How do I get my 8 monthold to sleep thru th e night?

Question

My 8 month old does not sleep thru the night, I feed her six meals a day, 3 formula and 3 solids which onclude yougurt, veggies and fruit, she is a small eater to begin with. Until 4 months she slept thru the night but for the last 4 mts she has not, she keeps waking up and then I rock her to sleep sometimes bring her into my bed. SOmetimes she wakes up and is up for an hour in the middle of the night. I have tried feeding her at that time thinking she is hungry but she will barely have an ounce of formula. SHe eats again after a gap of 12 hrs. I don't think she is hungry and therefore waking up. SHe is up almost 4 to 5 times and then i lay near her and pet her to sleep she goes back to sleep but i am sleep deprived

Answer 1

What you need to do is get her into a schedule. Put her to bed at approximately 12 hours before you want her to wake up. Even if she wakes in the middle of the night do not go into her room. You can listen to make sure she's not hurt... but do not go in. She shouldn't need any food late at night. You might also try keeping her up until about 12midnight or 1am. Feed her a bottle before you put her to bed, and even if she wakes do not go in to get her. I don't know if you do this or not, but I got my son sleeping through the night at three weeks doing what I told you to do... another reason why my son wasn't falling asleep was because I was putting him on his back and he wanted to be on his belly. Try putting her on her belly. But the most important thing to remember is that it is okay for her to cry. She'll cry because she's mad... but not because she doesn't love you. Do not go in to get her. She gets used to that and she'll cry even more. The first night she might cry for a hour. The second night she'll cry for 30 min, and the third night, you will wake up and say to yourself "She's NOT crying!"

Answer 2

First you need to limit her naps during the day. My daughter is almost 6 months old and has 3 one hour naps during the day and all before 5pm. I don't let her sleep past 5pm so that she is good and tired for bed. Around 8-8:30pm I give her a warm bath with the bedtime body wash and shampoo. I put the bedtime lotion on, read her a story, give her a bottle and then put her to bed. My daughter wakes up once during the night just to get a bottle and then she's back to bed for the rest of the night. Just a suggestion. I know how it is when you don't get any sleep that is why I had to put my daughter on a schedule. Good luck and I hope you get some sleep soon.

Answer 3

What time are you putting your baby to bed? I have an 8 month old who sleeps through the night. I found that putting her to bed EARLIER really helped. She goes to bed between 6:30 and 7:00 pm and sleeps straight through until at least 7:00am. She takes 2 naps a day (each about 1.5 hours), but I keep her up from about 2:30 until it's time for bed. I was putting her down for a later afternoon/early evening nap, and she was having trouble staying asleep all night. After I cut the 3rd nap out, night time sleep was much better. You may have to let your baby cry for a few nights. The important thing is to be consistent with whatever you choose. It helps if your baby knows what to expect. How do you put her to bed a night? Does she fall asleep on her own, or do you "help" her get to sleep? If you rock her or get her to sleep using a bottle, she may have come to rely on those crutches to get herself back to sleep all the time. Try putting her to bed when she is still awake, but sleepy. It's really trial and error until you find what works best for you and your daughter. Make sure you are doing things that you are comfortable with. Good luck!

Answer 4

Yes all of the previous suggestions are good and many of the same things I'm doing and going through right now. My baby is 4 months and she does well some nights but some nights she wants to get up and play and look around. But I use the bedtime baby wash and that stuff really works, I also try to put a little more rice in her bottle before she goes to sleep, and I also try to keep her woke until 10:00pm. But you have to try to get her use to sleeping in her own bed because once you start them in your own bed it's really hard to get them to sleep alone. But good luck!

Answer 5

Good question! my 10 month old was up twice last night and it;s getting old. I can't let him cry because I have a 21 month old. If I let him cry then I have 2 awake not just one! Have you tried cutting out a nap of the evening. Don;t let her have a nap after say 3-4 pm just rider her out. That cut mine down from 3-4 to 2-3 it's not much but it helped me ALOT! Feed her a little cereal or instant oatmeal before bed time..

Answer 6

well my wife and i started out wrong. first the baby slept in the bed with us the he slept on my chest at night. when i finally got him off my chest, he was about 6 months old. i decided to get him out of our bed, so what i did was lay him down when he was sleepy and stand rock him to sleep. he always slept on him side so this made it easy. every time he woke up i rocked him back to sleep. it got him used to his own bed. that took about a month and a half. about 8 months he was falling asleep by himself but he would wake once or twice thorough the night. now he knows when it bedtime and sleeps by himself and sleeps all night. he is 18 months now, and life is a lot easier for us all.

Answer 7

is she teething? i would talk to the doctor it could be because a bunch of different things.. only let her nap for a short period during the day.. and make sure you have her on a diet... she might still be hungry but could be sick or something and thats why she is not eating.. then again she might just want your attention

Answer 8

my mom told me to feed my son more before he goees to bed and i found that has worked but if nothing else let her cry herself back to sleep it wont hurt her and this way she may start to sleep cuz she'll learn that your not going to come in at night every time she cries

Answer 9

dont let him/her tack a nap and the babby will sleep throw the night

Answer 10

well give her a bath right before puting her to sleep and give her some good food before butting her to sleep