My son is 5 1/2 months old and wakes around 4 to 5 times a night, I don't expect him to be sleeping 12 hours straight but I'm having a hard time with him waking and not being able to fall asleep. For the fiirst 3 months he had colic and it was all about doing anything to get him to sleep, well now I really want to help him develop better sleep habits. Everynight around 6 he gets a bath a story and I rock him to sleep which is often difficult and can take over a hour. Then chances are ill have to rock him back to sleep twice before I go to bed. Then hell wake around midnight for a bottle, but after that everytime we wakes he's not hungry and fights me going back to sleep. Also I should note he fights his naps too. Finally the other night I attemptedc the ferber method, he cried for a hour no matter how I tried to comfort him without picking him up, finally I felt a hour must be to long and stopped. I understand he his just a baby and i of course I will do whatever he needs but hopefully some mothers with simillar experiences have some advice?
He might be teething. If holding him gets him to go to sleep, I say go ahead. He's 5 1/2 months old, he's still a baby. Enjoy it now, in a few years he will be asking you to leave his room.
My son is the same way and now i see his little sneeky ways if i dont pick him up he throws a fit and what i think it is is that ur child and mines are use to the arms..now my advice is keep track of his naps some mothers might think is mean but keep him up durning the day let him get really tired and at night when its time for bed shower him in warm water but it has to be lettuce water u boil the lettice in the water and shower him in it just make it warm not HOT lol we dont want to burn the baby..and he'll sleep good at nigh :)
If babys know someone will come pick them up, or come to them every time they cry. they will cry. Give him cereal at bed time rock him to sleep once, don't keep doing it over and over, that becomes habit and routine, and you will be doing that until you decide not too. Fish tanks are good in baby's rooms my baby's/toddlers had one. J.
Perhaps try a chiropractor. We used them for many different things but whenever our kids seemed to have trouble sleeping we'd bring them for an adjustment and usually saw an improvement the first night!
You have to let him cry it out as long as u know he is not wet has been fed etc. He has to realize night time is the time to sleep. Also 6pm is way to early to be putting him to bed it's too long of a night for him that's why he's getting up so often. Try pitting him to sleep on his belly or swaddling him, my baby slept much better on her belly. Good luck! Pray about it too it helps.
