My 10month old won't stay asleep?

Question

My 10 month old daughter started pulling up a few weeks ago and she is also getting her top teeth as of last week.

She used to sleep from 9pm to atleast 7-8pm straight. Now, she wakes up 1-2 times a night standing up, crying for me, wanting a bottle and to be rocked back to sleep. If she happens to wake up for the first time after the sun comes up, then she won't go back to sleep even though she is tired. Can anyone please help me with what I should do to teach her to sleep on her own and all night again? I don't know if she's too old to use the cry-it-out method. Please help!

Answer 1

sounds like you daughter is just going through a phase. My daughter is 15 months and every time she learns a new skill she wakes up more at night. She usually sleeps from 7pm to 7 am but last week she started walking and she started waking up at night again. She slept the full night last night, so hopefully she is back on track. When babies learn new things, they wake up at night and waht to try there new skill so they can perfect it. You daughter will probably get back on track in the next few days. Give her time. She is just excited!
Hope this helps a little

P>S you should never give a child under 2 honey...it can give them botchulism (sp?)

Answer 2

This will happen from time to time. You really can't do a lot about it. When she gets through this stage she will sleep again. Teething hurts. She probably is also in a growing stage where she is hungry more often. Add the fact that she is learning something new and you have the makings for many nightly wakes. Be thankful that she does normally sleep because my baby didn't sleep the entire night until he was almost 12 months old. She will go back to normal sleeping habits, don't worry.

Answer 3

I know how you feel, my son now 22 years old kept me up every night on the hour, by the time he was 10 months old i felt like a old woman in her 60s, he would not stay asleep and would often fight sleep during the day. I would fall asleep during the day because i was so tired from lack of sleep. I finally took him to the doctor where they in return put him through a bunch of test. The only thing they found wrong with him was the fact that he still was taking a bottle and that was what he would wake up missing every hour on the hour i took the bottle from him did not run to him every min he woke up and let him cry it out, believe me it was hard but after three days and three long nights. he started sleeping through the night and i got him back on his daily routine and he went back to his daily nap for 2 hours. Good Luck to you

Answer 4

Hullo dear,
I have three children of my own and what you are complaining about happened to me too. However, I have learnt that children differ. While some may stay awake but be quiet, others crave attention and will cry unnecessarily. However, the following has usually worked for me - feeding/dinner at 8 - 10 pm, breastfeeding when the child wakes up in the middle of the night, ensuring that the child is not uncomfortable i.e. heat, cold, wet diaper.

If this fails, try cammomil. Good Luck.

Answer 5

Whenever she wakes up, go into her room, lie her down, tell her to go to sleep and leave. She is old enough that she doesn't need a bottle in the middle of the night. And if you rock her back to sleep every time she does that, it will only encourage her to do it more. By going in, giving her a bottle and rocking her, you are giving her too much stimulation and getting into a pattern that will be harder to break the longer you do it. Good Luck.

Answer 6

Have you started her on solid food? Sometimes a baby will sleep better having been fed something more substantial.

Can you give her more stimulation during the day? When my son was a baby he got bored, I think, and would cry for no reason that I could tell. I started walking around the house with him, pointing to things and telling him what they were. He was fascinated and it quieted him down. Babies want to learn and will welcome safe, calm opportunities to be exposed to new things.

How much they retain is another question entirely, one I am not equipped to answer. But the little "learning tours" seemed to be very beneficial to my son.

Personally I oppose letting a baby cry unattended, although it is a popular method.

Good luck.

Answer 7

It sounds like she knows how to sleep, thru the night it's just she is teething which is extremely excruating for both of yall try to give her tylenol while she's teething, to help her relax and sleep also AsK the Doctor of yo can alternate Motrin and Tylenol infant of course so she does not become immune to it.

Answer 8

Check all the usuals

feed
wet nappy
comfort cuddles

See if she looks well or unwell ... she might need some paracetamol (or acetaminophen for you Yanks)

you might try giving her bottle a bit more stuff by adding rice cereal to the milk (even breast milk in a bottle)

try the cry it out method

ring a mother's and baby's nurse help line thing (we have them in Australia ... hope you have them too)

see your doctor or paediatrician

Answer 9

You could try the cry it out method, just don't let her make herself sick...

Also are you giving her cereal ? You need to try that before she goes to bed and then again in the morning... that will help her stomach be full and let her sleep better.

Answer 10

TRY ELIMINATING ONE OF HER NAPS DURING THE DAY OR KEEP HER UP A LITTLE LATER, AND HAVE A SET BED TIME ROUTINE, MAKE SURE IS FED JUST BEFORE SHE GOES TO BED SO SHE WILL NOT BE HUNGRY. WHEN SHE DOES WAKE UP AT NIGHT , DO NOT PICK HER UP, COMFORT HER TELL HER IT SLEEP TIME AND GO BACK TO BED, AND YES LET HER CRY.