Moved and Six Month Old Quit Sleeping Through the Night.

Updated on August 07, 2008
K.T. asks from Huntington, UT
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We recently moved and my six month old little girl quit sleeping through the night. We've never had a problem with this before and I don't know what to do. Always before we could put her to bed at 8:00 or 9:00 pm with her binky and she'd sleep 'till we woke her the next morning. Now she wakes up two or three times a night and wont take her binky because she wants her bottle. She is in her own room now and I've wondered if that could be the problem. Her behavior has changed too. She's fussy if I'm not in sight and cant stand to be left alone for half a minute. Just wondering if any of you had any advice on how I can get things back to normal.

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J.S.

answers from Boise on

I completely sympathize with you! We moved recently as well and our daughter (1 yr) stopped sleeping in her crib, wouldn't go to bed until 10:30, and wouldn't eat solids either. It took nearly a month for things to get better and now she is eating and going to bed at the right time, but not sleeping in her own crib well. We are trying to keep a routine, which helps a lot, but it keeps being interuppted by vacations. It will get better - my daughter couldn't stand if I left her sight either, but she is over that now!

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K.D.

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Keep establishing good sleep habits -- ones that you'll want to continue for the next few years. And keep in mind that you just removed all the stability and security from her familiar environment. If you keep reassuring her that you will be here and don't establish undesireable sleep habits in the meantime things should settle down. Good luck to you.

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D.K.

answers from Denver on

First and foremost take the binky AND the bottle away, you are setting yourself up with horrible habits later and her dependency on these things can cause a lot of issues, not to mention they both can cause dental damage.
She could be teething, try tylenol at night.
Kids change sleep habits and patterns a million times for all sorts of reasons, growth spurts, teething are two very common reasons.
It is great she is in her own room, but take the bottles and binkies away, she is at a perfect age to break these habits.
Just take them away. Having a bottle during the day is fine, but never put her to bed with one!!!!!!!!
Take the binky away now at night, maybe just for naps then all together gone. Seriously, you will have a few rough nights but teaching her to soothe herself is the best gift you can give her!!!

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C.B.

answers from Denver on

Every baby I know has a hard time adjusting to a move. If you just keep reasuring her you are there for her and spend sometime cuddling and loving on her. She will adjust. She is just unsure at this time.
Did she sleep in your room before this move? That could also be part of the whole thing. Two major changes in a short time.
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C.L.

answers from Provo on

When we moved, we had problems with our daughter waking up too. So, we rearranged her new room to make it look as close as possible to her old room. We put her bed in roughly the same position, all the toy baskets in about the same place in relation to her bed, pictures on the wall all at the same height or on the same walls as her old room. Yeah, it made her room a bit boring, but since the new room looked familiar, she slept better.

As she has gotten older, we've been able to rearrange furniture and change pictures and she's been fine with it.

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