my year old baby girl sometimes gets up every 45 minutes at night . anybody have any suggestions?

Heidi - posted on 07/10/2009

tresillain sleep training 0000 you both need continous sleep and it wont get better unless you get help

Dana - posted on 07/09/2009

No disrespect to anyone but crying it out is not recommended for babies anymore. Crying hard for 20 minutes or more restricts blood flow and causes parts of the brain to get inadequate amounts of blood. I read it awhile ago on Dr. Sears web page, I'm sure you can get more info on there if you look. Btw, my son is almost a year old and he wakes up constantly also, about every hour, one and a half if I'm lucky. I have no idea why either. He sleeps with us so once I actually go to bed he sleeps alot better though.

Nicole - posted on 07/09/2009

my 1 year old gets up ALOT at night as well. I guess some little ones need that comfort at night more than others. I am going to try and stretch her feedings during the night. Stina thats a great idea! Thanks for the suggestion! Tonight is the night, I am so exhausted.

Geri - posted on 07/09/2009

Quoting Brianna:

why is she waking up? because she's in a new bed? Is she hungry or wet? I think knowing why would help us to make more helpful suggestions. I'm not trying to be rude, but I want my help to be pertinent to your situation.

i totally dont think u r trying to be rude haha . she wakes to be cuddled or get on the breast and shes back to sleep within minutes literally .  its just she does it so often .  this weekend we will be putting her in her own bed so there will be lots of tears

Geri - posted on 07/09/2009

shes a year she would go nuts haha .

Demesha - posted on 07/09/2009

Shana, what's sleep sense??

Demesha - posted on 07/09/2009

Try swaddling her, too. The nurses taught me this in the hospital. Swaddle her really tight that way she gets that close feeling of being in a womb. It worked for me.

Geri - posted on 07/09/2009

thanks for your advice . this weekend is going to be a trying one we r going to try and to make her sleep alone so wish us luck . thanks again.

Melissa - posted on 07/09/2009

Maybe she needs more time to wind down in the evening? Maybe she eats too large a meal too close to bedtime, so she's uncomfortable? Maybe she needs some white noise ( a fan) to soothe her and drown out a bit of the background noise of the evening?

My first guy wanted to nurse a lot at night so he would keep calling me back into the room. I ended up cutting him off of breast during the night by age one, and only offering a drink from bottle of water.

My second guy just needed to cry it out. Nothing I did would wind him down or satisfy him. He cried close to an hour the first night, now when he wakes and fusses ( at 10 months) I listen and gauge how upset he really is. Nine times out of ten, he falls back asleep on his own within minutes. When he has a tougher time, I go in and see what's wrong, but don't stay for long. In these cases, it is likely that he is wet or dirty and needs a change. Crying it out is controversial. The first couple nights of the cry it out method were absolutely trying and terrible on both of us.however, I really did try everything else with Jonah, and it didn't work. Now he (and I) are happy, rested and bright each morning.

Stina - posted on 07/08/2009

My son was waking frequently at 6 months to feed.. every 2 hours. So we started stretching out the time before feeding him at night. He nursed fine during the day but somrtimes went 6 hours w/o eating! he had his clock all mixed up. If this is similar to your situation... this may help:



Nurse her before bed and when she wakes, take note of the time and every night, try to get her to wait a little longer before you feed her. See if Dad can get her to go back to sleep. give her 5-10 minutes extra each night until you have her sleeping a good stretch. then work on eliminating those broken stretches. It's exhausting but worked for us and doesn't neccessarily have to involve letting her cry... you can hold and rock her... just hold off the feedings a little longer every night. At a year old, she really can sleep through w/o eating so long as during the day she is getting adequate nutrition. good luck.

Brianna - posted on 07/08/2009

why is she waking up? because she's in a new bed? Is she hungry or wet? I think knowing why would help us to make more helpful suggestions. I'm not trying to be rude, but I want my help to be pertinent to your situation.

Kattie - posted on 07/08/2009

Let your baby cry. She knows that when she cries you will come in and get her. It's hard but worth it. It'll take about a week for her to not cry anymore and the first night she will probably cry for 2 hours. If you go in and pick her up though, it's all over you start back at square one...She needs to learn how to soothe herself

Shana - posted on 07/08/2009

have you sleep trained her? we used "sleep sense" with our 8 month old at around 2.5 months and she sleeps through the night 12 hours since about 3.5 months. She also takes 2 naps a day! She is a great sleeper and is able to put herself to sleep. She is sick right now and even though she coughs quite hard in the night she falls back asleep right away, I would highly recommend Sleep Sense!