https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:16:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-is-crying-in-his-sleep#post-2786914 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 16:00:25 +0000 SweetiePie 2786914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JennyPenny: Yeah we did what @gingerbebe: did. We have a dose right before bed. It wore off at some point in the night between 5-6 hours. He’d wake up fussing. I’d do a tiny like sesame seed amount of orajel to calm him, do another Motrin dose, and he’d go back to sleep. </p> <p>Still also happens at 3yo when he’s sick :-) Dose before bed and if he’s really ill he’ll wake up around the 6 hour mark. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-is-crying-in-his-sleep#post-2786913 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 16:00:07 +0000 JennyPenny 2786913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: Ours has been a drool monster since the day he was born - though I might say its increased lately. I did take this pic this weekend :silly: But he's also been sucking (or chewing) his thumb the past few days which is a new behavior! </p> [attach=2543/17/ozj3o7.600x450.Image-uploaded-from-iOS.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-is-crying-in-his-sleep#post-2786911 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 15:55:07 +0000 gingerbebe 2786911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JennyPenny: Yeah, for us, Advil always wore off at the 6 hour mark, so we'd dose at bedtime (730pm), expect him to get up around 130am, and then hope he slept through until 730am. So we'd have to get up once at night, which was fine. One sign for us was being mouthy - fists in mouth, drooling, and sucking on stuffed animals or loveys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-is-crying-in-his-sleep#post-2786908 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 15:51:42 +0000 JennyPenny 2786908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: great idea! </p> <p>@SweetiePie: I could also probably dose at the start of the night. Just cause I'm not waking up to groaning before 4 - doesn't mean he's not uncomfortable then too :-/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-is-crying-in-his-sleep#post-2786844 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 12:32:21 +0000 gingerbebe 2786844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, we kept a thermos of ice water and a small cup with pre-filled syringes of Advil in our hallway so that we could quickly dose our boys and get them back to sleep. In that case, I don't wait for 30 minutes or whatever - I tend to them right away and get them back to sleep as soon as possible. It takes about 20 minutes for the Advil to kick in, so at worst, I would have rock them for that time, but they would settle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-is-crying-in-his-sleep#post-2786824 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 11:52:49 +0000 SweetiePie 2786824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah teething. Just the right age for it. And my son was never bothered by it during the day, only at night.<br /> Motrin and orajel were our lifesavers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-is-crying-in-his-sleep#post-2786819 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 11:45:18 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2786819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JennyPenny: Teeth really move a ton at night too...so if they're moving around on him, and it's just achy, that could be his low moaning. Both of my kiddos were loud short shriekers. Haha... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-is-crying-in-his-sleep#post-2786816 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 11:17:40 +0000 JennyPenny 2786816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2PeasinaPod: @bubblegum: I can't believe this hadn't crossed my mind. I'll check for teeth after daycare today. I haven't noticed anything yet, but I remember with DS1 he was grumpy a week or 2 before I could feel anything anyway, so *shrug* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-is-crying-in-his-sleep#post-2786814 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:44:42 +0000 bubblegum 2786814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JennyPenny: We dealt with this with DS and it was due to teething when the crying increased I would wake him up but if he was just crying low, I would suffer in bed but let him continue to sleep. It's tough </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-is-crying-in-his-sleep#post-2786810 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:34:12 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2786810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My guess is that he's teething. Does it look like anything is coming in? DS2 is on his last molars, and I'm almost done, but he was always one to cry out in pain in the middle of the night because of teething. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-is-crying-in-his-sleep#post-2786804 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:15:05 +0000 JennyPenny 2786804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the past week my 7 month old (who has been STTN for months now) seems to be crying in his sleep. It’s started anywhere between 4am and 6am. Sometimes he stops on his own, sometimes I go get him after half an hour or so because I’m not sure what else to do. It’s a pretty low-level quite cry/moan but still enough to wake me up on the lowest volume on the monitor. When I check on him though he still looks asleep, like he doesn’t even register me coming into the room like he does when he did when he was definitely up for the day.</p> <p>Has anyone else dealt with this? Is it a phase? Is there a fix? My gut is to let him CIO so it’ll pass but it’s loud enough that I can’t sleep and I’m too nervous to just turn the monitor off altogether. Any tips? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mton-waking#post-1934109 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 08:24:10 +0000 Grace 1934109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It very well could be the time change. It could also be teething, learning to walk, sleep regression, separation anxiety, who knows. If she's falling asleep to the patting it could be that she has a new sleep assoc. I never did all-out CIO either, but I did find that if I waited 5-10 min before going in, that sometimes she fell back asleep which somehow gave her the message that she doesn't need to be up that often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mton-waking#post-1934085 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 08:07:19 +0000 Orchid 1934085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamatang: I can't advise, but I can commiserate. Does she cry at all when you are in the room? We attempted CIO with our little one for going to bed only (at the time he woke up twice to eat and we weren't planning to cut any feeds). It took longer than the average, but he started putting himself to sleep. THEN he started waking more and more frequently in the night. It got so bad that we started co-sleeping. </p> <p>Some days I think the sleep training made things worse. Some days I think we should sleep train for MOTN. </p> <p>Hope something works for you soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mton-waking#post-1933910 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:22:35 +0000 Mamatang 1933910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need help! I started sleep training my little girl who is 10mo about a week ago. I am seeing progress but need some help with mton waking! I cannot do CIO so I sit next to her until she falls asleep by reassuring her through verbal or touch. Except the very first night where she fell asleep while I pat her all the rest she fell asleep by herself with me sitting on a chair that's about 5 feet away from her. First night she made couple sounds through out the night but was able to fell back asleep within a second. The 2-4 nights she would have 1 wake up and will fall back asleep after I go in and pat her down. (I never take her out of her crib). I was quite happy with this as she was waking up 5-6 times a night when co-sleeping! However, for the past 4 nights she started waking up more and more often. Last night, she woke up 5 times! I can distinguish btw tired moaning and "mommy, I need you cry" and really don't want to let her cry it out. What should I be doing differently? Is it because of daylight saving? She's waking up at her "old" wake up time in the morning but going down for naps and bed all at the same time as before. She's currently on 2 naps, (9am and 1:30pm with bedtime of 7pm, wakes up at 5am) She hasn't been napping well the last 3 days, could this be the reason? Any help or advice is greatly appreciated! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-your-lo-technically-sleeps-through-the-night-what-next#post-931748 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:09:10 +0000 meredithNYC 931748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: Yep, ours are like this:<br /> <a href="http://www.blinds.com/control/product/productID,105392" rel="nofollow">http://www.blinds.com/control/product/productID,105392</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-your-lo-technically-sleeps-through-the-night-what-next#post-931747 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:08:59 +0000 looch 931747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was never a textbook sleeper, but i did find that blackout lined curtains helped lengthen afternoon naps. Ours were just plain curtains, with a black out liner...they function just like regular panels.</p> <p>Now we have blackout roman shades and they are just not as good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-your-lo-technically-sleeps-through-the-night-what-next#post-931740 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:06:55 +0000 pastemoo 931740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: Cool. Can you pull them up for playtime? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-your-lo-technically-sleeps-through-the-night-what-next#post-931711 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:59:26 +0000 meredithNYC 931711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: They're up all the time and we use them for naps, too. We didn't want to invest the money in them initially so we used the type you can get on Amazon that you essentially tape up over the window, but they were a pain and always falling down. So we got the expensive ones and they keep LO asleep until about 7-7:30am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-your-lo-technically-sleeps-through-the-night-what-next#post-931698 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:56:59 +0000 pastemoo 931698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: Black out blinds? Do you take them off in the morning before LO wakes--or LO wakes while it is still dark?</p> <p>Sometimes cosleeping does give me a little extra time to sleep--and to sleep while nursing, too. That's why I do it. Lately LO hasn't been as interested.</p> <p>We sometimes do the 7pm or 7 30 bedtime. Bedtime was 7 30 a while ago and he started to wake up in the 4am hour FOR THE DAY so that's why I pushed it back to 8. :) I don't actually know if that helped or not! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-your-lo-technically-sleeps-through-the-night-what-next#post-931610 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:31:14 +0000 meredithNYC 931610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: What seems to work for us is a slightly earlier bedtime (7pm-ish) and also, black-out blinds. Now that it's summer and the sun comes out bright and early, the blinds are a lifesaver and worth every penny.</p> <p>Also, we don't co-sleep because my LO never took to it, but a lot of bees seem to do that after their LO wakes up for the day and some say it gives them another couple of hours. Might be worth a try. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-your-lo-technically-sleeps-through-the-night-what-next#post-931592 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:25:31 +0000 pastemoo 931592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if this is a "sleep training" post or not really.</p> <p>My LO is sleeping through the night (EIGHT HOURS! YAY!) He sleeps from 8-4 straight. Finally! He is almost 14 months old.<br /> It's been maybe 4-6 weeks of this (maybe 6 nights a week).</p> <p>I am interested in seeing if we can stretch this 8 hours to more. I know he needs more than 8 hours but once I feed him he goes back to sleep and wakes every 45 minutes until he is up for the day (between 5 and 6 30 depending on the day).</p> <p>If I don't nurse him, he still needs to eat and generally just decides to be up for the day (though once DH got him to drink water and eat fruit and then go back to sleep!).</p> <p>I am inconsistent in whether I put him back in the crib or if I bring him to bed with me/us.</p> <p>Should I mess with a good thing? If so, how?</p> <p>Tell me about your sleep journey with your LO. :) </p>