My 5 months an a half baby boy , wakes 4-5 times through the night and cries. What should I do abot this？?

Question

My son is very active during the day , everything is OK with him, except that during the night sleep, which starts around 9:00 pm wakes almost every hour and he cries until we cuddle him. What might be the cause of this problem and what can we do about it ? thanks

Answer 1

Night waking in infants isn't a 'problem' you need to do something about, it is NORMAL. When your baby wakes up, feed him, cuddle him, rock him, and soothe him back to sleep. You might consider co-sleeping if you don't want to get out of bed every time.

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Answer 2

I will make some assumptions with the following and hopefully give you some hints.

Of course the baby wants to cuddle!
Separating the baby from the mother at night is totally unnatural. Some kind of weird thing westerners do. The mother is supposed to sleep with the baby and thus the baby will wake up every two hours to breastfeed while the mother slumbers. It's totally natural for babies to wake up every couple hours at night. Babies will feed every 2 hours 24 hours a day at first. At night, in between, the baby will open its eyes to take a peek to see if mom is still there... if no one is there... it will cry cry cry... wouldn't you?

Most parents these days just shove some formula into their kids at bedtime and since formula is very difficult to digest, it usually konks them out like eating a big Christmas dinner. Just a little hint as to how bad formula is for babies. So, you can either try the natural way or the unnatural way. The mother will of course never get a full sleep for years to come the natural way, but the man can sleep in another room, get some sleep and rest and help out during the day. What would parents rather do, raise a healthy child, or get some sleep? Seems most choose the latter these days. This is also the price we pay for not including the grandparents in the whole process... Traditionally they'd be helping out a lot to lessen the stress on the parents allowing the mother to rest and the father to work. Anyway, that's my take on it.

Answer 3

well there are a few things you can try you can get some sort of music player for the crib many can be set to sound so that when the baby crys it will turn on play and teach the baby to sooth him self back to sleep, or you can try laying him down and letting him cry a little while to release energy and frustration no longer then a few min then pick him up comfort but dont say anything for 1 min and place him back in the bed repeating until he falls asleep that's what we had to do with my son and he nows lays down and goes right to sleep for naps and bed time, its hard but what ever you decide to try stick with it for a week to be sure if it will work many babies will just fall into a routine on there own.

Answer 4

My daughter did this and still does this if I try to move her to her crib.
Me and my husband was sleep deprived so we tried letting her sleep on the love seat and me on the couch.And hubby in bed cause of work.
Do you know she will sleep there all night long.
I guess some babies do not like the cribs no matter how soft you get the mattress.And this went from when she was 1 month old till now when we started sleeping this way.

Answer 5

Maybe the bed is uncomfortable or the sheets are irritating him. Try feeding him his last bottle with some cereal in it so it will be heavy on his stomach and make him sleepier. But make sure you check for anything that might be irritating him, especially those little plastic tags on clothes or spiders. Make sure there's no draft in the room and that he's got a humidifer or else his mucous membranes may be dry.

Answer 6

i agree with the person who suggested he might be gassy. babies can't tell us when they don't feel well. i was watching a thing on tv a while back, same kind of thing, parents were at wits end bless them, they'd tried everything! turned out it was a mixture of gas and indigestion. the baby in question was put to bed on an ever-so-slightly tilted matress designed for this tummy problem, and he slept through. a shot in the dark i know, but have a word with your doc, you never know.

Answer 7

if you keep picking him up every time he cries he thinks he can do it all the time try and let him cry for a bit i know its horrible but if you want him to stop doing this you have to be a bit hard my baby girl is just other 4 months and she will go to bed the latest at 8.30 and sleep tii 12 to have her last bottle and then sleeps all the way through till bout 9 am all the best hun you will get him to sleep all the way through just dont give up x x

Answer 8

He just wants to cuddle, its natural for babies to want close contact for comfort because most humans do. Mine sleeps really well with me, not so well by himself, he likes to be close and hear my heart beat. It's not really a problem its just the way babies are, it's not spoiling him to pick him up and cuddle him, there is no way to spoil a baby.

Answer 9

Make sure he is not wet, hungry, too hot or too cold. Just comfort him. He is still very young and needs your attention.

Answer 10

could be cause hes figured out you'll come running if he cries,
also check to see if hes got gas
lye him on his back and pat his stomach if it feels tight and you hear sort of a hallow sound , hes probably gassy.