Why isn't he sleeping?

Question

MY SON IS 6 MONTHS OLD AND IS STILL WAKING UP EVERY THREE HOURS AT NIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I FEEL LIKE IF I DONT GET SOME SLEEP I'M GONNA SNAP!!! WHAT SHOULD I DO. I PUT CEREAL IN HIS MILK, THAT DOESN'T WORK. I HAVE HIM A ROUTINE OF A BABY, READING A BOOK AND A WARM BOTTLE, THAT DOESN'T WORK. I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND. PLEASE HELP.

Answer 1

Hello. I have a 2 yr old son so I know what you´re going through.

I know this is difficult, but try letting him sleep through the crying. After a bedtime milk or other meal, let him go to bed alone and when he cries at 3 a.m., let him cry through it until he falls back to sleep. It isn´t easy but my sister had to do the same thing with her daughter. And she didn´t sleep through the night until my sister forced herself to let her daughter cry through it.

If your son continues to wake up without falling alseep for several days, seek a pediatricians advice. Good luck!!

Answer 2

My son is also 6 months old & still wakes every 2-3 hours...some nights I get REALLY lucky & get 4 hours! Now when I say *some* I mean maybe once every 2 weeks...I have also tried everything under the sun & nothing works for me either. I just recently asked his pediatrician about it & they replied (I'm going to put it in a few words): Some babies just require less sleep.
How much did you sleep as a baby? That often plays in as a factor for your childs sleep habits (I was also a very active awake baby). How long are your baby's naps during the day? The average 6 month old only needs around 14 1/2 hours of sleep daily, add up how much your baby gets during the night (excluding the minutes they are awake), then add up the nap times. If they sleep more than 4 hours during the day it may lead to a more restless sleep. Your baby should only be taken 2 naps a day by now, if they are taking more, *try* to cut it to 2 or just shorten the nap times by gently waking them up. Be careful though, if you wake them too much during naps it can cause the baby to wake more at night *expecting* to be woke up anyway.
Now, if none of those things work (just like my son), just have patience & maybe have a willing friend or relative take the baby for an afternoon or night so that you can get some sleep. Always remember, some sleep is better than *no* sleep. Good luck & I'm very sorry you are going through this, but I am right there with you!

Answer 3

Everyone has their own sleep patterns. Some babies sleep through the night from the very start while others seem to never stop waking up. One of my children is 12 years old and I don't think he has ever slept the whole night. He is always up getting something to drink or going to the bathroom. Sometimes he even has such a hard time going back to sleep he comes and wakes me up and we talk for an hour or so until he can get back to sleep. If your baby isn't sleeping throught the night then if you can follow his schedule and sleep when he sleeps. It will work out soon. I know it feels like you will never have a good nights sleep again but you will, don't worry. Instead treasure these stolen moments alone with him because when you don't have them anymore you will miss them!

Answer 4

My son started sleeping all night around this age. I thought it's late too, cause his big brother strated sleeping all night with 6 weeks. My doctor told me then, whenever he is ready to sleep all night he will, no matter what he eats, if he takes a bath or goes outside. And it was true, now he can go to bed (he's 10 months) with just eating half of his bottle and he still sleeps all night. Every now and then he wakes up too of course, but most of the time he sleeps all night. Just be patient whenever ur son is ready he will sleep through the night, some babys just need longer, others dont.

Answer 5

Don't feed him at night. We're in the process of doing this with our son; we did the same at around five months old with my daughter, and it worked very well. When he wakes up at night, go soothe him, pat him or stroke his head or talk to him or whatever makes him feel better -- give him a pacifier if you use them; we do -- and he may go back to sleep. If he doesn't, you can try taking him out of his crib and rocking him or cuddling him (lying down with him against your body works well with some babies), but don't give him milk unless absolutely NOTHING else works. Note that I'm not advocating cry-it-out methods; by this process you always attend to him when he fusses, but not with food unless you've really made sure he's hungry instead of just wakeful. It teaches him after a few days of this to adjust his eating habits so he fills up more before bed, and you can probably then back off on how much soothing you do on each waking. We're at the point now, after only a week, where we never have to give him milk between 11 and 6 or so, and when he wakes up all it takes is a brief pat or two to put him right back down. He'll learn to put himself back to sleep when he wakes up, if you do less and less of it for him, and after that it doesn't matter if he wakes up -- like you, if he wakes up momentarily he'll just turn over and settle back to sleep, leaving you alone.

Answer 6

try keeping him up by playing with him and getting him tired out. give him naps early in the day but not too late in the afternoon. hours befor YOUR bed time make sure he is awake and you are giving him playtime. that way your usual cereal in the warm bottle routine will work like a charm if he doesnt fall out from being tired

Answer 7

Some babies take longer to sleep through the night then others. Was he born early? Some babies who were born premature will take longer for these things also. Just be patient. It will happen eventually.

Another thing give him a warm bath before putting him down. This will relax him.

Answer 8

You need to stop putting the food in his bottle... make it in a bowl and feed it from the bowl, then give him a bottle... just adding some to a bottle at 6 months won't make a difference, you need to give him baby spoon fulls.. good luck...

Answer 9

don't run in there every time he cries- you can quietly peek in to make sure he is okay , but just let him cry himself back to sleep- you are continuing to 'train ' this routine by running and picking him up when he cries- to him- that is the time to be up now. Try just letting him fuss it out. It will be awful at first. I did this with mine- my mother in law was sneaking in and picking my daughter up in the middle of the night when she should have been able to seelp all noght. I had to guard the door when I found out and just let her cry- the first two nightw wer awful but after the third and fourth night the crying got shorter and after a week she was sleeping through the night. The trick is don't let him know that you are in there checking on him - unless he really needs to be fed or changed- let him fuss it out - he will get the idea soon enough

Answer 10

He is just very reactive and hyper avoid the high sugar stuff and try taking him to park and mccdonalds play pen and or a baby gym