My 6Th Month Old and His Sleeping Habits

What worked best for me was to keep him up after 5 pm. It can be hard, but if you do it for a week or so, he should shift his sleep. That should help him sleep better at night too. As far as the wrapping, my son is 2 and still rolls himself in his blankets. I swaddled him until he was too long to fit in my longest blanket. It's a personal thing, and if it helps them sleep there is nothing to suggest that wanting to be swaddled means anything developmental or behaviorally. Best of luck!!

My son is 6 months old as well and does the same thing as your little one.... wants to nap after being up for about 2 hours. It is totally normal! When he was real small, I read a great sleep book that helped me understand his patterns better and how to get him to sleep through the night, in his crib, as well as nap in his crib. The book is called Healthy sleep habits, happy child by Marc Weissbluth. Also for the night waking we let our little guy cry for a few nights when he woke up after about an hour.. now he doesn't do it anymore and sleeps straight through. Someone also wrote about adding some rice before bed which is a great idea! Although, you can put it in the bottle... they won't choke. Our son has had rice added to all of his bottles since he was three months old because he has bad reflux. We add a teaspoon per ounce for his reflux, but I would suggest adding half of that for the sleep effect whereas he doesn't need the rice to help his milk stay down. As for the swaddling our little guy was swaddled for like the first month and a half, and we had to ease him out of it slowly. We would swaddle him with his arms out for a week, then just keep gradually loosening the swaddle until we just stopped doing it. Hope this helps!

baby center has a nice article on helping you transition away from the swaddle. we haven't tried it yet for our 4 month old but seems like some great tips.

Here is my advice.
First i would give him good reason to want to stay up during the day play with him, lay him on the floor with toys layed out. Set him in a infant seat or swing with toys. Another thing is Don't let him stay up at night. Most children taht age go to sleep right after they eat. Alot of parent feed them when they wake up and they tend to want to go back to sleep after being fed. So wait 20min or 30min. after he wakes up to eat. When he wakes up at night wait about 10min. Each time before going in to get him up. Each evening wait a little while longer. about 5min. longer. What is he waking for, bottle, play. Stop doing what ever it is. So that you are taking away the reason. Don't expect him to just stop waking up when you change things it will take a while.

My son will 7months on Nov. 3. I could only wish he would sleep like that. He's been that way since birth. He is up and down all day long, but he's getting better at night. All babies have different sleep schedules. I wouldn't worry. He will probably grow out of it. Enjoy it while it last.

I have my daughter on a pretty tight night-time routine. We change her, give her a quick little rub down, she gets a bottle, then off to bed. Thanks to this routine bedtimes are never hard. However, I noticed that all my husband & I have to do to throw that off is pick her up when she wakes up ONE TIME! If we do that then every night she will wake up after sleepign for a little while & cry until one of us picks her up. So, what i've had to do if either of us ever forgets & picks her up @ night when she wakes up is basically retrain her to get her to go to sleep on her own again. I have to let her cry. But, i do it in a nice way. I let her cry for 5 minutes, go in & comfort her, let her cry for 10 minutes, go in & comfort, 15/comfort, 20/comfort, etc until she falls asleep on her own. I usually only have to do that one night & she is back on schedule but starting out it might take you 3 or 4 nights maybe even longer to get your son on track since he's used to waking up & playing. As for wanting to be swaddled.. I dont really see a problem with that if he likes it.. whats the harm in it? Seems like a comfort thing. I dont really have any advice about that one haha Good luck!

I suggest keep him up and interested/entertained for the last cycle before bedtime at night. Don't let him fall asleep for that last 2-hours cycle. By the way, are you breast feeding - two hour cycle is normal for this? You might want to try spoon feeding a small amount of very runny rice cereal before bedtime. Do NOT use a bottle, he might choke. The combination of stimulation and food might help him to sleep in longer terms, and stay awake in longer terms.

My little guy would be awake for no more than 2 hours before he needed a nap. I think at that time he would be up around 7A, take a nap from ###-###-####, a catnap around 1130-1215, another nap from 130-330 (when my older one naps), and then be in bed for the night by 6P. If he was awake more than 2 hours he would melt down quickly. I think the swaddling is totally normal for some babies. For the night wakings, my pediatrician assured me that he did not need to eat in the night at that point and was doing it for comfort. We weaned him off the nightime feed by decreasing the amount in the bottle by 1 ounce each night until he was getting just water. Then after that, I started going in and giving him a bottle with water in it when he woke up. It took about 2 weeks but finally he got the hint and would sleep better. Oh, and keep the room as dark as possible and no talking to him in the night if possible, otherwise he thinks it is party time. Of course, now teething is going on and we are transitioning from one nap to two, so if it isn't one thing it will be another... Good Luck!

That is absolutely healthy for him to want to go down for his morning nap two hours after he got up. You will also notice he will likely take an afternoon nap as well two to three hours after he wakes up from his first nap. Totally normal. He needs to sleep. He may even take a third nap at this age from 3-5 pm. By 9 months though, this third nap should go away or he won't sleep at night. Be sure not to let him sleep for that third nap later than 530 0r so. It sounds like he is going to bed too late. The more sleep they get the more they require. Do what ever it takes to keep him happy. If he wants to be wrapped, so be it. He may need that snuggling feeling or may get cold easily.

As far as him being up in the middle of the night, you may have to let him cry a little bit. It sounds like he is getting excited to see you. :) Sometimes, if you just let them work it out a little bit, they will go right back to sleep. They just miss you and want to play. It is totally healthy to allow him to cry a little at this stage of the game.
Keep his room dark when you go to him. Don't change his daiper unless he has gone number two. (Kirkland diapers are really absorbent. Changing his diaper can really stimulate him. You would if he was younger.) Don't talk to him, and try to keep eye contact to a minimum. Avoid as much stimulation as possible. IT is also likely he is going through a growth spurt right now, so he may be hungry. (Keep that in mind if he is not eating at night)

no my son id 19 months old and still follows that sleep pattern