6 month old not sleeping at night

@butterflie she is probably teething. Babies change every month. Its very normal. Are you feeding her enough before going to bed? I know what you're talking about good night's sleep. Hang in and eventually it will be ok. If she is constipated you need to watch which food constipates her. Try giving fruits and veggies daily to ease it. Chances are constipation may hurt her tummy in the night and she could be cranky. Try changing her food and see.

 

Dear Butterflie,

My baby is also the same may be bcoz of the weather. Is it very cold in ur place? I put her on myself and sleep so my body heat will be there for her. starting from one month until I went to India. when I gone there she completely changed slept in the bed. my baby also wakes up for all the sounds So I kept the fan inside. Its will be little helpful but its a phase. It will get improve. Dont worry.tc

 

Try using white noise(say static on the radio) when she sleeps. That helps tune out other noises.

If her weight gain is normal and you have fed her well during the day, get her dad to comfort her when she wakes up. In a couple of days, once she knows that she isn't about to get to comfort suckle however hard she cries, she will start sleeping better. Ride it out over a couple of weeks, then the child will sleep better.

He could offer her water in a bottle instead of you breast feeding her. (Of course infants under 9kg -I think, please check up - should not be given water at all since it could cause electrolyte imbalance.)

 

@Butterflie -Waking every hour is really difficult for you... as other posters said - she could be teething or it could be gas. Solids introduction does cause problems till body gets adjusted.

Do you really give 6oz of water to baby? Is it suggested by your ped? My baby is same age - 6 +mon.

Ped suggested to start giving water 2 oz/day in a sippy cup.(My baby is little less 9Kgs). I think she gets just few drops for sippy cup as she does not know yet.

For constipation and gas : Are you giving her gripe water? We also gave saunf/ajwain home made drops to our baby in those days.

Heeng around navel is another home remedy and few exercises: lying on tummy, pressing around navel to help relieve gas, warm water bath.

Change the food habits of baby (like less oats)and yours if bf'ng. Actually Bf'ing babies poo more. If constipation is persistent, talk to ped. Sometimes my baby holds more than 24 hrs and gets very gassy.

another thing i can suggest is: Since 6 months is beautiful and active age. Make you baby play a lot, let her kick her legs, do all kind of stuff they do....so she gets tired and sleep and she gets her exercises.

Try white noise or rocker that has in-built vibrators if she likes. My baby sleeps in rocker and we transfer her to bed.