4 month old sleeping issues

the past few weeks DS has been napping later in the day - sometimes from 4 to 6pm. those nights, he doesn't usually start rubbing his eyes until 8 pm or later, at which point i put him down.

well lately he is also having issues staying asleep. falling asleep is not a problem but he wakes up about an hour or two later fussing for his pacifier. this happens several times a night.

last night i put him down before he started rubbing his eyes (about 8:15pm). he fell asleep very quickly but was up again at 8:45, 9:45 and 10:15pm. luckily for me he didn't get up again until after 5am but i was stressed the whole night waiting for him to wake up again because i was sure he would.

did anyone deal with a similar situation? would putting him to bed even earlier make a difference?

Re: 4 month old sleeping issues

I know with DS it takes us several attempts to get him down for the night. He usually goes down ok and then is up 30 min later and needs to be rocked back down. It's generally a 3 step process AFter that he is generally down for good, but I do hear him fuss throughout the night. I won't go in unless he is really crying. Do you let DS just fuss on his own or do you go right in?

Trying an earlier bedtime might help, he may be overtired by 8 and that could make it harder to stay asleep.

Re: 4 month old sleeping issues

We have issues with DS staying asleep lately too. I think he is teething and it is affecting his sleeping. Just now I put him to sleep at 9 and he is already awake and playing in his crib!

Re: 4 month old sleeping issues

Posted by mcl916

I know with DS it takes us several attempts to get him down for the night. He usually goes down ok and then is up 30 min later and needs to be rocked back down. It's generally a 3 step process AFter that he is generally down for good, but I do hear him fuss throughout the night. I won't go in unless he is really crying. Do you let DS just fuss on his own or do you go right in?

Trying an earlier bedtime might help, he may be overtired by 8 and that could make it harder to stay asleep.

Re: 4 month old sleeping issues

I wish I had some advice. DS is driving us crazy lately. He goes to sleep fine but has been waking every 3-4 hours. My dh thinks he wakes up because of his diaper being wet. We change his diaper and rock him back to sleep but I know this is not setting us up for any improvement.

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it may be teething. DD is never consistant with sleeping. The worst was when she got her first tooth. She was up all the time...once the tooth popped out she went back to sleeping through the night. Now another 3 months later..she is teething again and waking up 3 times a night.

i would definitely let DC fuss a bit before you go in. Then if you do go in, put the paci back in, rub his back till he is calm or sleeping.

Re: 4 month old sleeping issues

Posted by headoverheels

Posted by mcl916

I know with DS it takes us several attempts to get him down for the night. He usually goes down ok and then is up 30 min later and needs to be rocked back down. It's generally a 3 step process AFter that he is generally down for good, but I do hear him fuss throughout the night. I won't go in unless he is really crying. Do you let DS just fuss on his own or do you go right in?

Trying an earlier bedtime might help, he may be overtired by 8 and that could make it harder to stay asleep.

i always let him fuss a bit before going in - but he is all-out yelling. as soon as i give him his pacifier he falls asleep.

it's more of a hassle than anything else!

i tried rocking him last night instead of giving him his pacifier but that got us nowhere fast

i am going to try and put him to bed earlier tonight no matter what time he wakes up from his nap, hopefully that will help.

Re: 4 month old sleeping issues

Posted by headoverheels

Posted by mcl916

I know with DS it takes us several attempts to get him down for the night. He usually goes down ok and then is up 30 min later and needs to be rocked back down. It's generally a 3 step process AFter that he is generally down for good, but I do hear him fuss throughout the night. I won't go in unless he is really crying. Do you let DS just fuss on his own or do you go right in?

Trying an earlier bedtime might help, he may be overtired by 8 and that could make it harder to stay asleep.

i always let him fuss a bit before going in - but he is all-out yelling. as soon as i give him his pacifier he falls asleep.

it's more of a hassle than anything else!

i tried rocking him last night instead of giving him his pacifier but that got us nowhere fast

i am going to try and put him to bed earlier tonight no matter what time he wakes up from his nap, hopefully that will help.

Re: 4 month old sleeping issues

Posted by aliwnec10

Posted by headoverheels

Posted by mcl916

I know with DS it takes us several attempts to get him down for the night. He usually goes down ok and then is up 30 min later and needs to be rocked back down. It's generally a 3 step process AFter that he is generally down for good, but I do hear him fuss throughout the night. I won't go in unless he is really crying. Do you let DS just fuss on his own or do you go right in?

Trying an earlier bedtime might help, he may be overtired by 8 and that could make it harder to stay asleep.

i always let him fuss a bit before going in - but he is all-out yelling. as soon as i give him his pacifier he falls asleep.

it's more of a hassle than anything else!

i tried rocking him last night instead of giving him his pacifier but that got us nowhere fast

i am going to try and put him to bed earlier tonight no matter what time he wakes up from his nap, hopefully that will help.

Sounds like he's a pacifier addict. This will probably be a problem because if he needs it to soothe himself to sleep, you might have to continue to run in there and pop it back in when he realizes it's not in his mouth.

In a few months, you might have to do some CIO if he continues needing the pacifier. Or hopefully if you put a ton of them in his crib, he'll be able to find it for himself.

Re: 4 month old sleeping issues

Posted by headoverheels
Sounds like he's a pacifier addict. This will probably be a problem because if he needs it to soothe himself to sleep, you might have to continue to run in there and pop it back in when he realizes it's not in his mouth.

In a few months, you might have to do some CIO if he continues needing the pacifier. Or hopefully if you put a ton of them in his crib, he'll be able to find it for himself.

Re: 4 month old sleeping issues

Posted by aliwnec10

I'd be careful of picking him up though if he doesn't need it. If he just needs the paci, just pop it in and leave. Otherwise in a month, he might realize how much he likes you picking him up and that might not be so much fun for you later on. But to each their own. You do what you feel comfortable with.