Maybe he is too big for his bassinet and hitting the sides in his sleep, waking himself up?
Maybe a wonder week?
Maybe he's just being a typical unpredictable bub hehe, my DD was a great sleeper and the last week is now waking through the night.
I've heard that learning new things can unsettle their sleep. My dd is just becoming mobile and her sleep is out of whack.
I doubt it very much that you're doing anything wrong. It's probably just a phase and hopefully he will be sleeping through again soon.
Thanks Babyluv - I'm wondering if it's all the new things that he has been learning. Maybe he is using the midnight hours to practice. As soon as I got him up this morning and put him on his playmat he was rolling all over the place and all his arms and legs going everywhere when he was not rolling all over the place. I just hope all this movement is normal.
Sounds like he has learnt this new skill and is wanting to try it out. When DD had learnt to roll from back to front she would do it in her sleep which would then wake her up which them became playtime...
I found that once she started rolling I made her sleep in a "safe sleeper" - you know the thing you put newborn babies in to keep them in position. Because it has raised sides to keep her in place it made rolling over in her sleep difficult. Also by the sounds of it he might have now grown out of his bassinet and as he is rolling hitting the sides of it would wake him up and this might be a trigger for him to think it is time to wake up for a play.
Hopefully your night sleeping boy will be back very soon.
Kelly - That's a great idea about the 'safe-sleeper'. I bought one of those before DS was born and never used it. I will have to find it again. Only thing is that DS sleeps in a Gro-Bag and it's cold down here so I'm not sure if DS in the Gro-bag will fit into the safe-sleeper, I do know it's adjustable so I'll give it a try. Thanks so much!!
Also I know it's more than time to put him into the cot and I only have myself to blame there. Today I will get his cot sorted out and put the oil heater and moniter in there and it should be snuggly for him tonight. Mummy will still probably have a bad nights sleep without him at the foot of her bed though. LOL.
AussieGirl: They have a wonder week around 19 weeks - which can last a couple of days or weeks. There is a website and also a book as well, I got mine through BB and found it was a real help with DD and understanding why things were happening, especially when it is your first baby.
Good luck tonight with the big move. We moved DD into her cot in a seperate room at 6 weeks but we have the twins in our room still (DH has to insulate our 3rd bedroom) and have just moved them into individual cots from them sharing 1 cot.
They have quite a few wonder weeks hun, there is a book about it. Google wonder weeks and the webpage will come up. It made alot of sense to me at times when dd was unsettled.
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