18 week old not sleeping well at night

[Kimi89]

I’m getting worried about my 18 week old son. For the last 3 weeks or so he’s been waking up a ridiculous amount of times in the night. Some are for feeds which is fine but most are for no apparent reason. He has a bath, feed/cuddles then bed for 7:30 every night. The most he will sleep for is 2 hours before waking up first, after that I lose count! It’s starts as a fidget, then a whine which turns in to a cry if I leave him to see if he settles. Since being born he’s only slept a maximum of 4 hours straight once. He has 4 naps in the day, least 2 of these will be in his cot. I’ve been putting him down sleepy but still awake. I’m starting to struggle with the lack of sleep. Health visitors don’t seem to care because he’s healthy but surely the broken nights are not good for him either. Everyone says it will get better and one night he will just sleep properly but I honestly don’t feel it will happen!

 

[Cati]

My LO will often wake up niggly in the middle of the night and it’s usually because of trapped wind. Once he farts he goes back to sleep!

 

[KHTW]

Sound like the start of teething to me... Maybe have a wee look at his gums. If it is teething there are things you can give him like powders. I hope you find the reason soon xx

 

[GBLiz]

mine never slept more than 2 hours straight at that age......its not easy!

 

[Blueclass]

18 weeks is still so young..... I wouldn't say it's not normal. Mine did not sleep through till 14months. She used to wake up so much. Ita not easy but maybe teething, cold, hot or just wants cuddles.

 

[Kimi89]

He used to sleep better when he was younger and I took him to bed with me at 9:30. When I introduced a proper bed time routine he started well then the frequent waking started about 4 weeks ago. I’ve been checking for teeth since he was 3 months because he started dribbling a lot and chewing on everything but no sign of teeth yet. I did think trapped wind, he has infacol and I wind him after every feed. Sometimes he fidgets until he farts, any idea how to help release trapped wind from the bottom?

 

[Browneyed Girl]

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[Browneyed Girl]

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[Loula]

Look up the 4 month regression or growth spurt it will really help you understand. I had a beautiful sleeper from birth until this with my daughter x

 

[GBLiz]

my 14 month old is now going through a sleep regression! he used to only wake once or maybe twice, the last few nights he's been up every hour! Just wants a cuddle then goes back to sleep!

 

[Mel32]

Its really hard 18 weeks is still so young and that sounds a lot like I experienced. I didn't get a single (not one!) nights sleep until he was around 15 months when we chose to do sleep training because we have another baby coming and my husband can't help during the night because of of his full time physical job plus driving there and back.

Is he easily settled by attention/cuddles etc? Is he still close to you at night?

 

[Kimi89]

I did think about the 4 month sleep regression. Sometimes he settles with just his dummy, other times with the boob but sometimes I have to pick him up because he progresses into full on crying. He sleeps in a chicco next 2 me so he’s really close but for the last 2 weeks he’s ended up in bed with me and I have to hold his hand for him to go to sleep. I don’t want this to turn into a sleep association.

 

[elizabethsingl]

Glad I'm not the only person with this!~