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I am a new Mommy of Matthew who is 5Months. Matthew is a joy and for the most part sleeps well. Matthew is super sensitive to schedule change and if something on the schedule is different even by a half an hour or less I spend the next two weeks plus trying to repair it. Anyhow my question is about his waking up. Matthew has to wake up every night an hour or so after he goes to sleep and then wakes up every night at 9:30 because a week ago we got home late from a family function so he has somehow programmed that exact time. How do my husband and I get Matthew to sleep through the night again?Does anyone have any tricks? Although my husband and I cater to Matthew's schedule and make sure he is on track how do we accomidate the unavoidable changes that do occur with our schedule and seen to throw him off track for weeks? Are we too strict with the schedule? Its difficult when I get used to a full night of sleep then have to return to newborn mode because we got him to bed late or his nap was at a different time. Thanks (sorry so lengthy)
Posted by kimberly on 02/28/2007 11:24 PM

I have a 5 month old also...how did you get him to sleep through the night in the first place?! That has been a major struggle for me!! Any tips on that I would really appreciate. I have learned that when my daughter gets in bad habits of waking up (I started to notice patterns with her, like I would put her down for bed at 7 and she would wake up at midnight consistently) I had to break her. I used the Baby Whisperer technique of picking her up when she cries and setting her back down when she stopped until she finally wore out and went to sleep. It took one night of doing this for 45 minutes to stop her from waking up at that time. That was a nice solution to not just letting her cry it out. I recently did that again with a 4:00 waking because she thought it was time to start the day at 4! Good luck...I know it's hard! One other little piece of advice I can offer is just letting yourself be flexable and relax with the schedule. I think a routine is more important than a schedule so your baby knows what to anticipate instead of strictly watching the clock. I started to make myself nuts with a schedule and things worked for me a lot easier when I just stuck to a routine instead of freaking out about times. Maybe that will help you??
posted by Briana on 03/01/2007 10:52 AM

Briana thank you for your response it is valuable information and I am going to try and apply it. I am especially happy to hear that you have a 5 month old to so you definitly know the struggles and joys of this age. Your right about the schedule, I just started trying to make naps routine intead of on a time schedule but it will take time. Everything else I do is a routine he eats plays and then has his nap but I have been too strict with those times it just makes sense that this should also be apart of that, and afterall I should just be grateful that he sleeps through the night 90% of the time so that was a reminder of how lucky I am!! Also, I will try your suggestion for his waking up. Once agian thanks for your info and help I am a new mommy so I will take all the advice I can get. :)
posted by kimberly on 03/01/2007 08:14 PM

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