Hey guys, any advice would be appreciated;
My 6, almost 7 month old baby is a fantastic baby, smiles and laughs all the time, has a great temperament and is always happy. She is crawling, fast, and can pull herself into standing position and play like this for ages before falling. The problem I have is sleeping pattern which has changed recently. She used to go to bed at 7:30pm, have a dream feed (breastfed) at 11:30pm or so, and wake at around 4am, then at 7:30am. All fine there. We went to USA just before xmas which, along with at the same time getting a stinking cold and ear infection, threw her sleep out, and it has not really been the same since, waking up between 2-6 times during the night and only going back to sleep when nursed.
My mother passed away last thursday after a horrible illness, and my little ones routine has been thrown out for a while now, including a lot of travel from Devon to London. although we always go through normal bedtime routines, story, sing-song, food and cuddles, where-ever we are.
However, in the last week, coinciding with the death of my mother, she has started yelling, an earpeircing sound, during the night, and will quieten when nursed. Once I stop, she arches her back a little, tosses her head and makes the same blood-curdling sound. She does not initially appear to be awake, but if I do not nurse her immediately she will wake herself up and become miserable. The last two nights before last she would only sleep once she was taken for a drive in the car.
Is it teething (calpol and Anbesol does not help this time), is it my fault for going to her when she cries? (I have tried to leave her, when she moans a little she will go back to sleep, but this yelling she cant do it), is she picking up on the events around her (i have tried to remain calm around her, and to be hones grief not quite hit me fully yet). Or is it a consequence of her extreme activeness, she wont ever keep still when she is awake, not even to feed these days!
Any ideas if this is something I can do anything about, is it as a result of external factors, can I do anything to get her back on track, or will I just have to ride it out as a normal part of baby development? I am desperately tired emotionally with everything and with my poor little baby, but can cope of there is light at the end of the tunnel.
BTW her mood during the day is still fanastic and does not seem to be adversely affected by the lack of sleep. Just her parents!
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7 month old - started waking lots at night - recent trauma - any advice?
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Pavlovthecat · 29/01/2007 16:22
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