my 5 month old daughter is wakening at least 6 times a night. how can i get her to sleep all night?

Question

she is wakening so much looking her dummy, not to feed. she cannot keep the dummy in her mouth. we have tried to get her to sleep without it but she still wakes frequently.

Answer 1

I have a 5 month old son. He goes to sleep @ 9pm & wakes up @ 8am. I just followed the sleeping advice given by many doctors. I turn off the lights and try to keep things quiet @ night. I also have a very simple routine that I follow:
I give my son his last bottle @ 8pm (6 oz of milk w/ 1 tablespoon of rice cereal). At about 8:45, I change my son's diaper, lay him in his crib, turn off the lights, say goodnight & give him kisses. In about 5 min. he is sleep (without any crying!!). It's been this way ever since he was 4 months.
Just give it time.........eventually your baby will stop waking up 6 times a night:)

(I also should mention that I give him his pacifier when I put him in the crib-- most of the time he will spit it out after being sleep for 10 min--- if not, I simply remove it before I go to bed. I don't want to him to become dependent on the pacifier while sleeping).

Answer 2

I would start with the cereal to make her tummy feel full for longer. Try and get her to sleep without the dummy. If that does not work, then once she is asleep, take the dummy out of her mouth. She needs to learn to NOT sleep with it. She is associating that with sleep. So when if falls out...she wakes up. Try and use it less and less and she will not be so dependant on it.

Good luck and sweet dreams!

Answer 3

This is very normal!

She's probably just going through a phase - mine waken more frequently when they're reaching a developmental milestone (like learning to sit up, pull up, etc), when they're teething, and when the seasons change. Mine are 4 and 2, and this week THEY'VE been waking up at night because the seasons are starting to change.

Have you thought about bringing her to bed with you? Babies sleep much better when they're in bed with Mom and Dad

Answer 4

She may be teething. If she doesn't roll over yet, then she might be trying to get comfortable. Most of the time when they start rolling over then they can get comfortable on their own without waking all the way (and waking you!). Otherwise, I gave my son rice cereal mixed with his formula to the consistency of a medium milkshake (use a stage 2 nipple) before bedtime and normally that kept him full enough to sleep all night. I think she might be teething though. It's at about the right age. Hang in there--it gets better. I use the Hyland's Teething Tablets and that helps if it is teething. Good luck!

Answer 5

Try letting her sleep less during the day, and keeping her more stimulated when she is awake so she will be more tired at night. You cannot exept her to sleep all through the night and not wake at all in the beginning, but over a week or 2 she should get into a new routine and sleep better, good luck and be gentle and patient.

Answer 6

Less sleep during the day, and just putting up with the noise for a few nights could help...cas sounds like she knows that if she cries she will get attention.

Also, there are little capsules you can buy that are filled with lavender scented liquid...you squirt the liquid onto a pillow and it helps with a calm sleep.

Nearly sure it's available baby-friendly version, but always check anyway of course.

Answer 7

Always always keep on on hand so that if she loses it on the floor you don;t have to look for it in the middle of the night! Are you feeding her cereal before bed ? Maybe try to do that and a bottle and see if it holds her over all night.. between these and the suggestions below I hope you find something to get your rest too!

Answer 8

It sounds like you're doing an excellent type of extremely good issues--giving her a real good feeding formerly mattress, not choosing her up etc. properly one glaring question is how a lot is she sound asleep in the course of the day? you may attempt waking her up from a snooze. you may try with pacifiers that are extra accessible for her to regulate into her mouth. I continuously kepts my newborn's pacifiers on a ribbon at nighttime! (i understand i understand I could be shot!) you may attempt a 2d bottle at 2:30. i'd purely throw it contained in the crib and flow in and get rid of it after she's executed. 5 months is a tricky age in view that they're replacing interest ranges and replacing diets. both one in each of which could influence sleep very much! At round six months she may be in a position to get that pacifier in herself and then you'd be contained in the sparkling! the entire eliminating the pacifier element when they doze off at nighttime element would not make it any extra accessible to grant the element up finally. So i'd purely enable it stay in for now. ascertain you get an chance for a snooze in the course of the day so that you're calm and sensible including her at nighttime. I usually waited till atleast six months formerly I enable the baby "cry it out". My 4 are all large sleepers now. even with the undeniable fact that it does take practise.

Answer 9

I agree with the suggestion to add cereal to bottle right before bed. Also try reading "On Being Babywise". It is an excellent book that shows parents how to put their baby on a schedule that gets them to sleep through the night quicker. This book changed my life! Good luck!

Answer 10

Keep her awake more during the day.Give her a warm bath and a little bit of cereal at night.Find a different dummy maybe she does'nt like that one.Try a newborn size.