For the last 2+ wks. my son has been sleeping from ~9pm-2am/2:30am-5am, and even 8:30pm-4:30am twice. The last 4 days or so he has been waking up ~3-4 times btwn. ~8:30pm-5am. We haven't changed our routine at all. Does anyone know why this is, and if it will go back? Also, is it wrong to sleep in a different room as my baby and just wake up when I hear him cry?
2007-07-07 11:58:28 · 11 answers · asked by megiej 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Like Melissa said, it is probably a growth spurt and he just needs more food to get him through it. It isn't wrong to sleep in a different room as your son, as long as you can hear him when he wakes up. Our daughter slept in her own room and we had a baby monitor next to our bed...however, we were lucky because she was sleeping through the night at 3 months.
2007-07-07 12:04:10 · answer #1 · answered by Moo Moo Mair 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, give yourself the space you need; there is nothing wrong with having the baby sleep in another room as long as you can hear and respond quickly. As for why the baby stopped sleeping through the night, he's probably in a growth spurt, which typically happens around 3 months. Is he also really hungry and eating a lot? It'll taper off, but then another big spurt comes at around 5 months.
2007-07-07 12:06:20 · answer #2 · answered by stoneinthestream 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sweetheart try putting some rice or oatmeal cereal in his last bottle before you put him down for the night this should keep him full for a few more hours. be sure not to make it to thick. And no i do not think that keeping your baby in a separate room is wrong or neglectful as long as you can hear him when he cries and you wake up and tend to him he is fine in his own room. personally I wish I would have made my 2 year old daughter sleep in her own room because now me and my husband can't get her out of our bed. So don't feel like a bad mommy as long as you give your little one all the love you have to give you all will be just fine. best of luck
2007-07-07 14:00:34 · answer #3 · answered by yaya 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are lower incidences of SIDS when mothers roomshare with their babies, but obviously there are billions of babies who don't share with their mothers and have lived long enough to have their own. So no, you aren't wrong. Whatever works for you is best.
Sounds like your bub is going through a growth spurt, or just finishing one. Some kids eat more when growing, but mine (also 3 months) eats less and sleeps a lot more. Everyone is different.
2007-07-07 12:09:32 · answer #4 · answered by Rosie_0801 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's probably going through a growth spurt and needs more food. I slept in a different room from my daughter from the first day home from the hospital. As long as you can hear him cry you're fine.
2007-07-07 12:01:37 · answer #5 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with everything said so far my daughter went through this .........i pulled my hair out trying to work out what i had done different ...........
if your baby is on formula milk trying buying the next step for hungry babys .... or like i done i took half a rusk crushed it and put it in her bottle with her baby milk
so i made a normal 8oz bottle and added half a rusk you can use baby rice aswell but my daughter prefered rusk. or add it to breast milk in a bottle of course more or less rusk might be needed to fill him up..
but like the dad on here said teething is a possiblity...........
good luck
as fr sleeping in a diffrent room my daughter has been in her own room since about 10 weeks she started sleeping through the night from 6 weeks .......best thing i ever done now i dont have a problem with getting her to settle in her own room when shes older because i put her there when she was to young to know any different
your doing great ... its just a hic up many more to come you'll work it out
2007-07-07 12:14:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is probably hungry, he is growing and needs more nurishment. I use to put some baby rice in my daughters bottle and she'd sleep better at night. Just make sure it can get through the nipple.
2007-07-07 12:05:13 · answer #7 · answered by auburnspitfire 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a guy, but I have a little one. Don't rule out teething. even this early. What the first person said about the food was good advice too.
2007-07-07 12:06:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sleeping pattern of the baby had change.
2007-07-08 19:40:21 · answer #9 · answered by sheila l 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Growth spurt. They will continue every couple of months during this first year.
2007-07-07 12:06:26 · answer #10 · answered by Cheesy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋