My 6 month old fell asleep around 6 pm (very early for bed and not his usual nap time). He is still sleeping at 8:45 and has slept through his usual dinner time. Should I wake him to feed him or let him sleep? And if I let him continue to sleep and then he wakes sometime in the night hungry, isn't that messing up his regular sleep schedule? What would you do?
2007-10-12 13:50:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I also have a 6 month old, and i would leave him be and offer a bottle when he wakes up tonight.. One night will defenately not mess up his whole schedule.. Babies change their daily and nightly routines so many times, you cannot keep track.. So i just let my son do whatever he wishes.. and he's set a very very predictable routine for himself.. but also doesn't get upset when something isnt' on "schedule"
2007-10-12 14:15:22 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ LovingMyLittle1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter has always been able to doze right through a "dream feed", as it's called in many of the sleep advice books. I have on occasion gone in, fed her a bottle while she was half asleep, and placed her right back into her crib. She only woke enough to suck on the bottle then went right back to sleep. We kept the room dark and her sleep conditions exactly as they normally are and didn't even change her diaper when doing this.
I only used this up until about six months when she was big enough to sleep through the night and did it consistently...but I don't see why it wouldn't work. If he needs the sleep I wouldn't wake him and start the bedtime routine just to put him back down. This way he may wake up a tad earlier but for the most part will just end up with a few extra zzzzzs that he probably needed.
2007-10-12 14:43:28 · answer #2 · answered by kath_08012 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many six-month old babies are able to sleep through the night without eating. As long as he has been gaining weight well, just let him sleep. He will wake up when he is hungry. As long as you don't make a habit of it, he should be able to get back to his regular sleep schedule tomorrow.
2007-10-12 13:55:52 · answer #3 · answered by Maryann P 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as he's fine, you might want to let him sleep. He's due to change his sleeping schedule soon, and this may be the beginning of it. Just as you get used to one pattern, they go through a growth spurt and change everything on you!
Yes, he'll probably wake you up at some weird hour tonight, but try to give him some milk and help him back to sleep. Good luck! And good luck getting some sleep tonight yourself!!
2007-10-12 14:01:35 · answer #4 · answered by HappyThoughts 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would only let him sleep for an hour if it's not his reguar nap time ... if you just leave him he will wake thinking it's morning and want to play all night.
So, wake him and feed him his dinner, let him play for a bit, give him a warm bath and start his bedtime routine and put him back down to sleep at his regular time.
2007-10-12 13:55:42 · answer #5 · answered by mommyoftwo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My son is only 3 months .. but if he goes to bed before us [usually around 9pm] and we go to bed at 11pm [or a little later] I wake him to feed him right before we go to bed -- that way he won't wake up as soon as we try to fall asleep.
This has worked very well for us! But if he sleeps through an afternoon feeding - I just let him sleep.
2007-10-12 13:55:18 · answer #6 · answered by Mommy of One 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One night shouldn't completely mess up the regular schedule. But yes, I would wake and feed him. Keep the room dark, and quiet. Feed, change and put him back to bed.
2007-10-12 13:54:05 · answer #7 · answered by Leslie M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you could wake him up and give him a bottle. Or you can let him sleep, but understand that he'll either wake up REALLY hungry in the morning or halfway thru the night.
I would probably just wake him up, that way he'll sleep thru the night and you won't have to get up with him!
2007-10-12 13:55:55 · answer #8 · answered by Cara M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never wake a sleeping baby. He'll wake when he's ready, and you should feed him then. Yes, it will mess up his schedule but he's probably got something going on - teeth, a growth spurt, a little illness. He needs his sleep.
I'm assuming you've checked on him and he's sleeping fine
2007-10-12 13:55:44 · answer #9 · answered by DaisyCake 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 03:03:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋