My eight month old DS stopped needing a night feed when he was 3 months old. He slept through the night fairly well until he was 4 months. Around this time he started shouting out during the night and sometimes crying, perhaps once or twice, but never waking up. Initially we thought it was teething, or perhaps nightmares or one of a number of other things. Perhaps it was sleep regression, who knows. Anyway it never got much better but varied, sometimes he'd sleep quietly for five or six hours then do a bit of shouting other times he'd shout every couple of hours.
I returned to work nearly four weeks ago and it has got somewhat worse. He self settles no problem when going to sleep, takes decent naps during the day and doesn't cry to be lifted when he's awake. We just cannot fathom why he shouts so much during the night, now I've returned to work it is very difficult for us both to get enough sleep.
We've tried; dream feeds (he didn't appear to need it and cried at the same times anyway), letting him cry it out for a few nights in a row (still kept it up after), teething gel intermittently throughout the night (didn't make much difference and anyway no teeth have cut through yet), taking him into the bed beside us, yes it settles him for a while but he still shouts out after a bit..... It goes on and on.
Some people have mentioned some pre-operation drug that a doctor prescribed to get the child used to sleeping properly through, though this doesn't sound good to me, phenegran or something sounding like this???
I must add he is a perfectly delightful baby, and is calm and placid throughout the day, as I said earlier he goes down to bed and self settles after his bedtime routine which involves a bedtime story and me singing a lullaby to him. He's very happy and good natured!
Ok mumsnetters, please help any thoughts on anything else we could try or similar experiences??
Thank you!