Sleeping habits getting worse!

I'm at the end of my rope - this child is not a fan of sleep at night! Last night he went in at 8:45 and fell asleep at 9PM. He was up at 11:40PM, 2AM, 3AM, 4AM (at which point I just brought him into bed and we slept til 7). When he woke at 11:40 he was screaming like he had terrible gas or something - I tried to burp him and help him but he didn't seem to get relief. He kept try to flip to his belly but when he'd get stuck and I'd help him he'd get more mad. He finally went to sleep after I nursed him a bit and put him back in and held in his pacifier until he fell asleep. We did this a few times throughout the night.
What gives? I go back to work July 1 and am not looking forward to more nights like this!

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I have no help for you, just ! My DD is younger and we're still working on the sleep thing.

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Ryan is almost 14wks old - it's time for this to be getting better

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Oh no! I thought things were better for you.


Is this just since he started rolling or has it been going on before that?

My DS is doing much better. He goes down at 8 up around 1-2 and then again between 5-6. But he must be swaddled to do this. I'm dreading the day we have to stop the swaddle and I'm worried when he starts rolling it is going to change his sleeping pattern for the worse.

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I had nights like these until Thomas was 8 1/2 months!!

Hang in there!!

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Posted by luvnlife

Oh no! I thought things were better for you.


Is this just since he started rolling or has it been going on before that?

My DS is doing much better. He goes down at 8 up around 1-2 and then again between 5-6. But he must be swaddled to do this. I'm dreading the day we have to stop the swaddle and I'm worried when he starts rolling it is going to change his sleeping pattern for the worse.

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Honestly, my DS slept like this always. We had one or two good nights a week the rest were like this. Some weeks were better than others. This continued until 8 months when it actually got worse. Now, at 9.5 months we are trying Dr. Ferber and it seems to be working. It is too early for you to do that yet though so sending you lots of b/c i know how hard it is. Honestly, DS was born a terrible sleeper. I am told I was like that and so was DH. I think it just happens.

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We are getting thru something similar......last month it was breaking him of the swaddle, which we did and he was sleeping better.....now that he can roll, for the last week he has been rolling to his tummy or getting stuck on his side during naps & night and he gets so mad! So, we have been practicing rolling belly to back and after a week, he has actually decided he actually likes sleeping on his belly when he rolls over.
So, for me, its just another stage he has to get thru and then we start making progress again! We have also been working on him trying to fall asleep on his own a bit (I used to put him down totally asleep, now I have been putting him down drowsy but not totally asleep.....I think this has helped him with getting back to sleep on his own at night.
I hope you get more sleep tonight!!!! It sounds like this is just a stage, but I know how much it s*cks not to get sleep!!!!!

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i forgot - do you swaddle? I am a big huge fan of swaddling!

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