5 month not sleeping anymore!!!!!

[gracie27]

Hi All,

Well, my DD is 5 months old and has always been a fab sleeper, from 10 weeks she has slept 7-7.

Now though i cant rememver the last time she slept through and i dont know what to do!!!

She has been ill so she was up through the night with that (chest infection) but now she is better she is still waking at the same time.

She goes to bed at 7pm and has dreamfeed at 11 the she wakes at 3am and thats it for the night.

She has started to roll onto front but she sleeps like that from 7-3 and never wakes, but from 3 she cries and has to be turned, which is all night as she rolls straight back onto it.

Dont know what to do, she is on solids, 3 times a day but very small amounts, she also has 32oz a day.

Any ideas??????

Thanks for listening and sorry for long post

Nickyx

I would think that she will settle down in time and it is likely that the disruption of her illness has thrown her out. She could be teething and having a growth spurt, which is common at this age too.
If she has just gone onto solids this could be another reason that she is unsettled.
Does she go back to sleep after her 3am feed?

FWIW, my dd is 5months too and has only just started settling back into her night waking routine after having a cold for two weeks - a months or so ago. During this time she was waking up evry 1 -2 hours .

Gracie - there's a whole thread on here 'Sleep is for the weak' about babies who suddenly stop sleeping through the night at 5 months. DD did exactly this from about 4 to 6 months after previously being a great sleeper. Think it is to do with massive developmental changes. If you can, just go with it. Feed/comfort her when she wakes and just hang in there. About 2 weeks ago, DD started sleeping again although we had changed nothing. Sometimes, I think the thing is not to overthink it and not to try and work out why they're not sleeping as just makes you feel much, much worse! Hope it gets better soon

Hi,

We dont feed her at 3 as she has not had a night feed for months now and HV said not to re-introduce it as she doesn't need it with already sleeping through.

She doesn't really settle after 3, we are up and down pretty much all night after that, i did cave the other night and give her a bottle, she took 6oz but then wouldn't take any breakfeast, which normally would be ok but i go back to work in 2 weeks and trying to sort routine out for chlidminder.

Thanks girls for all your messages, it really does help to know its not just your LO that is like this

agree with babygooner about not over thinking it - try to go with it as I'm sure she will chnage her own litle pattern a few more times in the months/years to come!

Do you think i should start giving feed again in night?

possibly, as it could be a growth spurt and she'll be wanting to fill up maybe?