baby 10 months 2am wake up

[Jo_Jo]

my 10 month old Son is waking up every night at 2am on the dot. he will cry for hours and will not give in until i bring him into bed with me. when i sleep with him i find it hard to sleep myself... i dont know what to do?

i've tried methods, controled crying, patting him on the back and the slowly leaving the room. he was going well and sleep through and waking up at 2am but managed to get himself back to sleep. im breastfeeding and have cut any nightime feeds out. as he is eating well and having four milk feeds a day. i know at this moment there is no teeth cutting. he already has six. im finding it difficult not to bring him into bed with me after 2 hours of crying. once i put him into bed with me, he stops crying and goes to sleep.

...any help with this i would be much grateful for

[Crazy Monkey]

I know what you are going through, my DS started waking during the night anywhere between 2am and 4am.. Thankfully, it has stopped the last couple of nights:smiliedance: ... But pretty sure his waking was due to teething...

One thing I did was instead of offering the boob (which would put him back to sleep instantly) was to rewrap him, give him some water, his dummy and pat and sush him back to sleep... This worked most nights...

Good luck

[Jo_Jo]

thanks you for the advice but i forgot to mention he doesnt suck a dummy and is quite persistant in staying awake one he wakes up... unless i bring him into bed with me
:banghead:

[samuelboy]

Hi Jo_Jo

My son did this at exactly the same age and I after a few hours of crying and trying everything I would end up feeding him back to sleep, usually he was so exhausted he would take about 50ml and be out of it. It was like a battle of the wills until I gave in and then he would go back to sleep. We don't use a dummy either.

Sorry I haven't got any suggestions for you but I hear it is pretty common, it only stopped for us after I persisted with control crying. Pretty upsetting for all of us but he is back to his 12 hour sleeps so in the end it was worth it for us.

[Jo_Jo]

to put him into bed during the day. he goes down in his cot without a hassle. he got past being wrapped up at 7 months. now when i do this it aggravates him, because he is so mobile in the cot. he goes down every night at 9:30pm with a bit of a grizzle then to sleep.

...its just this 2am thing that is driving me nuts...

[Jo_Jo]

Hi Jo_Jo

My son did this at exactly the same age and I after a few hours of crying and trying everything I would end up feeding him back to sleep, usually he was so exhausted he would take about 50ml and be out of it. It was like a battle of the wills until I gave in and then he would go back to sleep. We don't use a dummy either.

Sorry I haven't got any suggestions for you but I hear it is pretty common, it only stopped for us after I persisted with control crying. Pretty upsetting for all of us but he is back to his 12 hour sleeps so in the end it was worth it for us.

thank you so much its good to know im not alone:D
i feel exactly the same at the moment its definately the battle of the wills and the last two rounds have gone to him.

[Jasper]

Hi Jo Jo,

My 7 mth old DD has been doing the same thing for the past 3 weeks. She has been waking up every 2nd night at about 2 am and sometimes will not go back to sleep until 4.30am. We tried feeding, rocking, patting ,control crying ( pretty much everything) and in the end we have had to take her for a drive in the car. I have had some people tell me that its not a good idea to use the car , but hey, at 4.30am in the morn you just gotta do what works ! Hang in there ! Next time I am up rocking her to sleep I will remember I am not the only mum out there who has the same problem...just knowing this helps me :o

[Jo_Jo]

Hi jasper,

I really know what you mean you just have to do what helps you survive,
i have been really lucky today as i am so tired my 15 year old daughter had two last free periods from school came home and is helping me.....i am hopeing its just a stage bubbies going through, we will have to tuff it out.:sleeping: :sleeping:

[JE's Mum]

Hi Jo Jo

This is all too familiar to me! My little boy is 12 months old and always does this when he's getting teeth and he is getting his molars (a long drawn out process I can tell you!!). But he seems worse at the moment given I only recently cut out his late night breastfeed. He didn't really take to solid food until he was about 10 months and was pretty wakeful so I was reluctant to drop the feed until the last month. I have a rule that I don't feed him until around 5am but unfortunately he is now been waking at either 1am or 3am and staying awake for 2 hours or so, almost every night. If he wakes at 3am he won't go back to sleep until he is fed. We always bring him in to bed because there is just no way of coping otherwise!!

I spoke with the ABA helpline and they suggested I just feed him when he wakes up. That way he might just go back to sleep rather than stay up for 2 hours. I have been reluctant to do so given I am trying to wean him so I am trying to ride it out in the hope that he will get the message that he won't get fed in the middle of the night. Easier said than done I must say! Maybe he will get better once those molars are through!

Anyway, I'm sorry I haven't been of much assistance here, just wanted to let you know there are plenty of us out here. It sounds pretty common! :eek:

[Jo_Jo]

Hi JEs mum,


thanks for your help mate, i to have been trying to stop the midnight feeds
and during the night when i break and i pop him into bed with me i dont give him the boob and the little ****tabum goes straight to sleep so he is not hungary he just wants to be in my bed:smiliedance: but hey i will keep at it, one thing for sure they can be so strong willed and wont give up so hopefully tonight i will get some sleep:sleeping:

cheers...

[JE's Mum]

Yeah, the problem with those late night feeds is that they usually use them for comfort which is all very nice until you just can't sustain it physically! When I have dropped breastfeeds I have usually cut down to half a feed (one boob) for a week or so first so he can adjust his food intake and then dropped the feed altogether. This worked well for day feeds. I dropped the middle of the night feed cold turkey and he fussed for one or two nights but then didn't have a problem. I tried the 'one boob only' trick for the late night feed for a week or two and he seemed quite alright with this so I dropped it altogether and just gave him a drink of water. Unfortunately he is none too happy about it! I think riding it out is the only way at this stage. If he continues to wake for 2 hours in the middle of the night we will have to think of something else. Who knows how to solve these things!:detective: I'm waiting for a miracle!

[JessandKirra]

I went through this also at 7 months. I had just stopped breastfeeding and I think she was cranky at me. We are not co sleeper as yet. NO interest on Kirras part. So I found

If i popped my head in told her mummies here patted her on the head and walked out. DIDNT WORK.. !! LOL, But doing it over a few weeks DID work. Sometimes I gave in and rocked her to sleep or made up a bottle. Sometimes I didnt. The health nurse says they sometimes start waking after being a "sleep through" baby and just want to know that mummies here. Controlled crying doesnt nec mean let them cry for hours. as soon as he wakes go. Say mummies here. and all that stuff. then walk out. let him cry a little more say 5 10 minutes and go from there. take him into bed or rock him or let him cry for longer stints at least the first thing you have done is gone in as soon as he calls so he knows your there.

as the days went by I let the time I went in go little longer 1 minutes 2 minutes 3 minutes what ever you can bear and after a week she woke up cried then went back to sleep.

Now she still wakes up snorts gurgles and goes back to sleep. There is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Hope this helps.

[Jo_Jo]

Hi JessandKirra,


Guess what i got 6 hours sleep sraight last night for the first night in weeks:smiliedance: i did our same nightly ritual he stirred at two but got himself of to sleep so maybe all you mum well wishes helped me out.

i hope everyone on the thread had a good night because we need it once in a while just to feel a little human, so fingers crossed i will get a few nights the same:sleeping:


so cheers guys:thumbsup: jo jo and ethan.

[maddymoo]

Hi JO JO
My bubs went through this for a week or so. she was waking every morning at 4am We had just cut two teeth - been through all that! So i didd'nt feel it was that. The fact that your bub goes to sleep once in your bed may suggest he is a bit cold. I get up about midnight and put a light cardigan on Maddy (blankets get kicked off) and she has not had a broken nights sleep since. She sleeps in a light cotton rib sleeping bag with a short body suit under it. just a thought for you to ponder!

[Jasper]

Hi Jo Jo,

Hope you got to have a rest yesterday afternoon :sleeping: . My DD had another 3 hr episode last night ( from 9.30pm to 12.30!)....and I had to work today so feeling V tired ! Seems like this happens to a lot of bubs. Patcience, cuddles , love and support seem to be the things bubs ( and we) need :hugs: I have decided to take DD to the doctors to get her checked out , just in case. Will let you know if he has any good advice :o

jasper