8 month old still not sleeping through the night! HELP!

Zoey - posted on 01/10/2011

Hey I wish I could help you but I'm in the same boat , my babes 9 mths old and still wakes up 2-3 times a night.. It sucks.

Sidhi - posted on 01/10/2011

hi lindee,
i am sidhi and i am also going through the same problem. my baby is 9 month old and he also dont sleep through out the night its very difficult.

Lindee - posted on 01/09/2011

thank you all for your wonderful advice and concern. I will start adding rice to his bottles at night. Im not sure its teething because he has 4 top and 2 bottom but I think I see his other 2 bottom coming in. I started routinely giving him tylenol right before bed and sometimes he sleeps 5 hours but most of the time he is up every 3-4 hours.
I'm going to the doctor about a different problem tomorrow so I will get his advice too.
Thanks again!!

Rica - posted on 01/09/2011

My best advice, get this book:
"Secrets of the Baby whisperer"

It's a total Godsend!

Denise - posted on 01/09/2011

Putting teething stuff on his gums is a great idea and it could be just the problem! What I did with my children is put a little rice cereal in the bottle right before bed (cut a bigger hole in the nipple) and it gives a little more substance in their belly! My children started sleeping most of the night if not all night! It may take a few tries but it definetly works! Make sure to give them water or juice when you start doing this so that they don't have a hard time poopin'!

Julie - posted on 01/09/2011

So sorry to hear everything that you've been through. It can't be easy on you. I agree with the other moms about the baby will sleep through the night when they are ready. Neither of mine did it until they were at least 13-14 months old. There is nothing wrong with rocking your baby to sleep at that age. Could it be separation anxiety? Teething? Growth Spurt? Or true hunger?? Both of my kids needed 1 feeding in the night until they were 13 months old. I can barely go 8-10 hours without eating so I didn't expect my little babies to do it. Remind yourself that this is temporary (tho' in the middle of the night it is PAINFUL getting up so much. Been there many of nights and it seems endless---but it will end). Good luck, hang in there and take care of yourself.

Amy - posted on 01/08/2011

I always rocked my kids to bed until they were a year old. I never did CIO until over a year. I stopped giving my little one a bottle at night and tried soothing/rocking to bed first. Pretty soon he realized he wasn't going to get food, so he went to sleep. I did one mid of the night feed but soon he stopped waking to eat - it had become a habit to get up and eat. Since he wasn't really hungry [like you said, 2 oz] he just learned to sleep through that time. Eventually I cut out the mid night feed and by a year old he was sleeping through the night.

Becky - posted on 01/08/2011

All babies are different and he will do it when he is ready.. My daughter will be 1yr in 2 weeks and she still wakes up 1-3 times a night.. I only she starts sleeping thru the night soon because I'm pregnant again and would love to get a full night of sleep before this new one arrives..

Jennifer - posted on 01/08/2011

Every baby is different, and he will start sleeping through the night when he is ready. I, personally am opposed to the cio method, only because when my baby cries, it is her way of telling me she needs me. I would never dream of ignoring those cries during the day, so why should I at night. I have 4 kids, and they all have been so different with their sleeping. My oldest was 4 months old when he started sleeping through the night, My 2nd was only 2 weeks old when she stopped needing me at night. My 3rd was up every 2 hours until he was 15 months, and my 4th is only 3 months, and usually gives me a 4-6 hour stretch every night. I know you are exhausted now, but there will come a time when you will actually miss all those cuddles you got in the night. Sorry I don't have any advice on how to make him sleep, my only advice is to enjoy ever second you can with your little one, even if it is at 2am.

Adrienne - posted on 01/07/2011

Is he teething? My son is 9 months old and he was getting up and would only drink 2-3oz and go back to sleep. Then he would get up shortly after that. We found out he was teething and started putting stuff on his gums and now he is sleeping a lot better.