https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:19:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-up-for-hours-in-middle-of-night#post-2216099 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 09:17:02 +0000 Rockies11 2216099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my LO used to do this too, so I agree with no lights, no diaper changes. I used to just put her in the middle of our bed and let her lay there awake in darkness until she got bored enough to go back to sleep. I would doze while she was getting bored. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-up-for-hours-in-middle-of-night#post-2216095 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 09:14:00 +0000 FaithFertility 2216095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would back off of diaper changes only if dirty, but also my little love did this the other night up from 9:30-11??? I think they are going through some huge motor skills.....<br /> DD is 6 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-up-for-hours-in-middle-of-night#post-2216093 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 09:11:23 +0000 Peasinapod 2216093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My lo used to do this a lot and will occasionally now. I found she needed to fuss a bit to unwind herself. So if I put her down and she cried I'd let her for 5 min then pick her up and nurse again if she cried again when I put her down I'd leave her for ten min then repeat. The longest alone time I'd do was 20 min while she was upset. </p> <p>Also I second no lights and only diaper change for poop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-up-for-hours-in-middle-of-night#post-2216080 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 09:03:02 +0000 avivoca 2216080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some things that helped us: only changing the diaper if she had pooped and no lights at all (not even while nursing, and this included my phone). It was a short period for us, and I hope it's short for you too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-up-for-hours-in-middle-of-night#post-2216072 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 09:00:25 +0000 charmed 2216072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 5 month old has been sleeping terrible at night for the last 3 weeks :sad: Prior to this, she had 1-2 short wake ups or was sleeping through the night.</p> <p>She usually goes to bed without too much trouble, but once she wakes up for a motn feed, she will not go back to sleep for hours. Last night she was up from 12:30-3:30. She's happy (but wide awake) if I hold her, and cries when I put her in the crib.</p> <p>I am frustrated and exhausted. Any suggestions are welcome.</p> <p>--<br /> More details:<br /> I WAH, so she's home with me all day. My mom comes over a couple days a week to watch her.</p> <p>Bedtime is 7:30-8:00, routine is always jammies, book, nurse/bottle, bed.</p> <p>She'll sleep til around 12:30am (sometimes fusses a bit before then, but goes back to sleep). Once she wakes up to eat, she'll be awake for 3+ hours before going back to sleep. Then she usually sleeps for another 4-5 hours. </p> <p>Awake times during the day are 2 hours or less, and she takes 2-3 naps depending on their length.</p> <p>She generally puts herself to sleep for naps (and used to in the motn).</p> <p>I don't talk to her or play with her at night, diaper is only changed if it's really wet or dirty, lights are kept dim. Sometimes she'll fall asleep while I nurse her, but she wakes up a few minutes after I lay her down.</p> <p>I've tried letting her cry (up to an hour, she just got more upset and I was a mess from listening to her cry). I've tried feeding her more, giving a bottle instead of nursing, giving tylenol in case it's her teeth.<br /> She sleeps with a fan for white noise, but I've tried other white noise (waves, etc) and it doesn't make a difference.<br /> The swing usually keeps her from crying, but she stays awake unless it's been a couple hours.</p> <p>We stopped swaddling when she started to roll at 3 months. We were using a merlin sleepsuit until a couple weeks ago, but it didn't help much so we just use a sleep sack now. </p>