6 Months and Sleepy

I’m a big believer in sleep training, as long as baby is pain free. I know that can be hard to determine, though. I guess you just have to go with your gut and if you think he’s waking from habit and not pain try some sleep training and see if it improves things.

And no the second time is not always easier. My first was a dream baby, a perfect angel, so I always thought I must have been doing something right because she was so happy and slept like an angel. Then I had my two reflux babies. Not easy at all.

He probably is hungry if he isn’t eating well during the day and not really doing much with the solids. One way to cut that out is to not feed him at night. That will mean some really yucky nights of crying, but boy will he be hungry and ready to eat in the morning. At his age, he should be able to go through the night, I would think as long as he is getting all that he needs throughout the day.

Maybe you could do it gradually… like reduce the amount of time he nurses at night by a minute every few nights until he is just nursing for a minute or two and then just don’t go in there when he cries?

Wish I had more suggestions for you. This sleep thing is such a headache, and no, I wouldn’t say it gets easier with the second. My first was a refluxer too, and she slept SO much better than my son does. I have no idea why. We are doing everything the same, but he just won’t sleep as well.

Best of luck to you.

That’s great. I’m glad to hear he’s sleeping better. My little guy was an early riser for a very long time and I remember hoping and praying that he’d sleep till 5 am, then 6 am, then 7 am. Finally at about 13 months he started to sleep in later and now he’s rarely up before 6:30 and he often will sleep until 6:45 or 7.

Myles also needed a 3 or 4 am feeding much longer than my first two did. I remember thinking “when in the world is this boy going to sleep through the night?”

It looks like you’re making progress. I hope it continues.

aidensmommy,

I just want to say that I understand your feelings completely! I think our first DID have reflux now that I know what it is, but at the time we didn’t know any better and just thought he had classic colic. Let me tell you, if I had known that this can run in families and that I’d have to go through it again, I don’t think we’d have had another one. I’m so thankful for my children, but I will never go through this again! I am so stressed, sleep deprived, depressed (sometimes), etc. over this reflux! It is the worst feeling in the world not to be able to comfort your own baby. I’m SO thankful that Caden is doing so much better now at 5 months than he was as a newborn. I didn’t think we’d ever make it to this point, but here we are

Now, if I can just get our sleep issues under control, we’ll be on our way!