4 month old DS waking at night but not crying. I'm disturbed by it, and tired!

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DS has always been restless at night, but used to cry, so i used to feed him, or if i knew he wasn't hungry i'd cuddle him in bed.

He hasn't fed in the night for weeks, but i'm still disturbed by him. Sometimes he's being noisy and when i check him he's asleep. But usually once a night he's wide awake and sucking his thumb, scratching his face, making noises etc, so i wake up!

I worry about him being awake and being tired/grumpy in the morning, although he rarely is. He has two 1.5-2 hour naps in the day, and sleeps 7.30-7.30 at night, so sleeps well, so i shouldn't really complain, but i'm still tired!

I wanted to keep DS in our room for 5-6 months, but do you think i should just move him out early, and just not worry about him being awake. Maybe i won't hear him as much...

Any advice/experience?

We had a similar thing when DS slept in our room - we'd disturb each other, and I was so used to getting up with him I'd wake up every time he stirred and then not be able to get myself back to sleep again! We moved him into his own room earlier than we'd planned and we all slept through the night quite soon after that. He does still wake up occasionally and has a bit of a look around for a while, but then goes back to sleep again.

I would move him into his own room, I moved ds into his own room at 4 weeks old purely because we would wake each other in the night (not crying, just trips to the loo, snuffling etc)
when he is a bit older he will play for a while in his cot and drift off again.
Enjoy sleep while you can is what I say.

I'd move him, we moved dd at 4 mths as her thumb sucking slurping drove is nuts even though she slept well...

My DD is 4months old and has been in her own room since 6 weeks for the same reason....I sleep SO much better now....I don't use a monitor either....when I get up in the morning, she is often laying in her cot awake, and could have been like that for ages for all I know....if she wants me, she screams!

Move him....you'll feel SO much better tomorrow morning!

Thanks for sharing your experiences.

I think it is probably time to make the move. The only things which are stopping me are:

1. He's still quite little and sometimes swaddled so I worry about the swaddle ending up over his face (which does happen), but as he usually fights his way out, I could just stop swaddling...

2. We plan to put him in with his big sister (aged 2.10) but I don't feel ready for that yet in case he starts disturbing her!, so the only other room is up a flight of 14 stairs so a bit of a trek if he does need me.

3. As he's 16.1 weeks I'm expecting his 4 month growth spurt any day which will involve more wakings so would be easier if he was nearby. We also have visitors over the weekend which means we don't have any spare rooms.

4. He still isn't an expert thumb sucker and ends up gagging on it or stratching his face, so at least if I'm nearby I can stick his dummy in to "help him", although guess he will learn quicker if I leave him to it!

But at least if I commit to sorting this out next week or the following weekend, I know the end is in sight!

Thanks again.