5 month old cries every 20 minutes at night

[sneakysparkle]

Have you tried taking her to a baby chiropractor? I never took my DD, but I know others who have taken their babies and they have had amazing results... just make sure you see a good one with plenty of experience with babies.
Hope you get some sleep soon, hang in there - you are doing a great job

[Doing my best]

Hi..

I would suggest teething, only cause DD has similar symptoms (just not waking as often). We don't like giving drugs 'just in case', but if DD is really unsettled at night time, we will give a dose of panadol to see if there is any relief (only for 1 or 2 nights though), and has worked for us. I have also heard good reports on Brauers 'Calm', but haven't used it personally.

Hope things settle down.

[Mum0809]

Could it be wind. Have you tried something like Infacol or Infants Friend.

[onthefly]

Hi - it kinda sounds like when DS has gas he needs to get out. Sometimes even after he's burped he needs to be rocked at calmed before he can get back to sleep.
Hope you find an answer soon.

[squidipa]

some ppl have offered some great tips what have found works with my otehr kids is to put a clock tick tock tick tock in the bed with her its very rhythmic like your heart beat also put a top or something you have worn in there too. Maybe wrap her in ti or put some perfume on the bedding that u wear all the time a few hours before taking her to bed. Hope some or one of these suggestions work. good luck sweet!

[shellshell]

Hi there,

Thanks for all of your replies. Of course - it might be teething! I hope it is only that. I didn't think of that. I feel relieved that that might be all it is. :-)

Thanks for your encouragement. One of my closest friends claims her daughter has slept 12 hours through every night since she was 6 weeks old. She is a schedule feeder and has a sleep trainer attitude to babies, and thinks so-called demand feeding leads to nightwakefulness... it is nice to get some encouragement from you guys that it is NOT my parenting that is causing this... THANKS!

[Nadine216]

I was going to say wind ... or teething, could be some heartburn too. You could try giving her some gaviscon (on 5 months my gp said 0.5ml gaviscon just before bed - but make sure, ok?)

(she stiffens her legs and arches her back when she cries at night).

Yeah, my dd still does this I would try the ant-acid if I were you ... just to eliminate that.

Good luck and I hope you and your darling sleep better tonight!!