Piffle
08-06-2010, 21:22
Please, I really need some advice about why my bub might be waking ready for a play at 1am!?!?!?! I don't wanna feel like mean Mummy again but I don't know how else to handle this!? PLEASE REPLY if you can! :(
For the last couple of weeks my 8 month old wakes up at 1-2am (like clockwork, it's amazing) - he cries and whinges until I come in and then GIGGLES and kicks when he sees me!!! :eek: The problem is I don't know how to handle this... I've been doing shush shush and leaving again but it just seems to be getting worse and last night it took him 3 hours to get back to sleep!! :crying: It was a horrendous night! But I don't think he was actually in pain/upset about anything cause whenever I came back into the room he was happy as larry. After 2 hours of this (tried feeding once and he wasn't hungry either, offered water and changed nappy) I ended up leaving it a really long time before going back in and then felt like the worst Mummy in the world for letting him cry that long :( (even though I still think it was only a protest cry).
I don't understand because I have been really careful with how I behave with him at night and I have always done the shush shush and leave again while he's still awake. I very rarely pick him up (unless it's feeding time) so I don't understand why he thinks I will now? I'm always subdued and don't play with him or make too much eye contact so I don't get why he thinks it's playtime... HELP!
By the way, at the moment his bedtime is 7pm (out like a light) and he normally feeds at 10pm and 4/5am, waking at 6:30am. The nightfeeding is a whole other issue, have tried to night wean him several times but no luck! His daytime sleeping is very variable but pretty okay I think, usually two short and one long nap, never past 5pm.
For the last couple of weeks my 8 month old wakes up at 1-2am (like clockwork, it's amazing) - he cries and whinges until I come in and then GIGGLES and kicks when he sees me!!! :eek: The problem is I don't know how to handle this... I've been doing shush shush and leaving again but it just seems to be getting worse and last night it took him 3 hours to get back to sleep!! :crying: It was a horrendous night! But I don't think he was actually in pain/upset about anything cause whenever I came back into the room he was happy as larry. After 2 hours of this (tried feeding once and he wasn't hungry either, offered water and changed nappy) I ended up leaving it a really long time before going back in and then felt like the worst Mummy in the world for letting him cry that long :( (even though I still think it was only a protest cry).
I don't understand because I have been really careful with how I behave with him at night and I have always done the shush shush and leave again while he's still awake. I very rarely pick him up (unless it's feeding time) so I don't understand why he thinks I will now? I'm always subdued and don't play with him or make too much eye contact so I don't get why he thinks it's playtime... HELP!
By the way, at the moment his bedtime is 7pm (out like a light) and he normally feeds at 10pm and 4/5am, waking at 6:30am. The nightfeeding is a whole other issue, have tried to night wean him several times but no luck! His daytime sleeping is very variable but pretty okay I think, usually two short and one long nap, never past 5pm.