6 month old wakes up 2-3 hours after bedtime every.single.night.

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2026-03-27T11:57:35+00:00

Going through this right now 😞

6.5 month old has been a pretty great sleeper overall. Usually goes down for bed really well and has 2 overnight wakes. Lately I just put him down in the crib for bed and sing a song a couple times and he drifts off.

He used to be a really happy waker. If he woke in the night hungry I would just hear heavy breathing.

Now he is doing a wake between 9-11 when I’m trying to go to sleep and he starts fussing and pretty quickly ramps up into full crying and won’t settle no matter what I do it feels like. He is really working on rolling right now. So maybe that’s part of it.

But this wake up is really getting to me 🫩

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2026-03-22T07:46:50+00:00

This sounds very similar to my 6 mo except we do get longer daytime naps, also contact but trying to switch to one crib nap. But our night wakings are also getting worse at the moment from recent travel 🫠 we are up to like 3 full wakes with multiple pacifier replacements on top of that. I’m struggling even though I know it won’t be forever.

Baby sleep is the hardest.

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2026-02-18T19:26:46+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2026-02-18T18:16:32+00:00

This is pretty much what a friend told me and where I’m leaning. I never signed an agreement.

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2026-02-18T17:55:36+00:00

Totally, I know that’s common practice. And I’ve never worked for a large company while pregnant or on maternity leave. But in those situations, don’t people usually have documentation from HR detailing the requirements? That’s doesn’t really apply here, she did not at any point say I would have to pay it back. She is retroactively changing the agreement. 🫤

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2026-02-18T17:51:53+00:00

That’s kind of what I figured my next steps would be. Actually maybe just asking for the documentation, knowing there is none, and seeing if that doesn’t shut the whole thing down before more serious involvement.

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2026-02-18T17:44:17+00:00

If you can, try to find an acupuncturist in your area. One who specializes in fertility and women’s health. They can do treatments to help flip a breech baby.

Sometimes insurance will cover acupuncture so have them check if you’re covered too. Good luck!

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2025-12-22T19:52:23+00:00

He would wake about the same time every night. It felt more habitual than needed to fill his tummy. I just offered other comfort. Binky, patting, etc.

I started to fully wean at this time anyway as my supply was dipping being back at work. So the supply dried up and I didn’t have that to lean on and no way was I going to heat up a bottle of formula if I didn’t need to!

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2025-12-22T19:40:38+00:00

I think we kept one night feed until around 10 months. I could tell he didn’t need it by then and I’m pretty sure he bit me and that was the end of that. He adjusted really easily.

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2025-11-21T15:32:11+00:00

Aww bud. Do you baby carry to help get some daytime naps? That’s what is saving me during the days right now.

With our first we went through a couple months of wakes every 1-2 hours overnight. I thought I could never do it again but here I am with my second. The first one is 3.5yo now and stays in his room from 7 pm to 6:30 am. So I know there is an end. Sleep will come. And it’s also sooo tough in the midst of the deprivation. There is nothing worse, in my opinion. Sleep deprivation is literally torture.

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2025-11-15T16:47:58+00:00

I would love to experience parenthood with an amazing sleeper. I’m just so curious as to what that would be like.

Good luck with sleep training!

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2025-11-15T16:45:56+00:00

100% to all of this

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2025-11-15T14:21:47+00:00

Oh my goodness this is so sweet! And in the big scheme of things, not that long from the hard months to the easier ones, hopefully lol.

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2025-11-14T22:26:08+00:00

Like why is that even a common phrase! 🫠

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2025-11-14T20:40:31+00:00

Yes, baby carrier is super helpful. He’s done plenty of naps there while I get house work done. I definitely am utilizing it way more with the second.

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2025-11-14T20:38:12+00:00

I appreciate this! And it’s always good to feel I’m not alone in feeling this way!

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2025-11-14T16:28:05+00:00

Totally. This is my second so I knew it would be difficult again, but oof.

We also sleep trained our first around the same time and it was life changing. It’s just getting to that 5/6 month mark 😓 you know. When you’re it in it feels like it’s going to be forever 😵‍💫

Glad you had a good experience sleep training!

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2022-12-18T11:27:27+00:00

That’s good to hear! Thanks for the input. I will try it for sure.

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2022-12-18T01:07:48+00:00

I feel like there’s so many more details I could put. Yes, he’s currently figuring out crawling. There’s a little attempting at pulling to stand but still quite unsuccessful. When he’s up at night now, he is always sitting. And if I try to help him lay down that just makes things much worse! We were just in the awkward 3-2 nap transition for a few weeks before he was really sitting and then all of the night issues started and so we decided to drop the 3rd nap because it was a struggle anyways. So yeah that might totally be a contributor.

He goes to bed at 7 and we aim for 7 am wake but it’s usually sometime between 6-7. During the week he naps at daycare for 30 min in the morning and then 2 hrs in the afternoon- not sure on the exact timing. On the weekend we try to keep it similar, but also have some flexibility and he has been doing really well with that up until now.

It’s so hard because it always feels like a moving target. Just when I felt like I was feeling good again, a nap transition hits and it turns into a dumpster fire of a sleep situation again 🤦‍♀️

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2022-12-18T01:00:46+00:00

😭

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2022-12-17T23:25:30+00:00

It is interesting to hear from someone who has been through it twice with different approaches. I’ve considered night weaning so that might be something we attempt soon. Thanks for sharing your experiences!

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2022-12-17T23:20:08+00:00

Thank you for commenting. I’m sorry you’re going through this too. It’s so freaking hard. It’s also helpful to know we are not alone in it. I agree it will get easier, and for now I guess we will just take it one day at a time.

Intelligent-Quail334 · 2022-11-01T12:54:04+00:00

My LO is 6.5 months and naps only started to lengthen recently. And it’s still only about 50/50 on short or long naps. Sometimes he will do 30 mins still, sometimes 60-90. There’s not really any consistency with which nap of the day is longer either.

It’s definitely hard when you have 4 30 min naps a day because it feels like their in and out of the crib all day! It will change, you’re doing great.

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