6 Month Old Stopped Sleeping at Night.

teething. most likely, and most probably.

some kids wont accept any substitutes for mom and dads love and affection. my son, husband and i shared a family bed until aroudn 16 months. it seems like a long time when you are at the younger end of it... but its worth it. my son is a confident sleeper and doesnt really have many problems, unless he is teething! :D

give some tylenol, or teething gel, or whatever your methods are for teething... but i really think this is the problem.

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Hello M.,
I was wondering the same thing about my 8mo old son. He started sleeping through the night at 3 wks and the last week or so he is up every 2-3 hours. Sometimes will eat and sometimes just wants to snuggle... I was thinking that maybe it had something to do with teething? My oldest son (he is 4 now) use to have bad nights around the time he had teeth coming in. Just a thought... Hope it gets better for both of us!!!

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Whenever my daughter stopped sleeping at night, her teeth were bothering her....

Is she on meds for her reflux? She might need her meds upped. Our son has reflux and when it is bothering him he soothes his tummy by eating very often. I know the meds are done by weight so if she has had a growth spurt she might need a bit more. I just know that reflulx can really mess up their sleep. It is just a thought. Hope that helps.

I don't have any advice except to tell you that you're not alone. My daughter will be seven months on the 9th and she stopped sleeping well about two months ago. Inexplicably. I'm holding out hope that it is a growth spurth. I've also been told that because babies are so much more alert and aware of their surroundings at this age that they don't want to sleep. All I can say is hang in there. I'm trying to.

Most babies growth spurt at 6 months. This could be why she is waking to eat. Not sure why it's some nights and not others. She maybe having a harder time falling asleep because of the tear duct. Is she teething? Does she seem unhappy (or in pain) when she wakes up, or is she just hungry and awake?

From what I understand, if you increase her food intake during the day by the amount she is eating at night and she stops waking, it's a growth spurt. She could also be using the bottle to soothe her gums. Since it's summer, she may just be a little thirsty. If you give her a bottle of water and she takes it, that may be it. If she gets mad, it's not the water she's after. This may not work if you haven't been giving her water. Much of the time, this works for my son. If he's actually hungry, he pushes the bottle away and cries. When my son's first two teeth came in a 7 months, we had no idea what was going on. We just knew he was having a hard time sleeping. We do some co-sleeping so he we brought him to bed with us for those days and he was still very restless. He didn't really show any signs of teething during the day-some fussiness while eating, but that was it and of course, I didn't associate it with teething at that point. Sure enough, he grabbed my finger a day or two later and "Ow!!" there it was! He had his second a week later. Now he's been teething for weeks, and has gotten tooth after tooth! From what I'm reading, you seem to be pretty well in tune with her. All the things you mentioned are relatively temporary and she'll go back to sleeping through the night. Good Luck!

My daughter stopped sleeping through the night at about 4 1/2 months for no apparent reason until about 2 weeks later a tooth popped through. It was so early for teeth it never occured to us. Could that be what's going on with your daughter also? About 6 months is about average for teeth to start coming in I think? Best of luck - it took us until my daughter was 11 months old to get her to sleep through the night again.

Kids are like that - as soon as you get a system they change, but don't worry about it, just roll with it. She could be experiencing a growth spurt, becoming more "in tune" with her bodily functions (thus awakening to hunger, discomfort, etc. more often) or maybe she is getting more to eat at bedtime some nights than others and her little tummy just needs a refill. Besides consistency, the greatest asset in parenting is flexibility. Worry has no place - it just drains your energy anc causes you to second-guess yourself. Instead, feed her, comfort her and put her back to sleep. It will pass with time.

SAHM of seven, all sleep well, but sometimes even now, they get hungry or need love in the middle of the night - not often, but when you need it, you need it!

my babies quit sleeping through the night when they started getting teeth and then started again after they got them. A dose of liquid teething meds helped when this was the case.

Hi there, I just posted an extremely similar post. My son is 5 months old and is suddenly waking at about midnight every once in a while. He hasn't woken up at that time since he was like 1 month old. Those nights when he wakes, he wants to eat. I've tried putting him back to sleep without feeding him and he gets even more upset. I don't have any real advice for you except hang in there. I've been there and so have many other people. All my kids have been diagnosed with reflux. You could try propping her mattress up a little to see if that helps. Good luck and I'll be reading the responses, maybe someone will try something I haven't!