Whaaa... silence... Whaaa... silence. Should I go to him?

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DS2 (6 months) has just begun to sleep a little better (I'm not holding my breath...!) and seems to be dropping the 2am night feed. However, he still wakes and cries out but only for a minute max. So last night, by the time I'd put the light on and my slippers (he's in his own room now) he'd stopped. So I go back to bed. Then he starts. So I get up again and creep to his door. He stops. I wait and listen. He cries out for, say 30 secs but it's really loud, not just grizzling. I'm about to go in and he stops.

He's not sobbing or regaining breath- he can be totally silent for 5-10 minutes before another minute of crying. This can go on for half an hour! I'm getting no sleep during this time so would happily feed him anyway, but I want to encourage him not to need that feed. I'm NOT trying to do CC at all. I just don't get it.

Any ideas?!

If he is not distressed he may just be making noise, my 6m old has developed a fake cry that fools DH but I know the difference. Going in may teach him that this is a good thing to do to get you there. I know you can't sleep through it but hopefully it is a new thing he is doing and will get bored of it quite quickly if he gets no reaction. If he is upset then calm him down and back to bed, try not to feed unless it is time though I feel like a complete hypocrite as I often feed again as it is a quick solution to getting DS to sleep. Am trying to stay strong but is very hard. He may hear you getting up and down we have squeaky floors) or seen the light go on and have made it into a bit of a game. If really struggling then see if you can borrow a video baby monitor so you can watch what he is up to from your room.

The silences may be him falling asleep (or at least trying to). I'd leave him to it...hopefully he's learning a new skill, ie going back to sleep without your help. If he really needs you he'll let you know.

I agree with trio. My DD is 2.5 and just this week has learnt to fall asleep on her own. The first night she cried and then went silent for up to 15mins before starting again but it worked and less then a week on she is going to bed without anyfuss for the first time ever.

However, you baby is just at the age wen a lot of developmental, separation anxiety and teething things are happening which disturb sleep. Personally I fed her to sleep during these periods but as I say shes 2.5 yrs and only just learnt to sleep by herself so perhaps not the best answer.

My DS did pretty much exactly this for a little while and now no longer does. We just used to leave him to it really unless he got distressed. It lasted about 2 weeks for us. Soon after this little blip he sat up, started crawling, claps his hands, got his first 2 teeth and says dada, juice and hiya. So what I am thinking is that he was unsettled because of a (great big) devolopmental leap, in a really short space of time.
He now seems much happier and generally sleeps much better (fingers crossed!!)

Thanks everyone! That's made me feel much better as I was so worried I was being cruel! He may well be coming up for a developmental leap as he is so alert these days and is clearly changing. Also he has no teeth yet so that may be it! I'll leave him to it unless he really cries out. You've all reassured me, so thanks!