How do i get my 4 month old to sleep all night?

Answer 1

The first step is to wait until baby is developmentally ready. This is usually between 6 and 12 months old. Just like it's unreasonable to expect your baby to go into the kitchen and prepare her/his own food for breakfast, you can't expect a baby to sleep through the night before she/he is ready.

Answer 2

Well, the biggest factor is if the baby is ready to sleep through the night. By 4 months, the baby probably is, although my first son did not sleep through the night until he was 3 years old! However, my 7 month old daughter started at 4 months. We established a routine from the very beginning, with quiet time, followed by a bath, a book and rocking with a bottle. Then we put her down to sleep awake!!! That is so important-until they learn how to put themselves to sleep, they will never sleep through the night. Try 'The No Cry Sleep Solution' by Elizabeth Pantley-it has some great suggestions! Good luck!

Answer 3

Most 4 months old don't sleep through the night. It's totally normal. When my baby was 4 months old, she was up sometimes upward of 8-9 times per night. I know, terrible. The only way I made it work and still held my sanity was by napping with her, and sleeping with her in my bed. I think cosleeping is the best way to get what everybody needs - baby is comforted by your presence and (if you're breastfeeding) doesn't have to cry out of the room for her food, and you just have to roll over and stick a boobie in baby's mouth and go back to sleep while s/he does his/her thing.

Answer 4

My baby girl is 3 1/2 months and she has only slept through the night 3 times. But this is still completely normal. I want to respond to some of the advice you've been given here.

First of all, a lot of people said that you should keep your baby up during the day. Although that sounds good in theory, in actuality sleep begets sleep in babies. In other words, the better they nap during the day, the better they'll sleep at night. It keeps their body on a regular routine and keeps them healthy. So on the contrary, I would recommend keeping your baby on his/her normal sleep routine. Usually at 4 months this is a nap in the morning, one in early afternoon, and one in late afternoon.

Secondly, people often advise "tanking your baby up" to keep them asleep. This again sounds good in theory, but a baby's stomach is approximately the size of their fist - so there's only so much eating they can do at one time. If you overfeed them they'll probably have worse gas and worse spitting up.

From my own experience, here are a few recommendations:

I highly recommend sleeping your baby in bed with you if you are comfortable with that. Yes, your baby will leave your bed and no, it will not destroy your sex life. Our daughter has slept with us since the beginning and I could never do anything else. Doesn't it make sense that a baby would sleep best when they know that their parents are right there with them? Babies aren't stupid - they know when they're alone. Having them right there also makes it much easier to respond to their needs during the night so that they can drift back to sleep much easier. If you have your baby in a crib in the next room, they have to cry loud enough to wake you up, then long enough for you to come get them, and by that time their so worked up that even after feeding it can take a while to settle them back down to sleep. That makes for long nights for everyone!

I would advise just letting nature take it's course. Every baby develops differently. Do what you need to do to keep your head on straight and keep your baby developing well. Think about the trust you're building in your baby in each choice you make, and you'll do just fine!

Answer 5

every baby is different but try keeping her up during the day, also give her alittle more in her bottle at night so for example if you give her 4 ounces in her bottle during the day, give her 5 before she goes to bed, and maybe you can add a teaspoon full of cereal in there too, make a routine at night, dim the lights keep it quiet and have a soothing sound going all night like a fan. good luck but remember give it time, not every baby sleeps through the night so soon.

Answer 6

They say to keep them in an active room in the daytime so they start to tell the difference between day and night.

I've got a newborn and he's fed every three hours in the daytime and his last feed is at 12 or 1 at night and he sometimes sleeps up to 5 to 6 hours at night. Even if he's fast asleep after three hours in the daytime I tickle him and he sucks on the bottle and continues sleeping after. Make sure he's well fed in the day so that at night he doesn't get hungry.

Also try giving him a bath in the evening, I've been told it makes them sleepy.

Answer 7

I know ppl always say it's a no-no, but do you have your baby sleep with you? I do and my daughter has slept through the night since I brought her home (now 8months old).
I figure once they are teens they won't want anything to do with you, so take advantage of time spent now :)

Answer 8

honestly you are going to get all kinds of advice and your child isn't going to sleep through the night until they are ready to do so. my son is 11 months old and just now started to sleep through the night. i tried everything from keeping him up, rice cereal before bed to fill him up, trying to let him fuss it out, nothing worked. so i just excepted that he wasn't one of those babies that would sleep through the night and, i myself went to bed earlier so i got enough sleep with him waking up. seriously, before i knew it he started waking up less and less through out the night and now he sleeps through the night. it took awhile but becuase i stopped stressing, it went by faster than if i would have kept stressing and trying new things. as much as you may feel you have the only baby that won't sleep through the night, the average baby doesn't. so just be patient and when your baby is ready they will sleep through the night.

Answer 9

Try feeding her usual milk at around 12 mn... hopefully she will sleep all night and wake 5 am for her next feed.

Answer 10

keep your baby up more day time and put him on a ruteen of going to bed a the same time every they do realy great on a ruteen he is still little so take your time he will get it dont put your baby in the bed with you you will never get them out and it realy hard to have sex with a baby in the bed with you needyour space just like the baby the earlyr you get them comfy in there space the ezer your life will be later