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Is it odd that my 6 month old is still getting up at least 2 times a night? He sleeps an average of 3 hours during the day (between two naps) and he normally gets up about 2am and then again around 6am.
The 6am one is kind of iffy, but neither my husband or I need to get up before 8am, so we try and get him to go back to sleep and 8 out of 10 times we're successful. He's in bed by 9pm every night, and if he slept through the night, I wouldn't have a problem if he did get up at 6am every morning.
Is this odd behavior for a 6 month old? |
| Posted by Jaxon on 08/28/2007 08:43 PM
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| no its not, you might want to try a dream feed. i told another mom about this, you give him a bottle around 10pm while he is sleeping, you pick him up and he really wont get up too much - you feed the bottle and this way he wont get up - atleast not because he is hungry. he may be getting up at that time out of habit as well. but its not odd, my daughter got up at the same exact times until she was about 8 months, now that she has a bottle and eats solids, she sleeps through the night but gets up every morning at 6 am bright eyed and bushy tailed. |
| posted by MARYANNE on 08/28/2007 09:09 PM
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My son gets 6oz around 8pm every night right before bed....won't giving him a bottle at 10pm be too much for him?
Also, he's on solids and it seemed to get him up more when we first started them. I'm not sure if it's actually helping him sleep at night. |
| posted by Jaxon on 08/28/2007 09:14 PM
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| Several pediatrians have told me that at 6 months old, a baby should be able to sleep through the night. Don't do what we did and continue the "habit" - my son is almost 2 and still gets up twice a night. Before doing anything, talk to your pedi and see what they recommend. But, you should be able to stop that 2 AM bottle if your pedi thinks it's OK. Some may recommend you wait a little longer based on their daily food intake and current weight, etc. Give him a water bottle at 2 AM instead of a milk bottle. It may take up to a week of him getting up several times during that time period but once he realizes all he's going to get is water, he'll stop waking up (my son loves his water bottle so that never helped us). |
| posted by Lucinda on 08/28/2007 09:55 PM
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| Is he breast or bottle fed? |
| posted by K on 08/28/2007 10:35 PM
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| My son is breast and bottle fed. Primarily breastfed though. Water at 2am?! He goes in for his 6 month well visit on Thursday so I'll definitely check with my pedi then. |
| posted by Jaxon on 08/28/2007 11:22 PM
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| My little guy (now 9 months) was waking up at least twice a night at 6 months, too. The pediatricians always say to start getting them to sleep through the night. After I consulted with my pediatrician, I asked if they could send in their lactation consultant, since my son is breast-fed. I felt like I hit a wall in the breastfeeding department, and wanted some advice from her. She said "of course he is not sleeping through the night, and of course you can feed him!" She then went on to remind me that breastfeeding is all about supply and demand, and if I wanted my supply to continue, than I would probably not have a baby who sleeps throught the night. Now my son is 9 months old. He still wakes us twice on average, but only one of those wakings do I feed him. The second one is just a matter of soothing. I may be the only crazy mom out there who has not let their baby "cry it out", but that has been my decision. |
| posted by Jade on 08/29/2007 10:29 AM
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| Right on Robin! I do the same with my 8 month little girl! Good to know I'm not the only one who believes in the supply and demand method! If your crazy your not alone!! YAY! I doubt that I could ever just let her cry it out. |
| posted by K on 08/29/2007 02:40 PM
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Thanks K!
:) : ) |
| posted by Jade on 08/29/2007 03:07 PM
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