baby fighting sleep?

Question

We have a 5mth old,who has always been rocked to sleep,or jiggled to sleep.Lately,things have changed,and at any notion of it being bedtime or naptime,we begin to rock her,she kicks,cries,jerks and fights it so bad.Ive tried to lay her down in her bed with lullaby and she does the same thing,Ive also tried laying down with her.Nothing seems to help calm her,she will not take a pacifier,she cant figure out how to suck it and keep it in her mouth.Ive given her a bottle to try to calm her,and she will drink it,but ends up throwing it up because she's not really hungry.We dont know what to do anymore to calm her.Any suggestions???and yes,we've tried swaddling,and she hates it!!

Answer 1

Try giving her a bath in johnson&johnson lavender.....let her lay in her bed with soft music going.........mine lays there and listens to the music and eventually falls asleep

Answer 2

My daughter has just started to do this too. Its driving me nuts. She took one 15 minute nap at 11:30 yesterday morning and that was it until she went to bed last night at 7:00. She is 4 months old. Its like right before she falls asleep she wakes her self up by crying and she's so sleepy she is extremely fussy the rest of the day. The only way I have found that I can get her even close to taking a nap is singing twinkle twinkle little star over and over. Maybe give that a try. Other than that I don't know what to tell you. Sorry, but I know what you are going through. Hopefully it will change soon for both of us.

Answer 3

Set up a bedtime routine.

Bathe her, give her a massage with johsons bedtime lotion, warm milk, cuddles. Usually she should be asleep within 15 minutes.

I have a 15 month, 9 year old son and a 12 year old son. I used work in a beauty salon, I'm a massage therapist now. My 15 month just gets what I descriped.

For my 9 and 12 year old sons, they have their bath, 9 year old first. Right after, I have a massage bed in my room, I give massage session that lasts for 15 minutes, while his skin is still wet I put baby oil all over him to lock in the moisture, and then slather vaseline or lotion on him with massage.

It has many benefits, keeping their skin smooth, relieving any stress that they may have had in the day, extremely relaxing for them and he is goes to bed right after, asleep within seconds.

I do the same with my oldest, Massage etc, which also includes all those benefits.

I hope I could help, email me for any questions. xoxo

Answer 4

Try taking her for a car ride or put her in her stoller and take for a walk. Try putting a baby blanket on the floor so she doesn't think your wanting her to go to sleep and then try offering the bottle. My son at this age on spent a lot of time taking naps or falling a sleep on the floor. Once he falls asleep I then gently move him to his crib where he will sleep until he is ready to wake up.

Answer 5

My 5 month old is exactly the same, every evening its a battle until he tires himself (and us) to sleep. Everytime i think ive cracked it i try it the next night and it doesnt work. if he does drop off for a second and wakes up he wakes and screams like hes angry with himself for sleeping and continues to fight, sometimes i think hes just overtired but your question is starting to make me think its a 5mth olds stage thing and maybe he'll grow out of it....

Answer 6

She may be going through a growth spurt or teething and be a bit unsettled. Is she like this during the day, or only at sleep time?

There's some sleep info at http://www.ebabycentre.com/bdsleeping.htm and http://www.ebabycentre.com/articlesnewbornsleep.htm

Answer 7

my baby was the same! my condolences. she sleeps on her tummy! she's a very strong baby and i had no doubts whatsoever that she'd be ok and she is. i take her for daily walks. she sleeps great at night.

i find ways to distract her too. she loves lights! i.e. her mobile. she loves baby books and different textures these days. that keeps her occupied and she stops crying.

email me if you have any questions

good luck

Answer 8

Do you have a sling or pack carrier? Putting her in it and going for a brisk walk might soothe her to sleep. That or a car ride always worked for my daughter.

Answer 9

I have a suggestion: You should try putting her to sleep on her stomach. Back sleep causes social skills delays, motor skills delays, deformational plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome), torticollis (tightening of the neck muscles), shoulder retraction, increases episodes of sleep apnea (lack of oxygen), decreases sleep duration, and increases awakenings. Stomach sleep does none of those negative things and also prevents hip subluxation, increases sleep duration by between 8% and 16%, decreases the number of awakenings by 40%, decreases the duration of awakenings by 43%, decreases sleep apnea, decreases infant screaming periods, and helps to lessen colic. Before 1993 over 70% of American babies were put to sleep on their stomachs, 13% were put to sleep on their backs, and the rest were put to sleep on their sides. Now, over 75% of babies are put to sleep on their backs and we've had a 500% increases in plagiocephaly as well as a huge increase in infants and children with developmental delays and disorders, learning disabilities, etc. Look at how many kids are wearing orthotic helmets and going to physical therapy these days. Also, the SIDS prevention Back To Sleep statistics are completely overstated, misleading and not even applicable to 99.8% of babies. If a parent chooses to put their infant to sleep on their stomach though they should check with their pediatrician and see if the baby can sleep on their stomach on the parents chest first. After a baby is able to flip itself over most people agree it's ok for a baby to sleep on their stomach. I personally think they should be sleeping on their stomachs from the time of birth. Good Luck. Sorry for writing so much.

http://www.oandp.com/edge/issues/articles/2006-12_02.asp

http://cgi.thescientificworld.co.uk/cgi-bin/processHtml.pl?Id=2005.03.71.html&format=Dreamweaver

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1595182

Answer 10

we had that problem for a couple days. between his cold and a tooth, it was interesting nights. how long has it been going on? could be gas at night, a small cold or teething.