my daughters turning 1 year old and still not sleeping at night!!!! how do i fix that?

Sarah - posted on 03/11/2010

She might be having night terrors. My daughter still gets them and she's 11. I found that if I get to her and pat her back and tell her its ok when she starts whimpering, I can prevent the screams. I don't sleep deeply anymore ;) I have noticed that when I have some classical music playing softly while she sleeps the nightmares come less often. Maybe that would work for you.
good luck

Shandra - posted on 03/11/2010

My best advice is make sure she has a full stomach like oatmeal that is what I give my daughter. Maybe take her off of the bottle might sound funny but my daugther is 10 months and has been off the bottle for a month. Ever since then she has slept through the night.

Lauren - posted on 03/11/2010

My son is 15 months and occassionally wakes up during the night. Someone on another post said that this is around the age when they start dreaming.. so it may be nightmares?? Or teething?? It could also be a change in routine, or her surroundings that may cause her to be anxious?? Also try the cry it out method... I used that with my son and he settles himself back to sleep!

Trudy - posted on 03/10/2010

Hi, my daughter is 15 months old and often wakes thru the night. A big part of that is routine related. I have to be really disciplined and organised with the two of us, to make sure her meals and daytime sleeps run smoothly, and she has lots of really active time. This generally works pretty well, but we often suffer setbacks due to ear infections. We keep in pretty close contact with our GP to stay on top of the ear infections. Otherwise, I pay attention to different crying sounds and length of crying. If it sounds like pain, I check immediately, if it goes on too long, I'll check and try the Shh-pat method of soothing baby in her cot (no eye contact, no talking other than making the shhhhhh noise while patting or stroking baby til calm and quiet, but still awake). This is a slow and painful but long term solution that does work, you just have to be careful it's not too rough on you, the goal is to teach baby to self sooth and get calm enough to sleep without actually putting baby to sleep. Soothe til baby is quiet then leave, repeat as necessary. I use ear plugs, so the crying doesn't upset me and I can concentrate on calming baby. After too many nights in a row of interrupted sleep, I just sleep with the ear plugs in. One of us has to be in decent shape during the day, there's no point both of us being sleep deprived and miserable. The tough love approach also helped baby learning to settle her self. She'd wake tired in the morning and nap properly during the day, getting back on track with our routine and practicing the skills of sleeping when tired.

Meghan - posted on 03/10/2010

hmm, my son is 17 months and does this too. The only thing I can figure out is it may be nightmares. Occasionally he wont be awake while he is doing this which I guess would be a night terror. Do you notice when this happens? I know after my son is off schedule or has an overnite with his father he is garanted to have this happen.