Hi all,
Our almost 4 month old son's (in a few days) routine has gone out the door for about a month now. Before, we are able to do successfully the feed, play and sleep routine and would nap for an hour to an hour and a half during the day, except for the early evening which is his "cranky" time. He would sleep through the night from about 8.30pm-4am. We would normally put him in his cot and he would self-settle himself.
Now, he refuses to have a nap during the day and started waking up at midnight and at 3am. As he cries the whole day, he gets really grumpy at night and is struggling to put him to bed. At first, we thought it was because of his reflux and his medication was has not kicked in yet (he is on losec) so we would hold him and try to rock him to sleep, which kinda helped in the beginning. Now, if we try to rock him and he would fall asleep in our arms, we would try to put him down and he would either wake up as soon as he hits the cot or would wake up crying after 15 minutes from putting him down.
This is really taking its toll on us as we are all tired and sleep deprived. We tried letting him cry it out but he would just turn red, hot and then he's full of wind. We tried white noise, and he would just cry louder like its a competition. We tried going for car rides or a stroll in his pram and that would stop the crying until the journey ends. And rocking him to sleep doesn't work its magic anymore (he's heavy too so it feels like our arms are about to give way!).
A friend suggested weaning him from swaddling, and he tried freeing one arm at a time and he would happily suck on his hand, then he would get tired from that and the crying would start again. Unfortunately, he doesn't take a dummy.
We are running out of options and things to try so we're desperate for other advice from other moms (and dads) out there to help us out.
Our almost 4 month old son's (in a few days) routine has gone out the door for about a month now. Before, we are able to do successfully the feed, play and sleep routine and would nap for an hour to an hour and a half during the day, except for the early evening which is his "cranky" time. He would sleep through the night from about 8.30pm-4am. We would normally put him in his cot and he would self-settle himself.
Now, he refuses to have a nap during the day and started waking up at midnight and at 3am. As he cries the whole day, he gets really grumpy at night and is struggling to put him to bed. At first, we thought it was because of his reflux and his medication was has not kicked in yet (he is on losec) so we would hold him and try to rock him to sleep, which kinda helped in the beginning. Now, if we try to rock him and he would fall asleep in our arms, we would try to put him down and he would either wake up as soon as he hits the cot or would wake up crying after 15 minutes from putting him down.
This is really taking its toll on us as we are all tired and sleep deprived. We tried letting him cry it out but he would just turn red, hot and then he's full of wind. We tried white noise, and he would just cry louder like its a competition. We tried going for car rides or a stroll in his pram and that would stop the crying until the journey ends. And rocking him to sleep doesn't work its magic anymore (he's heavy too so it feels like our arms are about to give way!).
A friend suggested weaning him from swaddling, and he tried freeing one arm at a time and he would happily suck on his hand, then he would get tired from that and the crying would start again. Unfortunately, he doesn't take a dummy.
We are running out of options and things to try so we're desperate for other advice from other moms (and dads) out there to help us out.
