My 7 month old has been sleeping in her own bedroom since she was 2 months old. She has been in her own bed. She has been sleeping all night till this past week. She rolls onto her stomach now and is waking up. I don't really want her to go to bed with a bottle. Is it possible that she is going through a change? I haven't changed anything. What can I do now?
2007-03-06 15:13:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
My daughter is 6 months old and went through that for about a week, but has now gotten back into a rountine.
Aparently it's just one of those things that happen around this age, sometimes it can be the teeth moving under the surface of the gums, other times it's just that the baby has to learn to settle themselves back to sleep again.
Goodluck
2007-03-06 18:49:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's a baby they may not sleep the whole night like adults.Sometimes my 6 o. wakes up but not frequently,once she goes to bed for the night she usually does not wake up until 7 or 8 am but every now and then she may wake up if she goes too bed really early like 3 or 4 in the morning.
2007-03-06 15:18:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of children experience sleep disruption when they are also experiencing other developmental milestones. My daughter would suddenly start waking up or have difficulty getting to sleep when she was about to do anything, crawl, stand, walk, talk, you name it.
Another possibility that could explain the change is if your child has had a change in nap duration or time. You may need to adjust bed time a bit to accomodate. I find if I miss the window before exhaustion with my son getting to sleep is harder and he wakes more often. A book I really love is health sleep, happy child by Marc Weisbluth. It covers all of childhood, so it is very useful!
2007-03-06 15:45:08 · answer #3 · answered by SZ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check her diet to make sure she's not getting any stimulants that would affect her sleep, such as caffeine(in any form) or sugars. Also make sure she's not having liquids too late at night, as this could wake her as she feels bladder pressure.
Then check for behavioural differences, like if she's extra needy or somesuch.
If it's behavioural you may need to just wait it out, and not give in if she calls. Because if you go every time she calls and she expects it, then she'll wait for you to get there before falling asleep. If she knows you won't come at every call she will learn to just go back to sleep. This may be a hard thing to go through the first few times, but it'll help her develop.
2007-03-06 15:28:45 · answer #4 · answered by Luis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The biggest reason sleep schedules change is teething. The second is being sick...even just the weather changing can upset their little systems. Don't put her to bed with a bottle you don't want to stop that as a habit. You may just have to put up with it. you are really lucky you got to sleep like you did for so long.
2007-03-06 16:31:35 · answer #5 · answered by maxtonamvl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have two young granddaughters (one my son and daughter in laws, the other my daughter's — the oldest is 18 month old, the younger one is 8 months old). I know that both of them had this kind of change in their sleep pattern at about 7 months old. My daughter is a counsellor who studied child development and taught it as a graduate teaching assistant. When her daughter was going through this, she remarked to me that she knew that it was usual for infants to go through a change in sleep pattern at about 7 months old, but that it was driving her crazy.
Point of the story: unless there is something unusual that is also happening, don't worry about it. It's likely that most children this age go through this change. It may be that physically or in terms of memory (abiility to dream) they are more advanced than they were and are now more aware of their sleeping environment.
2007-03-06 15:23:02 · answer #6 · answered by silvcslt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea i have the same problem, but my daughter wakes up about 3-4 times a night for a bottle. she use to sleep ALL Night!! then shell suck down a 6 oz bottle every time she wakes up, i fill her belly up with stage 2 dinner and desert before she goes to bed but lately her gums have been bothering her badly so its probably just her teething and she jsut wants something to suck on. she weened her ownself off her binky at like 1 month so thats not an option. i wishi could tell you something better. heck i wish i could tell myself something better. maybe shes just teething. Good luck mom!
2007-03-06 15:45:50 · answer #7 · answered by ntkwilliamson@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She could have an ear infection. That's the most common reason for babies who usually sleep well to start waking in the night. Once you rule that out, you need to let her cry it out. Do NOT respond to her; that will just reinforce the waking in the night.
2007-03-06 16:05:12 · answer #8 · answered by toomanycommercials 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is growing and she might be getting hungry and waking up. Try putting her to bed 30 minutes later than usual and feed her a little bit of baby cereal before bedtime.
2007-03-06 15:20:27 · answer #9 · answered by Jo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello, Your 7 month old may be becoming more curious and interested in her surroundings. As long as she is safe in her crib, you may want to try putting a fisherprice rolling aquarium some where in her eyesight, so when she wakes up, she will be able to satisfy her curiosity.
2007-03-06 15:22:01 · answer #10 · answered by Net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋