7 month old constant waking at night

[MrsWeir1980]

Hi all,

Ive posted a few times about my LO being a restless sleeper, when he was in the next to me crib he constantly kicked his legs through the night which would wake him up at least every 30 mins most nights. A few posters suggested moving him to his cot in his room which we did a few nights ago however nothings changed apart from im up from about 1am every night constantly trying to settle him. I get to the point where its impossible and i have to take him out his cot and have him sleep on me so he can sleep.

The leg kicks normally come in clusters which follows him rubbing his eyes then waking up and crying, hes normally crying as hes so tired, when i lift him up he immediately falls asleep. He did suffer from reflux however it has got much better we now just use gaviscon. Ive noticed recently he has been quite congested especially at night so im not sure if this is related to reflux or allergies. Ive tried giving him saline drops and using snufflebabe vapour rub but this doesnt help.

Has anyone else experienced this? We are all so exhausted as i cant seem to find a solution

OP, I can’t see from what you’ve said how moving him to his own room will help.

My two DDs woke up about eight times a night at his age, and wanted to breastfeed to settle, and it was a nightmare. With both of them we fixed it by leaving them to cry when they were about 9 months old because we were at breaking point. It worked within a few nights. We slept in another room during that time, and left DD in our room. But that’s not necessarily the same as your situation.

You say he’s waking up because he’s kicking his legs. What is he sleeping in bedding-wise? Is he kicking his legs because he’s got tummy pain or is he just restless? They do need to learn to self-settle, if there’s no major reason for the waking. Have you spoken to your GP/health visitor? I’m sorry OP, lack of sleep is the worst...

@CherryMaple
Hi thanks for posting, sorry lack of sleep cant really string proper sentences lol, they thought him moving to another room i wouldnt notice the leg kicking so much so i would sleep better but because it wakes him up all the time i wake up anyway.

Yeah i might need to phone a gp but i just find them quite useless when it comes to things like.

I just couldnt do the cry it out he gets too distressed and starts choking.
He sleeps in a sleepbag, i always check the temp so hes in the right one, honestly im just so fed up of it nothing seems to settle him

I would suggest you put the big cot in your room, in place of the next2me.

Moving baby to own room when they are not sleeping through is rarely a good idea. The most common outcome of doing this is that you end up part-time cosleeping, because you don't have the energy to keep getting up and walking to another room. I would give you a good 90% likelihood that this will be your outcome in 6-12 months time.

Better instead to get the cot next to your bed (take a chest of drawers out if you need the space). Better still, take one side off the cot to make a sidecar cot.

Keep baby in your room until consistantly sleeping through and going to sleep independently.

Hi @BabySleepTeacherUK thanks for your advice, i have no room in my bedroom for his cotbed, we barely managed to fit his snuzpod in and now hes too big for his snuzpod so i had to make the jump and move him in. Our flat is tiny unfortunately.

Its worth rearranging furnature, if that is in any way possible.

For example if you have a wardrobe in your room, or a chest of drawers. Both these have about the same floor-space footprint as a cotbed. They could be moved into baby's room, to make space.

@BabySleepTeacherUK nope unfortunately my room consists of a bed and a fitted wardrobe thats all that will fit in at the moment so i definitely dont have room for a cotbed.
Ive been reading alot of studies and many say babies sleep better in their own room as they are not disturbed by the parents which is what we found when he was in the snuzpod, any little movement from us resulted in him waking up

What position is he sleeping in? DC3 had bad reflux so we co slept because as soon as we lifted her and put her down she'd wake and start being sick and screaming. Slept well in the bed because I fed her to sleep then didn't move her.
Since being able to roll she now sleeps on her front and is actually able to settle herself to sleep in this position so she's now out the bed. If your DS can roll it might be worth trying him in that position as I believe it is comforting for reflux babies.