Hitting a Growth Spurt

The past three nights have been grueling. The baby has woken up usually around 11:30, then 2:00, then 5:00. Last night, he was up from 1:00-2:30 a.m. There’s something disconcerting when you realize that you’ve had about 4 hours of sleep over the course of two days.

I’m starting to wonder if this is another growth spurt. He’s almost five months old, and I just question what I’m doing wrong. Is he not getting enough to eat? Is his room too cold at night? Has he been “conditioned” to wake up in the middle of the night, whether he’s hungry or not? With my firstborn, I was able to coax him into taking a pacifier instead of nursing. With this baby…he rips the pacifier out of my hand and tosses it across the room. Let’s just say that my little man knows what he wants and it ain’t a pacifier. I’ve also tried giving him water in a bottle.

What did you do when your baby kept waking up in the middle of the night? I’m open to any and all suggestions. And if whatever you suggest happens to make him sleep from 8:30 p.m. until 5:30 a.m. with no interruptions, I will send you an autographed copy of every book I’ve written. Plus, you’ll have my undying gratitude.