Comments on: Sleep and Fussy Babies

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:35:30 +0000

I have a 10month old son who was a dream up until 5 months old, then hasn’t really slept right since. But, I’ve done a TON of reading and research into the potential reasons and wanted to share some of my findings:
-It seems that lots of, if not all, babies change all the time. Sleep can be disrupted by the baby working on a milestone, for instance, which is impossible for us as parents to understand until they wake up one morning able to crawl!
-most babies who were heavier sleepers, (back in Neanderthal times), didn’t last long, because lighter sleepers were more apt to be fed more often, noticed more and alert their patents to danger, so it’s actually inherent in us all to have 3 hour periods of sleep and then want to wake. Adults do this too but we sleep through these phases. So, it’s natural for babies to not instinctually want to sleep through the night.
-my son wound up having a reflux issue, which Dr. sears says is the leading underlying cause of “colic” in babies. Frustrated parents just dint know what else to call it, so they call it colic. Try eliminating dairy and wheat from your (mom’s) diet if you’re nursing. My son stopped all spitting up when I did this.
-And it seems that having a baby who is a high needs baby may indicate that they are highly intelligent. A study in Europe I read about somewhere said that babies who learn quickly get bored with the age appropriate toys and need more challenging (not frustrating:) toys.

Those are my $.02:)
I would say to wait until your babies are older to sleep train them, or want them to sleep through the night. Try having them sleep with you, safely, (no alcohol or drug use, edges of the bed protected, nothing that can cover baby’s face,etc), because that is where they want to be. The rate of SIDS goes down with co-sleeping, (even in a side-car sleeper), because mom and baby are so in tune with each other. Think about it this way, the baby was IN your body for it’s whole conscious life. Now it’s OUT. Keep it as close to you as possible:)

Good luck!!!

By: staci

staci — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:32:35 +0000

I have an almost 3 month old baby girl who usually doesn’t cry unless she needs somethin but lately she has been very fussy and hard to put to sleep… WHY?!?!

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By: cassondra

cassondra — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:21:40 +0000

my 2 month old will not sleep at night im up hours on end and back up at 7 am. Im desperate its like she doesnt get tired at all at night she cries if i lay her down even if she lays with me which used to work and she refuses her bottle and will sometimes eat less than normal… Please help

By: Karema

Karema — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:55:09 +0000

My child is really fussy.. Has been for a week now. He hasnt ate in days.. Idk what to do!!

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:28:54 +0000

That happened to me too. I don’t know what to do

By: Edith

Edith — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:33:10 +0000

My 8 month old baby use to sleep fine up until about a week ago he’s been very fussy at nite i just dont know what to try, and i have not changed his bed time routine at all.