My daughter is 9 months and wakes up 3 times at night HELP!

Brookie - posted on 03/22/2013

Totally bye earplugs bye gtg
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Jaime - posted on 10/05/2009

My son did this around the 7.5-8month mark. Is your daughter on solids? The reason I ask is because my son was but wasn't getting enough. I thought that three meals a day would be heaps but it wasn't. We ended up doing breakfast (8.30am), lunch (12noon), dinner (4pm) and supper (6pm). At Supper we gave him more carbs/slow burning foods (wholemeal toast, cereal etc) and finally some yoghurt. He is fed (I am breast feeding, but bottle is fine if that is what you are doing) just before he goes down (at 7pm) which helps top up after he has eaten but he slept through the night because he had a full tummy (waking at 7am).

If this isn't it, it could be a development growth spurt.

Clare - posted on 10/05/2009

I hate to say this (as it sounds cruel), but I'm now on baby no.3 and have learned that the only quick solution is to ignore them for a few nights. It'll be hell, but I promise you that after 3 nights you'll have a baby that sleeps through the night - 12 hours, no problem. Good luck (and buys some earplugs) xxx

Kimmi - posted on 10/04/2009

My 10 month old was the same, and I just stopped giving him bottles at night. I still get up with him and rock him back to sleep with his soother. I also make sure after his bath at night he plays in his exersaucer, ect and gets really tired. Since doing both of these he is usually sleeping for 6 or more hrs straight!

Jade - posted on 10/04/2009

i have the same problem but its because my nine month old is teething

Becky - posted on 10/03/2009

I switched my daughters foods around, veggies in the morning and rice cereal w/ fruit for dinner ~then she only needed a 6oz bottle at night.
Good Luck!

Melissa - posted on 09/28/2009

I feed my son 4 oz.rice cereal before he goes to sleep and he will still drink a 6 oz bottle. I use the Sassy baby food Feeder to give him the rice cereal, it is like a bottle, but it has a bigger hole in it and it's perfect for it. He usually sleeps all night or he will just wake up around 4:30 and want a bottle...

Cathy - posted on 09/28/2009

mine does the same....I breastfeed each time..and I'm also hoping we'll get a full night sleep soon...I really don't think there is one thing that works for all babies...some mom's are just lucky that their baby sleeps through the night....just like babies get teeth, sit, walk, all at different rates...so do they sleep through the night...unless of course, you are willing to just let them cry themselves to sleep everytime they wake up...I guess eventually they might give up and not cry....I don't have the heart to do this and am still somehow finding the energy to get up....GOOD LUCK!

Lydia - posted on 09/28/2009

Could try putting just water in the night bottles and see if that helps her stop wanting them. Or just giving her a top-up rather than full feed. Best of luck to you...

Dee - posted on 09/28/2009

My nearly 10 month old still wakes 2 - 3 times a night I put her to bed at 6.30 and she wakes in the morning at 6.30 on the dot. When she wakes at night i just give her a 1/2 small bottle of formula just enough to reassure her again and off she goes. I did start on water but was worried that she may choke, I will try that again later as she tends to gasp on differant things a little. I have heard that If you give them water they soon realise it is not worth waking up for. might be an easier option to try 1st up than letting her cry it out as if anything like mine she will not stop once she works up, then no one gets sleep.

Toni - posted on 09/27/2009

It took two nights and my son was sleep trained so the crying is now more like fussing and does not last long if he wakes.

Toni - posted on 09/27/2009

My son is 9 1/2 months and I finally had to seek drastic measures for serious sleep deprivation for him and me. It was a very tough thing to do but the only thing that worked for me after trying all kinds of things was to let my son cry it out. He was waking every 30 minutes to an hour all night. It did not start out so bad but increased over time. He cried an hour the first time, 40 minutes the next and then 15 minutes. Now he has learned to put himself back to sleep and usually does not fuss long before doing so. He is now waking mainly at 12 and 5am. I respond at those times but the other times if he wakes, I do not so he can get back to sleep quickly rather than expecting my company. According to what I have read, my son wanted my company rather than being hungry. He got used to me coming in all those times and expected it so he kept waking. During the night time routine, I explained to him what was going to happen, that I loved him but he needed to rest at night so I was going to come in twice a night if he woke and would change his diaper, feed him, rock him, whatever he needed. But the other times he woke he would have to get himself back to sleep and that I knew he could do it. He seemed to understand enough and it's working. I also do not talk to him in the middle of the night anymore. It was taking him from a sleeping state to an alert one and he wanted to play.

Margaret - posted on 09/26/2009

i have a 9 month old daughter && i know it's not recommended, but i give her a bottle && lay her down. when she's done with the bottle, she spits it out. she'll wake up maybe once or twice at night, but manages to find her bottle && starts over. sometimes i have to get up to give it to her, but it works. it's not recommended because from what i've heard, if they fall asleep with a bottle, they might get an earache ??? my daughter hasn't had any problems with that, and it works like a charm, she hates a paci, she just likes to throw it at people && will not keep it in her mouth. HOPE IT HELPS. ; )

Barbara - posted on 09/26/2009

I don't think the rice cereal makes that big of a difference, at least for my daughter it didn't. I tried that when she was 3 months old and not sleeping more than an hour at a time. She is 9 months now and does wake herself crying once at night but cries herself to sleep soon. I don't let her go longer than 20 min w/o checking on her. We had to cut back on how long she napped during the day and then lots and lots of stimulation and play time before bed. We even give her a bath with the "sleeptime" formula and then put her in pj's and let her play for about 20 minutes before nursing her and then putting her down. I think it's routine! And you have to stay strong with it too. If your baby screams when you put her down go check on her, lay her back down, maybe put her favorite blanket or toy in the crib, tell her good night, turn off the light and walk out. Simple things like always saying good night and the lights going out could be what they are missing or need. Good luck to all of you with this problem!

Sheena - posted on 09/25/2009

my son turned 9 months yesterday and is waking up 2-4 times a night also. He has slept through the night since I brought him home, but for the last few weeks I have had no luck at all! I have tried the cry it out method, but he never gives up......he will cry for hours.....im at a loss!!! Im hoping its just the teeth?? im still nursing maybe i should try formula with rice cereal before bedtime...........good luck!!!!!

Natasha - posted on 09/25/2009

We just started weaning our son by reducing the bottle size down and doing that for a week, before removing one of the feeds all together. Then once he got used to the less amount of feeds we dropped another feed. You must be very firm when you drop the feeds, as it confuses them if you don't give it one night, then give it to them the next night. There will be some fuss, so expect it, but it does not take long for them to get used to it ( 3 - 5 days).
Good luck, it is quite hard to be determined at 2am but you will see results. We also had to give our son extra food during the day to make up for it.

Michelle - posted on 09/24/2009

I always check on mine and if he is not sick, he is dry and warm, I let him cry it out. At this age it is striclty habbit to wake up at night. Turn the monitor off for 10-15 minutes, they usually will be asleep long before that.

Deidra - posted on 09/24/2009

thanks ladies maybe I need to let her cry more, she eats solids already and has a good bath and cereal in her bottle before bed. I have a 20month old that I dont want to wake. ( he was sleeping through the night at 4 months) no child is the same!

Karla - posted on 09/24/2009

when my little girl kept waking up she had colic(trapped wind), that settled down then she started teething but i didn't know but a bath a warm bottle and some dentinox does the trick for her. Also i make sure she has had her tea by about 4.30 with pudding so she is not as hungry later.hope this helped

Mary - posted on 09/24/2009

yea my daughter turned nine months old on the 17th and she does very wells sleeping at night. I was breastfeeding her until 2 weeks ago....she seems to do better sleeping at night now that shes on formula. I have a routine with her...she eats dinner at 6, she plays until 7..ten bath time...then plays until 730-8, I make her a bottle and she goes to bed. she sleeps until 730-8. I found if you keep them up more during the day they will sleep better at night. every baby is diff tho. good luck.

Leanne - posted on 09/23/2009

baby whisper book is what you need, after aving 2 boys who didnt sleep my sister in law put me onto this book it makes so much sence ,i followed it. my 10 month old girl as slept from 4 weeks, sister in laws children as slept from around the same and so as my friends daughter i cant praise it enough

Rachel - posted on 09/22/2009

My son is still waking up too! I have started just this week doing cry it out at night since he wasn't really nursing when he woke up, but wouldn't go back to sleep without feeding or nuzzling a bit.
He's had a few tough nights (me too!) but he's doing so much better now. The first night he cried for almost 45 min on and off (i'd check on him every 10 min or so) when he woke one time. The other night he woke up & I was still up. By the time I got to his door he'd already stopped crying and went back to sleep! He'll still wake up several times and I'll go comfort him and lay him back down but we're making progress since he mostly fusses just a little and goes right back to sleep!

Before deciding we had to do cry it out, I tried more food, different bedtime, different routine, cereal or solid food just before bed, nothing seemed to work.

Jessica - posted on 09/22/2009

I have a nine month old son who still doesnt sleep though the night. What i found a few things that helped was a i put him in warmer pjs. with socks on. Also his last bottle before he goes to bed i put about 2 tablespoons of rice cereal (just the plain one) into his 8oz bottle as well as his one that he gets up in the middle of night. Also sometimes i find that u need to work with their scedual maybe put her to bed a little bit later. I have my son on the time that he gets a bath at 8pm for a half hour than he gets his bottle than in bed by nine and he sleep from 9 til 4-5am than goes back to bed til about 9am. So i hope maybe some of my tricks help! GOODLUCK!

Tania - posted on 09/22/2009

omg my little boy is exactly the same and ive tried everything!!

Kerry - posted on 09/22/2009

as long she havin anoth food throughout the day she shoul'nt be waking up for anyfeeds at all it's one step at a time try setting a time for bedtime get in the routine of bath bottle bed if she wakes up leave her to cry try controlle crying it did wounders for my daughter she is three weeks older than ur daughter and she sleeps from 7.30 til 5-6 am hope it helps gud look xx

Anmarie - posted on 09/22/2009

Hi, Try not let her sleep from 2pm onwards so when it is bed time she is sooo tired, Also do you feed her solids? Do you have a really strict rutiene with her it mite be hard now but it will get easier. I have a 3 and a 1/2 yr old and a 9mth old both sleeping through at 2 months I had a really strict rutiene and let them cry, would go in there every 3-5mins and settle them down until they slept through. Goodluck :)

Tina - posted on 09/21/2009

My 9 month old does exactly the same, and always has since he was born. Maybe one day we will get a full nights sleep. Goodluck!!

Anusia - posted on 09/21/2009

is she taking lots of naps during the day ? try keeping her awake more during the day that might help

Dara - posted on 09/21/2009

I would say talk to the pediatrician and see if she/he can find anything medically wrong (maybe some sort of reflux)... if not you may just have a little girl with a lot of personality and a bit of stubborness and the only thing to do is use the CIO method (cry it out)... good luck.... btw my daughter is nine months old also and does not sleep through the night either. She generally eats twice, but she's breastfeed so its easier.

Deidra - posted on 09/21/2009

YES SHE HAS ONE BUT IT DOESNT WORK SHE WILL KEEP CRYING UNTIL SHE GETS A BOTTLE

Abbey - posted on 09/21/2009

Does she take a pacifier? My son is also 9months and he wakes up a couple times a night and just wants his binky.