Comments on: Why Does Baby Wake Up Crying?

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 23:39:29 +0000

In reply to Rosy.

Hi Rosy,
Thank you for checking out the Baby Sleep Site! I’m sorry to hear your baby has recently been waking up crying. At this age, it may just be that she woke up between sleep cycles and is still tired. Many families use a very gentle technique called “Wake to Sleep” to help lengthen naps at this age. We have an article describing the method here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/wake-to-sleep-help-baby-short-naps/
I hope this helps, but please let us know if you continue to have trouble! Good luck 🙂

By: Rosy

Rosy — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 23:47:12 +0000

My 3 month old just started waking from her naps and immediately crying. It’s sometjing she did not do before her routine has not changed although some days her naps are very short. She also started scratching the top of her head very hard when she wakes up. What could be the reason for this new behavior?

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:28:14 +0000

In reply to Ki Ki.

Hi Ki Ki,
Thank you for your comment! I’m sorry your baby is waking up crying lately after those afternoon naps. What you describe does sound like overtiredness, since all of his naps are so short. At this age, it can be hard for him to connect his sleep cycles during the day, and he may need some support from you until he’s old enough to do it independently. One method that works really well for some families is the “wake to sleep” method, and we have an article explaining that here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/wake-to-sleep-help-baby-short-naps/
I hope this helps – good luck!

By: Ki Ki

Ki Ki — Sun, 26 May 2019 17:00:09 +0000

Hi I have a 14 weeks old boy he sleep from around 8pm till around 7/8am with 2 night feeds (exclusively breastfed) but during the day he has a awake window of 1.30 -2hrs and his naps only lasts 30mins exactly each session. The first few naps he would fall asleep by himself and wake up happy but the problem is during his last two naps of the day he would wake up crying and yawn and seem like he Is not done sleeping I would pat and sshh him which sometimes he manage to get another 10-15mins nap then would cry again, is there something I can do?

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:59:19 +0000

In reply to Ivy. Hi Ivy, Thank you for your comment! I'm so sorry to hear you're dealing with this. When you have a minute, could you please write back with your baby's age, so I can make sure the information Iive you is appropriate for you? Thank you!

By: Ivy

Ivy — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 02:52:26 +0000

What if I rock my baby and he falls asleep 1min and then wakes up screaming and becoming long and stiff. But he’s really tired.
I’m exhausted. I’ve rocked him for 1h and be is protesting in my arms all the time so he gets over tired eventually and still doesn’t sleep ?

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:11:59 +0000

In reply to Rinky Lamba.

Hi Rinky,
Thank you for visiting The Baby Sleep Site! I’m sorry to hear you’re dealing with so much night waking! Based on your comment, it sounds like your daughter might have a sleep association with breastfeeding. You can help her learn to sleep without the breast by helping her learn to fall asleep without it in the beginning of the night, and then how to fall asleep on her own when she wakes in the middle of the night. We have an article on sleep associations here to help: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/sleep-association/
And a series on several popular sleep coaching methods you can use at home: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/sleep-training-from-no-cry-to-cry-series-part-1/
If you’d like to work with a sleep consultant to get a personalized, in-depth plan, you can have a look at our consultation packages here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-toddler-sleep-consulting-services/
I hope this helps, but please get in touch if you need any further support!

By: Rinky Lamba

Rinky Lamba — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 01:44:30 +0000

My daughter started sleeping 6 hours straight from 2 months until 6 months. She is now turning 11 months old and still wakes up every 1.5-2 hours at night and wanting to breastfeed. She ends up staying in my bed because I’m too tired to get up and put her back in her crib. We have now moved her crib to our bedroom but she still constantly wakes up. I don’t know what to do.

By: Neosha

Neosha — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 03:55:58 +0000

In reply to Jackie S.

@Jackie – Thank you for stopping by our sleepy little village and for sharing. We generally expect a 6-month old to sleep a total of 13-15 hours of sleep per day. From what you’ve described, it seems he’s getting about 13-14 total hours of sleep each day. You may want to consider working to transition more of his sleep to the nights than the day by adjusting his nap schedule some to see if this helps him sleep better and reduce the crying upon waking, which I’m assuming is new behavior too. This article may be helpful as it overviews modifying a 6 month old’s sleep schedule: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/6-month-old-baby-schedule-3-steps/

I hope this is helpful, Jackie. Hang in there, and please keep reading!

By: Jackie S

Jackie S — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:19:51 +0000

My 6 month old slept 11 hours no problem until two months ago, we were away visiting family for a few weeks. A lot of poor sleep associations and habits were created on the trip. We were able to break them all except now he wakes after 9.5-10 hours. I tried treating it as a night waking for a few weeks and still no progresss. When he wakes, he is crying (and same with waking from naps).
I tried adding back in a feed an hour before he wakes to see if it was hunger, but there was no improvement.
He naps 3, sometimes 4 x a day for around an hour. His bedtime is 7:30