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Baby wakes again after a while

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OhNoASleepOne · 27/04/2017 19:58

This isn't really bothering me, I'm just wondering why it happens.

Every evening when I put 4 month old DS down for the night he wakes up again between 15 and 30 minutes later. He's always done this pretty much. I don't think he's overtired as it happens no matter how long he's been awake for. He doesn't do it with any other sleep/nap. He naps pretty well in the day most of the time. It doesn't take long for him to go back to sleep either.

It really puzzles me, any ideas?

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FATEdestiny · 27/04/2017 20:14

It'll be the end of his first sleep cycle. For whatever reason he must not get into a deep sleep.

OhNoASleepOne · 27/04/2017 20:28

Yeah, but why that time only? He doesn't do it for any other sleep. It really confuses me.

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LittleBearPad · 27/04/2017 20:36

Is there a noise that could wake him. You pouring a glass of wine Wink. Or the heating or something?

LapinR0se · 27/04/2017 20:39

Are you putting him down asleep?

lilydaisyrose · 27/04/2017 20:42

My 4m old does this! We call it 'time for the second boob'. She won't take the second boob earlier.

OhNoASleepOne · 27/04/2017 20:48

No, no noises. It's not the exact same time every night so unlikely to be heating or anything like that.

He does go down asleep. But he does sometimes for naps too. I feed him to sleep (sometimes do this for naps too).
And when he wakes I generally feed him again to get him back to sleep and then he stays asleep, usually for 4-5 hours but the sleep regression is messing that up a bit at the moment.

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OhNoASleepOne · 27/04/2017 20:52

Glad I'm not the only one lily. He has the second boob though, and then a little bit more! But I wouldn't say he has enough for it to be hunger.

He'll normally feed about 10 minutes on each boob, fall asleep, put down, wake a little later, up to 5 minutes on boob again, back to sleep. Down for the night (until first night feed)

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