8 Months Old, 3am & 4am wakes, teeth?

[Pandora]

Milo was really unsettled at night when he was starting to crawl (around the 8-9 month mark) Its supposedly because they like to "practise".

I remember I read it in Pinkys book --

"As your baby develops new skills such as crawling and pulling herself up on her feet she will probbaly "practise" these newfound skills in her sleep. This processing of new information is apparently fabulous for infant brain development, even if it means parents will be woken by babies bumping into the sides of cots several times a night"

This was really true for us. He also tends to sleep more poorly when he is teething, but thats usually not settleing to sleep rather than night waking.

[Kitty33]

Hi Mummy mel
Little Jacob is not at that stage yet but sooo sounds like little toothypegs!!
My nephew was like that.... and I have heard that they get constipated because they are swallowing heaps of saliva.. its kind of like chewing gum for us... if we eat it heaps and swallow the saliva we can get constipated too.

Good luck with it mate... cant wait to meet her
xo

[Meluchja]

Ray Ray this is very interesting,
"As your baby develops new skills such as crawling and pulling herself up on her feet she will probbaly "practise" these newfound skills in her sleep. This processing of new information is apparently fabulous for infant brain development, even if it means parents will be woken by babies bumping into the sides of cots several times a night"
As I'm finding her against the edges of her cot most times, I wonder if it is a mixture of the teething and the trying to crawl and how she is pulling herself up onto things is keeping her awake.
Last night wasn't much different. Woke at 3am, settled straight away with her dummy, then again at 4am, and didn't really go back to sleep, so we have been awake ever since
Kitty, thanks for the advise, I beginning to think it's a combination of her teeth, the constipation (which seems to be gone), and the beginning to crawl and pull herself to her feet that is the problem. Can't wait til Monday should be a great arvo.
Melbo, I'm with you bring on the teeth, I hate seeing her so miserable at nights. I hope your little ones break soon . Let me know when they come through.