This is absolutely key to getting an older baby to sleep well. Have left her for over a hour but ended up feeding her!! And then I was in tears!! How do you feel about leaving her to cry? Have you tried it, for how long and what happened? This use to put her back to sleep, but now she can cry with it in her mouth!ĭoes she have a blankie or special toy that she always has at sleep times? Everytime she wakes up I have to put it back in her mouth.

Put them back around her when she's asleepĭoes she have any sleep cues, such as being fed to sleep, rocked, needs you there, music or mobile?įed to sleep, leave radio on (done this since she was born) but now trying a sleep CDĭoes she use a dummy? Just to fall asleep or while she is asleep? How many times do you put it back in during the night? Kicks off blankets have wrapped them right under the cot but sometimes (not always) she gets them off. She sleeps in a sleep wrap but someties its a flight to get her blankets over her without her kicking them offĭoes she move about in her cot? Kick off blankets? Bang her head on the end of the cot? Is she swaddled or in a sleeping bag? Is she still firmly wrapped when she wakes? But maybe in a habbit now? She crys when she wakes once or twice she screams. Have been feeding her because she was sick with the flu. What happens when she wakes? Ie does he grizzle/cry/scream? Always fed when she wakes? I'm sure she can't be hungry but it settles her and she falls to sleep straight away sometimes in my arms What times does she wake in the night? Always about the same times? How do you settle her at sleep time and bedtime?įeed her then put her to bed with her dummy. More play then feed milk 4ish, then solids 4.30-5pm. 1pm feed, then bed for 1 hour or sleeps in pram if we go for a walk. Then up again play till 11.30 then veges and meat for lunch. I feed her breastmilk then back to bed for 40 mins - 1 hour. Tell me about your daytime routine – ie what times does she have feeds/solids/sleeps/bedtime? Like this post? Get the best of Kveller delivered straight to your inbox.Where does she sleep? In her cot in her room. Once you are able to get her daytime sleep into a better pattern, her nights should fall into place as well. She falls asleep nicely at bedtime (which is AMAZING, by the way!), but then wakes in the night from her lack of daytime consistency and has a lot of trouble falling back asleep. A disrupted sleep cycle is when a child is transitioning from sleep cycle to sleep cycle, but for whatever reason (being overtired, needing something or someone to help resettle, a change of environment, etc.) she is unable to transition back to sleep with ease. *Keep in mind that sleeping and eating are directly correlated, and most babies really thrive on having predictability with their daytime meals as well….Īs per her screaming at night, this is something that can commonly happen when a child is having disrupted sleep cycles. Here’s an example (although it may not be what works for her and you!)ħ a.m. Most babies her age can stay awake for 2-3 hours between naps, so I suggest trying to introduce a more consistent routine to help her body regulate properly for sleep. If your 6-month-old is only sleeping for a total of 1.5 hours during the day, then that is the first place to start to help improve her sleep overall. Over-tiredness creates further exhaustion, causing her to fight sleep, wake more frequently, and continue this vicious cycle like a snowball affect!

Generally speaking, sleep induces sleep–that means the better rested a child is, the more qualitative sleep she will have, longer naps, easier bedtime, consistent night sleep, etc. Day affects night, which affects the following day and so on. Sometimes goes back to bed but usually up for good by 5 a.m.įirst and foremost, all sleep is a 24-hour related cycle. Sleeps beautifully in her own room/crib until 1 a.m. She maybe has 1.5 hours of napping total per day. Her naps during the day are crappy to nonexistent. My kid is 6 months old and in 95th percentile height and weight. Do you have a sleep question for Batya? Send them into with the subject line “Sleep coach.”

Below she takes on a question from Kveller contributing editor, Jordana. Luckily, there are people who specialize in these things, like Israeli sleep coach Batya Sherizen. Anyone with kids knows that getting them to sleep is no easy feat.

6 month old wake up time