No sleep reasons help

[pitdigger]

At what point do you say it's the crib/mattress? I've only go one thing left to try before that comes back into play. We can get up to 5 hours in it, but then we're back to up every 1-2 hours some nights.

[jensoprano82]

I blame teething pretty much always. Was there a point where this crib was fine before?? Sorry momma. Sounds awful

[pitdigger]

Sort of. We added a padded pad to it because it was loud when he shifted and he disn't seem to loke it. The pad has helped with that and given us the longer stretch. DH said that the past couple of nights G's been super hungry at night, so maybe growth spurt? He is also crawling now, so he could just be needing more food.

I'm going to look at mattresses in Ottawa this weekend and possibly get one. We're just getting desperate.

[pitdigger]

We've stopped moving him in with us because no one sleeps well at that point.

[mishka29]

If he just started crawling then it could be a development leap. They love to practice their new skills once they get them.

[babycfeb2015]

I was like this for awhile thinking it was the crib slats because he always rolled into them. In reality its probably not anything in the crib they just go through phases with sleep. Teething, wonder weeks, sleep associations etc are more likely the reason

[lilyelayne]

I agree it's more likely developmental. However I will add that between the temp change and finally ditching all forms of swaddling, DS was no longer comfortable at our previous thermostat setting.

Also mesh crib bumpers are awesome.

[pitdigger]

lilyelayne, We've done the mesh bumpers. The whole contraption might also be holding heat and a different (read better) mattress might help dissipate that better. His room is easily the hottest in the apartment. My mom also made the point that in the time that the crib was in the old place while it was flooding, the mattress may have gotten damp and didn't dry out completely and G can smell something I can't.

At this point, even if it's developmental, we figure it doesn't hurt to get a new mattress.

[seamonster]

Teething and wonderweeks are the usual culprits. His matress is currently elevated to deal with congestion, but that seems ok now so I'll probably put the matress flat again this weekend.