5 month old awake for hours in the night - can anyone give me hope?

[k80pie]

Hey, looking for survival stories from anyone whose baby thought it was party time in the night around 5m old? My first child is 5 and he never really did this the way she is. I know she’s going through lots of developmental things, possibly teething, still a month away from starting solids…she doesn’t take a dummy like my son did. Ebf.

She’s awake up to two hours every night this week and it’s killing me! Our son became an awesome sleeper around 10.5m when he started crawling so I know it could be a while til she sleeps long stretches but did anyone find this particularly awful phase was short lived?

And when I say ‘in the night’ I mean she could be awake 1-3am, 3-5am, plus wakeups either side.

Also I think it’s happening because I’m so exhausted that I sometimes don’t hear her wake initially and it’s on those occasions that by the time I wake to her she seems extremely awake, on her tummy chatting away to herself - god knows how long she’s been doing it for! And her cot is less than a metre from my bed! (my partner has been in the spare room for sanity’s sake but he’s going to come back in to make sure I wake up to her quickly, fingers crossed it helps.)

Old fashioned view but I reckon she's hungry. In the old days she'd have been on 3 meals per day by now. Maybe try giving her some baby b

Baby rice! That should say!

Is she crying when she wakes? If not, I'd be inclined to leave her to it! (Safely of course)

Apparently getting them in daylight first thing really helps with this, plus going outside in the afternoon too. Helps with their internal clock.

Possibly a different bedtime?

I feel your pain. 7 month old was awake 2-5am last night (and 2year old woke for the day at 6), and tonight has been awake since 3.

What is her daytime sleep like? I would look into wake windows appropriate for that age and try getting into a rhythm so that baby is appropriately tired for nighttime sleep. Waking up during the night is ok but really shouldn't be for 2 hours at a time... What is her bedtime routine, is she able to fall asleep independently or do you put her down asleep?

Good luck. We were lucky our son easily slept through the night but we had periods of 4am wake ups which were hell.

Split nights at that age are short lived. You'll be out the other side soon. No need to try and fix anything here.

Crikey you're confident about this.

Hopefully it'll be short lived, but not always. Sometimes anything but.