Frequent Waking in 4-Month-Old Baby

My honest advice? Feed her! Babies grow through several growth spurts, including one around the 3-4 month milestone.

As far as swaddling, I continued to swaddle my daughter as a method of soothing until she was about five months old. Being held tightly is comforting to them, and it's not destructive in any way, so what's the harm?

Hi Laury,
My daughter is 10 weeks old, and she sleeps through the night, we put her in her boppy pillow in the crib. I think she sleeps because she feels she is cradled by the pillow.
Good Luck!
J.

Laurie,

I'm having the same problem but with nap time. He will not nap unless he is swaddled. We got him off the swaddle for night time but for nap time he will only sleep for about 30min at a time, unless he is swaddled. I don't want to swaddle him but then he gets so over tired he doesn't sleep well at night. I already tried to just let him cry and it didn't work. Let me know if you get any good advice.

I'm sorry I don't have much advice on this, just wanted to let you know that we went through the same thing. My little guy LOVED the miracle blanket...slept wonderfully from two months until four months...I thought we had it made with the sleep issues until he started squirming his way out of it and just would not stay asleep. I knew it wasn't hunger, because, as you said, he had been sleeping through the night fine before. After MANY sleepless nights, we became a co-sleeping family... Hang in there...

If she is sleeping well with the blanket, give it to her. She may just like the way it feels. My daughters both liked the way fleece blankets felt between their fingers & used it to soothe themselves by rubbing it. If she is too tall, put it over her. I ditched the incline when they started squirming away from it. Check to may sure she isn't teething. That would make her wake up too. Good luck!

She's probably just cold. It's a very common problem with babies. you should try one of those sleep sack things that they wear over their PJ's. It's a sack that you zip them into, it has arm holes but no sleeves. you can get them in cotton and fleece. try looking-up sleepsack on amazon and you will see what i mean. My 3 month old daughter hates to be cold too! I use a safe heater in her room and thick PJ's. Btw, when i had my son 3 years ago, he was in the NICU because he was a premie. The nurses told me that you shouldn't use sleep positioners at all (or bumpers at any age). If you want to raise her up, a phone book under the mattress works great (as long as they aren't the type of kid to move around the crib all night)

I feel your pain, up until about a week ago, my 6 month old son was sleeping in the bed with me, and still waking every 3-4 hours as he has done since birth. I have been putting him in the crib now, and he falls a sleep fine...he even likes being in the crib, but he is still waking up every 2-3 hours now....I am going crazy. My doctor told me it is out of habit, and to give him water instead of the formula I was guilty of giving him at night. I tried this with no effect...he doesn't want water and whines for the bottle. My friend, another single mother, recommended just letting him cry himself back to sleep and he will eventually learn to do it on his own... I ahte hearing him cry...especially at 3 in the morning when I am trying to sleep, but I guess thats the only way to get him to break the habit...

I would say Yes, she is old enough to stop sleeping on the incline. Also you might want to feed her when she wakes up. She could be going through a growth spurt and need a little extra food. My daughter was an excellent sleeper. She slept through the night most of the time. But when she had a night or two of wakeful nights I would nurse her because I it filled her belly and allowed her to back to sleep for a couple more hours!
Good Luck

Hi, I have a now 2 1/2 year old son. He loved the swaddling until he was about 5 months. I chose to take the comfort things away when he was ready. The pacifier just went at age 2! He is a happy,healthy boy.

My daughter didnt have much sleeping problem but here is my suggestion you may try...I think why she might not be sleeping well is because of her mattress...its like the same we cant sleep...we bought my daughter a serta and seemed to do very well...she is now 2 1/2 sleeping in a toddler bed on the same mattress and does quite well...maybe insted of the incline sleeper just try proping up her mattress from the under neath instead of under the sheet it might feel slightly different for her...hopefully my suggestiion my help a little...also doctors say just let them cry it out too...they might have just had a bad dream.

I swaddled my oldest until she wouldn't stay in it. If that makes her sleep, I say go for it. I've never heard they should be weaned, just that after a certain age they don't stay swaddled very well.