tough time sleeping - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

luckydarlin · 10-15-2007, 09:09 AM

My daughter just turned six months last week and was on a pretty great sleeping schedule at night. Veggies at 6pm, bath at 7pm, bottle immediately following and would sleep until around midnight, eat again and then sleep until the morning. Well, since last week, she is now waking up almost hourly fussing - sometimes just giving her the binky works, but other times she is a little gassy or cries so much I end up giving her a bottle. She got her first two teeth at four months and nothing since, but I realize she is teething because she chews on everything! Last night I tried giving her some Tylenol before bed because I wondered if it was her teeth bothering her and causing her to wake up. Seven times up later throughout the night, I'm assuming it didn't help.

Any thoughts on this or advice???

Thanks! ...I'm VERY tired!

dream77 · 10-15-2007, 01:41 PM

"Night awakening" is something I am also researching. it might be a time of separation anxiety.

meechieny · 10-15-2007, 01:44 PM

I think most sleep issues at this age are due to teething. One thing you might want to try is Motrin instead of the Tylenol. Tylenol is only a pain reliever and fever reducer lasting 4-6 hours where as Motrin is those plus a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory lasting 6-8 hours. With teething you definately have inflammation so I think using Motrin might make a big difference for her AND you.
Hope you have a better night

Tiff24 · 10-15-2007, 08:51 PM

My son is almost 9 months. He's getting his top four teeth and he's had some tough nights too. I wrote about a week or so ago and "meechieny" mentioned that when babies are teething that it can hurt worse when they are laying down because of the position and blood flow. Since then I've been giving him motrin to help with the inflammation and he's been much happier, especially at night. He's actually been waking in the middle of the night when it wears off and will fall back asleep after I give him more and it starts to kick in. You might want to try the motrin instead of tylenol and hopfully you both will get some sleep.

WhiskersOnKittens · 10-15-2007, 10:44 PM

I am currently in the same situation, except my ds is just over 5 months old. He used to wake once or twice during the night, but lately he's been waking every couple hours.... It's driving me insane. I am thinking that he's probably getting in his top teeth as well (he got his bottom 2 at about 3 and a half months...). I just wanted to let you know you're not alone! Hang in there....

Whiskers