ok...help..10 months of exhaustion!

Holly - posted on 08/27/2010

first put them to bed at one time and try to keep them up all day only one nap than at bed time lets say 9 put a jar of baby food like bannana or baby cerel rice warm and if you can play toller music a little than again around 12 or 1 or 2 if you see they are getting a wet diaper and need a change soon make a bottle than get a diaper and give the baby the bottel again less food a 25% of it and change the baby in the bed try not to get them up and moving that wakes them than play some more music softer and leave they should go back do this for a week and you got a bed time baby and your mood or how you do this must be sweet and never get upset they read off your moods.now when you start this it will not be fun I know and if your other is helping you make sure they do what you do and one more thing if they wake up for a diaper change them first than make a bottle.the food things is whatever you feel like but when your hungry you can't sleep so think of them as little you's.I hope this help if you pass it a long every mom doesn't know everything and the bed time try to keep it with in 1or 2 hours from the time you pick if you start a 9 than go to 11 it will not work.

Serena - posted on 08/07/2009

Hi Christine,

My daughter will 10 months on the 16th and she will not sleep through the night yet. We too are exhausted. We tried the sleep training and all we had was 45 minutes of crying followed by vomitting in her crib. Will your daughter fall asleep in your arms if you walk her around? I know it's not the best, but we have moved our daughters bed time back to 8pm from 7pm. It has made all the difference in the world. We allow her to play by lifting herself up, crawling a lot etc.... until about 7, then read books and do a bath. By the time I give her the final bottle, she is almost to sleep. I walk her or rock her for about 5 minutes and put her in the crib (still a little awake). Sometimes she goes right out and sometimes she needs an extra hug from mommy or daddy.

Does she at least stay asleep for you once you get her to sleep?

Good luck. I know how you feel.

Monica - posted on 06/10/2009

hello, my son is 13 months and what i did was a consistent routine, u have to put her on sleep between 6 and 8, depend when she get tired, better no late than 8 pm. slowing down 1 hr ago, no too much light, relaxing, bath, songs, anything that relax her, i usually take him to the bedroom, bath and let him play on the bed with me, after 45 min when he got his milk, i let him now im going to put him on the crib by saying bye bye to the night lamp, so he knows is time to sleep. i let him there with a couple of soft toys, kiss him good nite, some times he cries but i know he just want attention, but i never go back. if he still crying after 10 min ill go and check, tell him is time to sleep, kiss him again and go straight out, usually he wont cry more than 5 min more. i hope it works for u too.