https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:37:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-babys-sleep#post-608674 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:51:37 +0000 ChelseaRose 608674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The issue is definitely the waking after one sleep cycle. The problem is when she falls asleep she is warm, comfortable, and nursing only to find herself alone, on a firm surface. Imagine how disconcerting that would be for you to wake up in a completely different (and less comfortable) environment than the one where you fell asleep. In "The No-Cry Sleep Solution" they compared this to an adult falling asleep in a nice, warm bed with blankets, pillows, etc. and then waking up on the kitchen floor all alone, sans blanket. She's definitely at an age when she notices these differences, which makes it that much more upsetting for her. I would try to get away from nursing to sleep because if that is the only way she falls asleep then she will have a harder time learning to self-soothe. If you didn't consider nursing to sleep a problem, I wouldn't mention it, but you are overall asking advice about this sleep issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-babys-sleep#post-607701 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 09:49:53 +0000 NovBaby1112 607701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: we don't put her in like wide awake lol, that prob wouldn't go over we'll! She usually falls asleep while nursing, but I make an effort to make sure she is awake and knows she is in the crib...usually by changing her diaper will wake her but she will still be drowsy and ready for bed, then she normally just goes right to sleep or fusses a few mins and falls asleep....baby sleep is so stressful!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-babys-sleep#post-606800 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:51:41 +0000 travelgirl1 606800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: Thank you so much, I'll definitely look at those!</p> <p>@NovBaby1112: Our timings are about the same as yours - she's ready to sleep after about 90 minutes and if it goes past two hours she's looking pretty pissed off : ) It does make sense about the nurse to sleep issue, I'll have to try and break that, but I think she'd go nuts if I put her in her crib awake. Worth a try though!</p> <p>@Weagle: She definitely acts ready to go down to bed for the night at about 6pm-ish. When she wakes up after that, she's not gearing up for another cycle of diaper-eat-play, she seems really tired like she just wants to go back to sleep.</p> <p>@hilsy85: This is exactly how it seems to me too. I'm just not sure how to break it!</p> <p>@LuLu Mom: Our doctor recommended CIO but we're just not ready for that yet. Really hope we can sleep train in a no cry way but I guess the jury's still out on that one : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-babys-sleep#post-606082 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:11:24 +0000 LuLu Mom 606082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agreed that LO is having a hard time putting themselves to sleep after a sleep cycle. I would bring it up to your doctor at your next appointment to see if they have any tips. But I will say that at 16 weeks our LO was still stayign awake until 9-10 pm and then she would sleep until 6 am, so it might be too early to start bed time and expect a good solid chunk of sleep? She woudl nap for an hour or two from 6-7. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-babys-sleep#post-606076 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:08:05 +0000 littlebittyhouse 606076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: @travelgirl1: yup! all of these things! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-babys-sleep#post-605994 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:48:34 +0000 hilsy85 605994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like she's waking up at the end of one sleep cycle and can't put herself back to sleep. LO often wakes up angry and upset at the 45 minute mark during naps and he's obviously still tired. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-babys-sleep#post-605729 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:29:42 +0000 Weagle 605729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been nursing/bottle to sleep since 9 months and haven't had a problem yet. I agree with a pp that the early bedtime couldl be the culprit. At that age, LO was taking a cat nap from 5-6 and going to bed at 8-8:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-babys-sleep#post-605697 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:15:14 +0000 NovBaby1112 605697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: what is the amount of time between her last nap and bedtime? I know for my LO, she can't stay awake for more than 2 hours before bed or else she has a total meltdown and wakes up 45 min after she goes to sleep. We normally put her in her crib awake at the 90 min mark. Agree with @littlebittyhouse that she has a nurse to sleep association and when you put them in the crib fully asleep, they often wake up confused and wondering where they are, because they fell asleep in your arms. One book I read on sleep said its like you falling asleep in your bed, someone moving you into a field without you knowing, and then you waking up wondering wtf lol. Does that make sense? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-babys-sleep#post-605662 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:04:37 +0000 littlebittyhouse 605662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://www.isisparenting.com/page/webinarssleep" rel="nofollow">http://www.isisparenting.com/page/webinarssleep</a></p> <p>The link is to (free!) webinars that really helped us nail bed time. Each one is about 20 minutes long.</p> <p>I'd watch them in this order:<br /> Oct 2 - Sleep and nap patterns Birth - 5 months<br /> Oct 30 - Bedtime routines 6 weeks - 18 months<br /> Nov 27 - Trading down for infants and toddlers</p> <p>A couple of things that work for us:<br /> We read the same two books in the same order every night<br /> After books I nurse and he usually falls asleep - I break the pattern by using gauze to clean his gums, giving him his vitamin d and then putting him in his sleep sack. That way he's really full but awake/drowsy when he goes into his crib.</p> <p>Let me know if you have any questions! I am obsessed with sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-babys-sleep#post-605619 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:55:09 +0000 travelgirl1 605619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: She's 16 weeks. More info would be great, thank you!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-babys-sleep#post-605617 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:54:36 +0000 travelgirl1 605617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: I wondered that at first but she definitely acts ready to go down for the night, and when she wakes up upset, she seems very tired, not as though she wants to get up etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-babys-sleep#post-605613 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:54:17 +0000 littlebittyhouse 605613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is your LO? If she is over 4mo the nursing to sleep is most likely a sleep association. It means that because your baby falls asleep nursing she expects to nurse to sleep when she wakes up. We traded down the association of nursing to sleep pretty quickly and easily. Happy to give you more info if you want it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-babys-sleep#post-605610 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:53:21 +0000 MamaMoose 605610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Perhaps you're started bedtime too early? M still doesn't go to bed for the night until around 9. But she pretty reliably sleeps ten hours straight through. Between the hours of 6 and 9 she basically cluster feeds. It can wear on me but getting her belly so full at the end of the day definitely helps her sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-babys-sleep#post-605595 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:50:33 +0000 travelgirl1 605595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have started a bedtime routine with A (16 weeks old) that involves a sponge wash, story, quiet play in our dimly lit bedroom and nursing. She usually goes to sleep that way (while nursing) at about 6-6.30pm, then I hold her until she's in a deeper sleep then try to put her down. She wakes up about 45 minutes later really upset - like REALLY upset! </p> <p>While she's this upset I hold her, perhaps nurse her, sing to her, talk to her but keep her in the dimly-lit bedroom with me. Sometimes she calms down and goes back to sleep, but sometimes she can cry for a long time. I've given up walking up and down with her because I think it prolongs the agony.</p> <p>Do you know why she might be SO upset? I don't think she's in pain or anything like that. </p>