6 Month-old Baby Waking up Again

What about co-sleeping? Or if you'd rather not, then perhaps lie down with him until you know he's asleep then transfer him back into his crib. I see no problem with him taking a bottle, 6.5 months is still a little baby in my eyes and it's natural they may be hungry at night. It may not be his teeth at all, he may simply be waking up because he's hungry or wants to be cuddled by mommy.

My son, who's 3 and half, and I have been co-sleeping since his birth and we both get a full nights sleep.

Good luck.

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My 5 mo old was having a similiar problem after breaking a tooth and after doing some research/reading, I realized that I was interrupting her too often in the night. When I heard her, I would go in right away and that is what she came to expect. We started waiting longer periods of time before going in to check on her, and now, after a few minutes, she goes right back to sleep without us checking on her at all. I think your son may have just come to expect that you go in now whenever he asks (he's a smart cookie and has figured out how he gets to see you all night long!). We followed ferbers method and it worked!

Have you tried giving him a cold teething ring to sooth his gums it numbs them pretty good and an alternative to oragel is Real vanilla extract it tastes better and is all natural numbing agent. Maybe put the teething ring where he can chew on it at night when he wakes up? Let me know if this works.

Has he started on solids yet? If not then you may want to start introducing food as I would say hunger is the problem.

If he wasn't needing food before he probably doesn't need it now but has come to like/expect it...tone down the routine to, are you okay, diaper change, pat on back or orajel, whatever he needs, and then back down again.

If he is waking for teething issues don't make it a big production. He will expect just the checkup, know you care, and then go back down. Good luck, he may resist b/c he wants the bottle now but he will figure it out...be consistent and in a week he could be back to "normal" barring other teeth/reflux/sickness.

Normal is a very flexible thing at this age. Good Luck, Nat

Hi R.,

I hope this finds you well.

Is it possible that he is cutting more teeth? I know after the first set of teeth, more than 2 can come in at a time and after the first two come in, the others may follow soon. It is also possible that because teething was a new experience that he is taking some time to get back to his schedule. I would stick with what you're doing and as with many things with our little ones, it will pass.

Six months is also the time when their sleep patterns can start changing, too. I think many babies sleep really well for the first 3-4 months and then start waking around 6 months. Give it another week, if you can, and see if anything changes. And maybe as you're doing, try changing things in his crib/room to see if that helps. White noise may help or a lovey? You may have already tried these things.

Finally, could he be hungry? I know at six months, especially on solids, most babies would not wake up to eat, but my daughter would wake up for a bottle sometimes if she had not had enough during the day.

As long as you can rule out any medical causes and have tried different sleep situations, it may just be a phase...

Good luck and take care!

Try Infant Motrin instead of Tylenol. Not only does it help with teething pain it also reduces swelling!

My son went thru a similar phase that lasted about 1 month - sometimes waking 15 times a night. The other thing that helped was the Fischer Price Baby Aquarium mobile. It's very soothing and watching it helped him nod back off. Make sure you get the latest model with the remote which allows you to turn it on from outside his door. He's 16 months now and stands up and turns it on himself if he walks up and wants to go back to sleep.