12 week jabs - sleep regression/gas issues
Hey everyone. My little boy had been doing really well with sleep — bedtime anywhere between 7:30 and 9:20pm, then sleeping until around 4–5am. He was doing a solid 7–10 hour stretch at the start of the night, then one feed and back to sleep until about 7:30–8am. His daytime naps were also pretty good, usually 1.5–2.5 hours at a time.
He had his vaccines last Monday and since then everything feels like it’s gone downhill. He’s had really bad lower abdominal gas — constantly farting — and his sleep has completely fallen apart. Nights are now back to waking every 1.5–3 hours, and his daytime naps have dropped to anywhere between 13 and 44 minutes, if that.
He’s also much more irritable, waking up crying, and has screamed a few times which is very unlike him. The GP has said it’s all normal and that he’s just out of sorts, but it’s been really hard. It feels like such a bitter pill after such a good stretch of sleep, and I keep thinking we’ve turned a corner only for him to wake again.
Has anyone else experienced this after vaccinations, or is it just us? Could this be an early sleep regression starting too? I feel like I’m losing my marbles 🥴
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Ps when I say GP says it’s normal they wouldn’t even see us I rang, explained and they just said it’s normal if you’re still worried next week ring back
My boy had his ones on Tuesday and he’s been fussy since seems like he’s go belly ache. Normally he sleeps 10-9 without waking but the last few nights he’s been waking up throughout the night
I could’ve written this myself! Exact same sleep pattern and symptoms since his jabs and now my little one is waking up every 2/3hrs! The rotarix (oral) can really mess with them and that’s why we are told to be careful when changing them etc for a bit because it can make us poorly. Hopefully once they make their way through their system they’ll settle again.
The mental leap at 12w is real and it really messes with sleep. It feels like it's the jabs, but it's the big leap where they realise they are separate from us, they suddenly can see like we can, are more sensitive to all the senses, and foundations for turning, rolling and walking are being established. It's a big one. This massively impacts sleeps as they are processing all this is a lot on the brain. It can take 2-10 weeks to pass and also means much grizzly in day and night too
It does "get you" as everything goes out the window but it'll pass. Check out baby leaps and you'll know when the buggies are!
Developmentally normal but it kicks our buts!!!
😩 sorry to hear this my boy has the exact same sleep patterns and got his 12wk jabs tomorrow praying he doesn’t end up like this, hoping your little one is sleeping better soon 🙏🏻
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