Hello friends,

I have a baby boy. He is 6 months 15 days old. From 3rd month to 5th month he used to sleep at least 5 hours at a stretch during the night. In the sixth month he had cold and cough at that time he woke up two, three times at night. I fed him and put him to sleep.But now he is waking up every two hours, he has gone back to his one month old schedule.

As my docs suggestion I started solids after 6 months. I have started with rice cereal. I am giving him daily one spoon with water.
My question here is why my baby is getting used to the wrong sleep pattern, is he not getting enough food. He sleeps in a crib, is this causing any concern in him. Please let me know your opinions and solutions.

Thanks
Suma
Maleka replied. Hi suma,

My son is also 6 months and 10 days old. He had also very bad cold when he was around six months old. He doesn't sleep at night also. I work full time so its really hard for me. I totally understand how u feel.

You should give him more food like vegges. I give him one fruit, one vegges and 1 time cereal.

Please let me know when he start sleeping through night ok?

Take care,
Maleka Deepa replied. Hello Suma,

Has ur baby started crawling yet? My baby girl used to sleep through the night till she was 6.5 mo old. Her Grandma left back for India and she started crawling at the same time. She has since not stopped getting up at night. She gets up only once though for milk.

As large muscle motor skills start developing or due to change in environments, babies do cchange their sleeping patterns. Nothing to worry about though. Its just a phase and will pass soon.

Take care,
Deepa newmom replied. you definately need to increase the amount of cereal or the food/milk you give him before bedtime. my baby girl is 5 months now, from 3 months she used to sleep for atleast 6-7 hours at night, now since i have increased her cereal intake to 4-5 tablespoons each feeding()that is 2 feedings of cereal in a day and rest of the times milk) she sleeps atleast for 8-9 hours at night. actually i am getting worried about her sleeping so long sometimes.
another thing is to keep ur baby from not sleeping during the daytime much and get him tired more during the daytime. i usually play with her and keep her awake and take her outseid in the evenings, so she is so tired after her bedtime feeding that she goes right to sleep and gets up in the mornings
take care
newmom jane replied. hi suma

i think he might be hungry. increae the amunt of rice cereal...specially at dinner time or give it a little later towards bedtime.

hope this helps.

jane