weeks of gnawing at her hands, dribbling, squitty nappies. Maybe that is what this "sleep regression" really is?! A really long build up to the first tooth?

Thoughts?!

DS is 17 weeks, has 2 teeth, and has been waking 2-hourly or so for the last couple of weeks having previously been going through from 10pm til 6am. Oh joy.

Fucking hell I'm tired.

2gorgeousgirls, I hope that's what it is for you. I had a rotten night last night, not helped by DS1 (4yo) crying and asking for Mummy and couldn't Daddy feed DS2 instead "with a bottle" :-( If only, he won't take a bottle!! So I feel a bit down this morning, but just remind myself, it's only sleep and everyone is healthy :-)

I tried Calpol before bed, but it didn't make a difference. He woke so many times last night and even nursing didn't always help, so had to callon DH.

How was everyones night??