still waking up at least twice a night some times more?

Melissa - posted on 10/15/2010

My son still needs atleast one bottle around 4am. It is really rough, since I haven't slept through the night since I became pregnant. He was getting up before that to eat as well, so I worked out a bedtime routine. He gets a bath, cereal and a bottle and then I put him down in his crib. Once we established that he slept better and if I go off the schedule he gets up more often.

Erica Aguolu - posted on 10/15/2010

Hello, my 8months old also wakes up almost every night for a feed. I give her porridge for breakfast,yogurt as snack and mixed potato/brocoli/carrots and chicken for late lunch,she really enjoys that but she still has her milk up to 4times during the day,she has a good appetite so i'm not worried that she wakes up,i just think that she wakes up because she's hungry so i just follow her needs really. I would say try and give him 3 meals a day and in between milk and keep it consistent and maybe it will keep his tummy full longer.

Christina - posted on 10/14/2010

I really like the book Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child. You can pick what methods work best for you...how much you want to let your baby 'cry it out' or not. But one of the points in the book I find most interesting is that putting your child to bed earlier actually helps them sleep longer. Good luck!

Ellie - posted on 10/02/2010

My baby will be 8 months in two days and has been sleeping through the night since about two months slepping from 8 till 8 in the morning! We give him a bath at 7 and then give him a bottle and put him in his cot with a winnie the pooh night light, which he loves and a couple of times he has woke up i have just crept into his room so he doesnt see me and turn it back on again and he goes straight back asleep again. I hope you get there in the end.

Brynie - posted on 10/01/2010

my baby is 7 1/2 months and never wakes up at night, i always waight until my lil boy is tired to give him his last meal, that way e is full for his sleep and wont need a feed during the night. i used to put my baby to bed with a bottle and he would wake up because he was attached to his bottle, but now i give him a bottle and hour before bed and hes slept through ever since

Tamra - posted on 09/30/2010

My pediatrician said after 6 mos. old they do not need to eat at night time. She suggested I let him cry for a short period of time because he has made a habit out of waking up, but if you just let him fuss for a little he should fall back to sleep and work his way out of this habit. It worked for us. Now my lil man is sleeping through the night, most nights at least. Good luck.

Claerisse - posted on 09/28/2010

Had the same problem, but try this, it worked for me! Have a set nighttime ritual, I usually play the same soothing song on the soundmachine (lullaby) and breastfeed my 8 month old at 7pm her dark bedroom, then I put her down with her bunny (she does not take a pacifier or suck her thumb). Before I went to bed I would breastfeed again (10 or 11pm). She would then wake up at 1am, I would go in and pick her up and say in a soothing voice that she was not getting any milk, that she would get more in the morning and it was now time to sleep. It was like she understood my tone of voice, and she went back to sleep till 4 or 5am, when I would feed her again. Slowly you can cut out more feedings, but she now sleeps straight from 10pm till 4am, which is actually pretty long for an 8 month old, good luck!!!

Pam - posted on 09/27/2010

My daughter is 7 1/2 months and she's doing the EXACT same thing. I mentioned it to my dr. She told me that at this age the average baby Can sleep 11 hours straight. I know that my baby is capable of this since she did sleep about 10 hours straight, but just once. Anyway, my dr. said that it seems like she's waking up because she's made eating part of her nighttime ritual. What she suggested doing was slowly decreasing her nighttime feeds and increasing her daytime feeds until she doesn't need anything at night. She also suggested putting a stuffed animal or blanky that she likes in the crib so that if she does wake up it could be a comfort. I just started doing this so I'm not sure if it's working yet. I giver her milk through a slow flow nipple during the night so that she starts dozing off without drinking as much since she has to work harder for it. Any other suggestions would be great :)

Krysta - posted on 09/27/2010

try thicker pablum and nap earlier like 1-2 in the afternoon and make sure he stays up after til he goes to bed it'll be tricky at first but it's worth a try.