The mysteries of a five-month old's sleeping patterns
My son Lucas Emilio has been a champion sleeper until now.
As a newborn, he slept in three and four hour stretches overnight. As he has grown, he has given his mommy and daddy (admittedly, mostly mommy) stretches of up to six hours straight.
We have been overjoyed with how well Lucas has slept, especially since my three-year-old daughter, Ana Isabel, never slept for more than two hours it seemed for the first six months of her young life.
But now, Lucas has taken a turn and has started waking every two hours. And that's driving my wife and I a bit crazy.
We can't figure it out. We're almost to the point where we will let him cry it out. We did that with Ana. It was hard. But it worked.
We're perplexed as to why my son would seem to be regressing with his sleeping patterns.
Any idea on why this may be happening or suggestions?
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