Still Wakes For Feeding

Sleeping Cycle
by: mauro tatini

Our son had a stable sleeping cycle by sleeping the whole night when he was 3 months old, from 8 pm to 7 am. Yet, at around 9 months, he started to wake up around 4 or 5 am, crying, and we started to feed him.

That kept on going until we realized WE were to ones making that happen. We stopped. He would wake up, cry for about 5 to 10 minutes, and fall asleep - every night a little less, until a week later where he wouldn't cry anymore.

He is now 14 months old, and sleeps from 7:30pm to 7am, every night. Thing is, the sleep cycle of a child is about 40 min (sometimes a little more). That means that every 40 minutes, s/he wakes up. If he/she doesn't learn how to fall asleep by herself, she'll start crying, and you'll think she needs something.

Let her cry, she'll learn how to fall asleep - it's something she NEEDS to learn, it's good for her, more than for you. And crying doesn't mean "I'm sad, can't you see?? it only means "can you come visit me?"

Anyway, one other thing that has helped is the darkness of the room. I had every single gap that leaked light (from the living room) closed up, and put a blackout on the window - it's pitch black. Also, I use a small fan heater (with the heater off) to keep a continuous "white noise" at night, and that also helps. I am convinced both of these contributed to our son?s good sleeping cycle.

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Our son had a stable sleeping cycle by sleeping the whole night when he was 3 months old, from 8 pm to 7 am. Yet, at around 9 months, he started to wake up around 4 or 5 am, crying, and we started to feed him. That kept on going until we realized WE were to ones making that happen. We stopped. He would wake up, cry for about 5 to 10 minutes, and fall asleep - every night a little less, until a week later where he wouldn't cry anymore. He is now 14 months old, and sleeps from 7:30pm to 7am, every night. Thing is, the sleep cycle of a child is about 40 min (sometimes a little more). That means that every 40 minutes, s/he wakes up. If he/she doesn't learn how to fall asleep by herself, she'll start crying, and you'll think she needs something. Let her cry, she'll learn how to fall asleep - it's something she NEEDS to learn, it's good for her, more than for you. And crying doesn't mean "I'm sad, can't you see?? it only means "can you come visit me?" Anyway, one other thing that has helped is the darkness of the room. I had every single gap that leaked light (from the living room) closed up, and put a blackout on the window - it's pitch black. Also, I use a small fan heater (with the heater off) to keep a continuous "white noise" at night, and that also helps. I am convinced both of these contributed to our son?s good sleeping cycle.

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