In need of sleep

[macongrl]

ely used to wake up every night at about 3am. then around 5 months he started to sleep through the night (7:30pm - 6am). then while we were away in spain in september he started to wake up in the night really hungry. we thought it was just the time change. when we got him it kept going on. he'd wake up 2 or 3 times a night to have a bottle. this

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[drchickon]

I think that's fairly common. I know we went through phases of that....still go through phases of that. We read the No-Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley. A couple of bedtime snacks she recommended were bananas and cheese - those tend to be filling and hold kids over. We also cut out milk during the night because too many kids we know have already had dental surgery because they had milk (nursing or bottles) during the night. So we would offer him a few sips of water. I am trying to think back to his age though...it gets hard to remember what you did at what age....

Other things we tried that worked well - no eye contact during the night, no talking to him during night wakings, just laid him back down and gave him his bink. Made sure he was getting enough sleep - one of the things we read talked about night waking sometimes being a result of them not getting enough sleep. WE moved up his bedtime and made sure he got his naps - that helped too.

At any rate - try the No Cry Sleep Solution if you haven't. It's a very good book with a lot of useful suggestions and good information.