https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 13:02:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-does-a-5-6-month-old-wake-up-at-night#post-103482 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:23:19 +0000 StbHisMrs 103482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbee<br /> She's been fighting that nap between 3 and 8, she acts tired but will not go down.<br /> @cupcakemama<br /> We just started her on one solid a day, rice cereal, and formula. She seems to be genuinely hungry, on the once an hour nights it's more of a comfort waking, regular nights she seems hungry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-does-a-5-6-month-old-wake-up-at-night#post-103356 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:52:48 +0000 Mrs. Bee 103356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 hours is a long time to be awake at that age between naps. she could be waking up frequently at night because she's overtired from not enough naps in the daytime. a 5 hour gap before bedtime is definitely way too long -- charlie doesn't even stay up that long before bedtime. </p> <p>i think 2 hours is the max she should be awake in between naps. olive is 5 1/2 months and is usually awake about 1 1/2 - 1 3/4 hours between naps. her schedule is like this:</p> <p>8:30 wake up<br /> 10:30 - 11:00am - nap<br /> 12:45 - 2:45pm - nap (if she takes a short nap, she does 4 naps/day)<br /> 3:45 - 4:15pm - nap<br /> 6:00pm - asleep<br /> 10:00pm - wake, feed<br /> 1:00am - wake, feed<br /> 4:00am - wake, feed<br /> 7:00am - wake, feed</p> <p>She usually wakes up 4x a night. Last night she blessed me with 3 wake ups.</p> <p>Can you try putting her down for naps every 2 hours? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-does-a-5-6-month-old-wake-up-at-night#post-103337 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:35:43 +0000 Andrea 103337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It varies so much but that schedule seems pretty normal to me. I think if she does wake up every hour a lot then you would think more about sleep training. But if she does the above, then that seems fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-does-a-5-6-month-old-wake-up-at-night#post-103327 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:30:30 +0000 heffalump 103327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're very lucky, LO has slept 12 hours since 2 1/2 months. But my cousin's baby is over one and still doesn't sleep through the night. It just depends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-does-a-5-6-month-old-wake-up-at-night#post-103312 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:15:41 +0000 Rubies 103312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was sleep-trained and by 5 months she was in bed by 5:30pm...Up to eat at midnight...Up to eat at 4am...And then up for good at 7am.</p> <p>At 6 months, she dropped one of the feedings and only woke up once (3-4am?)... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-does-a-5-6-month-old-wake-up-at-night#post-103301 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:09:23 +0000 cupcakemama 103301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's all so individual! My LO did a similar schedule at night as a newborn. Some of the mums who have done sleep training will probably have better advice than me. Is LO on solids? Is she genuinly hungry at night or just waking and wanting comfort? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-does-a-5-6-month-old-wake-up-at-night#post-103293 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:03:44 +0000 StbHisMrs 103293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've thought about sleep training, but I'm not really sure if we need to or not. Last night I thought we absolutely had to since she woke up once every hour, oy...</p> <p>Normally she'll nap at:<br /> 6am-7am<br /> 10am-11am<br /> 2pm-3pm<br /> then she'll go down for the night at 8pm<br /> wake at 11pm - eat/change<br /> wake at 2am - eat/change<br /> wake at 5:45am - eat/change</p> <p>What do you think? </p>