Is anybody else having real trouble getting baby to sleep through night?!!

Lize - posted on 02/09/2010

Hi my son is the same age and I also struggle with him, he had earinfection for 3 weeks and we didn't get any sleep so I asked the dr for sleeping medicine and he had that for a week and slept through the night but off the medicine now and back to his old habits, he doesn't sleep much during the day and night. I am practically sleeping at work, but I know it will past or I hope so. He also wakes up during the day sometimes or night and screams, maybe it has something to do with the date lol, good luck.

JANA - posted on 02/08/2010

hay! thought i was doing it hard you poor thing.. my boy wakes up once a night round about 3am. but does have the occasional night where he wakes up 2-3 times, i find that if i put him down round 6pm that he sleeps longer. until round 3am. which i think isnt too bad if its only the once hes waking up. i think its due to being over tired if i put him down too late. so maybe try that. its not good to let our bubbas get over tired. good luck.

Abbey - posted on 02/08/2010

My 6 month old struggles sleeping at night as well. He has not been fed during the night for a couple months now so he doesn't expect to eat. He wakes up... either my husband or I go in there, put his pacifier in his mouth and he goes right back to sleep. We have tried letting him cry for a couple minutes (no more than 5) but he physically got sick so we don't do that. He's also a stomach sleeper - he never could sleep on his back. I think some babies just aren't good sleepers (not that that helps at all!!!).

KRYSTLE - posted on 02/08/2010

my son was born august 25th and just last night for the first time in a long time that he slept through the night..he was up at 4am every morning get a 6 oz bottle and fall back asleep eating it.then would be up and ready to play at 5 sometimes 6 i have been trying to get him on a routine doing so i found that the johnson and johnson bedtime baby wash works awesome! we use it with the lotion too its very calming. we have been trying to keep him awake as long as possible and try not to let him nap too long during the day..its not much but it worked for us..goodluck

Anjna - posted on 02/08/2010

I had a Daughter of same age group, and even my daughter doesn't sleep more than 2 hours in one sleep. i had a word with my doc and he told me a formula ...hmm...............that actually works.................Take your baby out for a ride in car for approx 3-5 kms before going to bed.I hope this will def work or give her a nice body massage of Olive oil.

Julie - posted on 02/07/2010

My son was born on the 21th Aug so similar age. He does not sleep well at night either, or during the day really and I understand how your feeling! I also have a 3 year old and he still wakes most nights. The only way I have been able to get some sleep lately is just feeding him when he wakes (I breastfeed). He then usually spends alot of time in our bed most nights which I feel is becoming a bad habit for both of us but I have tried letting him settle himself during the day which takes different amounts of time each day and seems to be working so far, but at night I find it harder because he wakes my other son if I leave him too long. I have just introduced a comfort blanket/teddy to see if this might work.......we tried a dummy which did not work and we have also introduced solids and this does not seem to have made any difference. Keep trying and I really hope it gets better, because it is such a physical and mental drain when your not getting enough sleep!

Emily - posted on 02/06/2010

Babywearing... wearing your baby in a sling or wrap. Sometimes this calms my baby down when nothing else works.

Amanda - posted on 02/05/2010

Im trying some bonjela today for the teething, what is babywearing? I will keep going through the list until something works! thank you

Emily - posted on 02/05/2010

Sorry, I was going by your original post you when said the reason you didn't feed him was he was too old for that and that it was a habit. Though, sometimes if babies are really hungry they get so worked up they won't eat.. so it's better to try feeding before they are screaming. Has he been checked for reflux? If it's teething, does tylenol help? What about have you tried babywearing? May just have to try lots of things until something works.

Katrina - posted on 02/05/2010

feeding isnt what he wants, I try to feed him and he still screams and is awake for hours in the middle of the night. I also have a 5 year old daughter who went through her stages of good and bad sleep etc.....so i know what to expect etc....have done alot of reading. its just hard this time around with him, its really draining me not knowing what to do next.....he is hard work!

Emily - posted on 02/05/2010

Well, no offense to plunket nurses, but that is just inaccurate. Some babies just DO need to eat during the middle of the night after 4 months. And just because a baby slept through before does not mean that they will always sleep through. Babies go through soooo many developmental changes in the beginning. Their sleep is affected by this too. Sleep is just one of those things that is totally variable in the first year. A baby may go for months sleeping through the night, then wake up 3 times a night for a few more months. This is normal.. not a bad habit and not a behavioral problem. It is just what babies do. If feeding your baby is what settles him down, then feeding is what he NEEDS. Babies at this age cannot distinguish between wants and needs. Wants ARE needs at this point. The best way to get through this is to just give it time. Before you know it, your baby will be sleeping longer stretches again.. you don't need to do anything different.
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Katrina - posted on 02/05/2010

plunket nurses said from the age of 4 months they shouoldnt need to be fed during the night......that its just habit. He is capable of sleeping through the night because he has done it for a few weeks before, and does it randomly......he has just started on soilids now, he doesnt take much yet, so will see what happens. otherwise he is breastfed 3 hourly during the day....I think it may be teething, he was awake alot last night and even feeding him didnt settle him down!! thanks for the replies

Emily - posted on 02/05/2010

Who told you he's too old to be fed during the night? That is simply not true. Lots of babies still wake to eat at this age, and it is NOT a bad habit. Babies outgrow this need when they are ready.. there is no set age that it has to happen by.

Hiawatha - posted on 02/04/2010

Is he taking solids yet or are you holding off? After I started baby food my son sleeps 8-10 hours at night. When you try coaxing your son back to sleep without feeding him, he won't stop crying until you feed him?



I would try a few nights of not giving him a bottle, although that will be tough because he has come to expect it. Or maybe give him a bottle after six hours of sleep instead of cutting out two feedings during the night. Once he see's he doesn't get a bottle every three hours during the night maybe he won't wake up because nothing will be waiting for him except more sleep. I hope someone else has more advise, or better advise. First time mom here, lol.