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Changing Sleep Patterns

Help!!! My son was sleeping through the night at around 3 months old. (He was born 6 weeks premature) Recently for the past 2-3 weeks he has been waking up 3 or more times for the binky (pacifier). He is 5 1/2 months. Is this ever going to end?? I am so tired. He sleeps some nights but about 80% is waking up.

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Jul 01, 2008

Sure will!
by: Baby Help Line

Hi tired mom!

Of course your baby will start sleeping through the night again, but it is hard to say how fast. I assume your baby doesn't feed at night, since you say he wakes up for the pacifier?

You could try to take it away... Here is a way to do it.

Other than that, you can of course also try to feed him a little bit more in the evening as well as look over all other sleep routines.

Wish you good luck!

/Paula

Jul 01, 2008

Sleeping help
by: Stacy

My child is about 5 months old as well, and I can tell you that I understand what you are going through. At about a month ago he slept through the night after we finally adjusted his feeding schedule correctly and began waking him up at about 8 PM until 9 PM.

My first suggestion would be to check his feeding schedule, though if he is taking a pacifier, this may not be the problem.

My second suggestion is, if you suspect that hunger is waking him up, you should feed him more baby food before feeding him a bottle to sooth him.

My suggestion if food is not the issue is to check his teething. My son has begun teething in a big way. He is chomping and drooling and often uncomfortable, and I can also see the white teeth about to pop up. If he is having these symptoms, I would give him about half a dose of infant Tylenol or some oragel right before his last bottle. If he is chomping at his pacifier, he is possibly trying to get comfort from mouth pain.

Good luck with your sleep! Everything looks brighter when you get this resolved, I promise.

May 21, 2009

breaking the hbbit and an older sibbling trying to sleep next door
by: Anonymous

I have a 3 month old that is dependent on her pacifier for sleeping. I had no idea of what that would mean for us when we first introduced it to her.

My first child - now almost 3 years old never had a pacifier. He didn't like it and would not accept it. He was and is a great sleeper. He sucks a couple of fingers instead of using pacifier and has done this - the same 2 finger since he was a few months old. He never needed music or a mobile or any other sleep aide. It was great.

So, now that my 3 month old has taken to her "noonoo" like a champ I am at loss. She is contantly waking up now looking for it. I had no idea it would be like that because she wasn't like that to strt with. I would take it out of her mouthafter she fell asleep and she would have no problems with it. She wouldn't wake up until she was ready to eat again. Now you wouldn't dare take it away! I know that if I was to take it out or even find that she spit it out, that she would be awake hollering for it shortly.

My husband and I take turns going in and out trying to get he back to sleep. Now that she is getting better at using her hands (but not that great) she can easily take it out but can't get it back in.

I was up at 4am this morning and was in and out of her room for over an hour and then her cry changed cuz it was time for her to eat again. So I fed her and spend another half hour getting her back to sleep, only to be woken up again by her older brother next door. And often it happens the other way around - she wakes him up with her upset about the pacifier and with the traffice in the hallway going in and out of her room.

I AM AT MY WITTS END!

I would like to just stop it all cold turkey but I am terrified on what is going to happen over the time I start it to when it resolves itself. I can't take a cranky 3 year old (a pleasent 3 year old is hard to take sometimes, LOL) due to lack of sleep for him because she is screaming thru the day and night.

Please let me know if anyone else has experience this and how they fixed it.

Letting her keep the pacifier is really not an options cuz we all need to finally get some sleep.

But if anyone else that went thru this that had another child to think of in the process and found success with something, I would be very greatful!!!

P.S sorry for the rant....

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May 21, 2009
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I have a 3 month old that is dependent on her pacifier for sleeping. I had no idea of what that would mean for us when we first introduced it to her. My first child - now almost 3 years old never had a pacifier. He didn't like it and would not accept it. He was and is a great sleeper. He sucks a couple of fingers instead of using pacifier and has done this - the same 2 finger since he was a few months old. He never needed music or a mobile or any other sleep aide. It was great. So, now that my 3 month old has taken to her "noonoo" like a champ I am at loss. She is contantly waking up now looking for it. I had no idea it would be like that because she wasn't like that to strt with. I would take it out of her mouthafter she fell asleep and she would have no problems with it. She wouldn't wake up until she was ready to eat again. Now you wouldn't dare take it away! I know that if I was to take it out or even find that she spit it out, that she would be awake hollering for it shortly. My husband and I take turns going in and out trying to get he back to sleep. Now that she is getting better at using her hands (but not that great) she can easily take it out but can't get it back in. I was up at 4am this morning and was in and out of her room for over an hour and then her cry changed cuz it was time for her to eat again. So I fed her and spend another half hour getting her back to sleep, only to be woken up again by her older brother next door. And often it happens the other way around - she wakes him up with her upset about the pacifier and with the traffice in the hallway going in and out of her room. I AM AT MY WITTS END! I would like to just stop it all cold turkey but I am terrified on what is going to happen over the time I start it to when it resolves itself. I can't take a cranky 3 year old (a pleasent 3 year old is hard to take sometimes, LOL) due to lack of sleep for him because she is screaming thru the day and night. Please let me know if anyone else has experience this and how they fixed it. Letting her keep the pacifier is really not an options cuz we all need to finally get some sleep. But if anyone else that went thru this that had another child to think of in the process and found success with something, I would be very greatful!!! P.S sorry for the rant....

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