Last night, Bobby went to bed for good at 7:30pm, then was up at 10:30pm, 1:30am, and 4:30am. At 4:30 it took an hour to get him back down, he was very drowsy but wouldn't go back to sleep all the way. Then he slept from 5:30am to 7am. Any advice out there? Our friends pediatrician just told her to do some sleep training b/c there's no reason she shouldn't be sleeping through the night at 6 months. We'll see what they say on Monday. I am not looking forward to that but I know something should be done as he's getting worse. Now I don't have to go to work or anything, but we'll see. He is also taking very short naps and is still swaddled and nursed to go down. I forsee problems with this down the road, especially when I stop nursing, and he doesn't take a bottle or a pacifier.
He continues to do well at eating. Both feeding himself and eating his mush. Very interested in whatever I eat. So far likes all the veggies plus apples and pears and crackers and a bit of pudding too. Advocado was lunch today. Had some banana at breakfast and we'll try some oatmeal and maybe vegetables for dinner, making this our first three "meal" day.
you must relax about this sleep thing. Cash didn't sleep through the night until he was 10 months old - when he weaned. He woke up every night to nurse. After he stopped nursing we went through a couple nights of crying in the night but soon he started to sleep through. I know it is frustrating - i was a crazy person - but you need to chill about it and just ride it out.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Carolyn, you should not worry about it. Archer is now over one and I don't keep track, but I'd say he and Bobby are on the same sleep schedule at night. Same with Wiley, he didn't sleep through the night until I night weaned, at 17 months. It was a terrible struggle for several nights. Babies really aren't supposed to be expected to sleep through the night or respond to sleep training without negative implications until after 12 months.
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