My baby girl is 9 months old. Has never slept through the night. She is breasfeed. Lately, she has not slept longer then 2 hours at a time. Does anyone have any good secrets to putting her down and keeping her asleep?
I bathe her and read to her and start to put her to sleep around 830pm- usually takes a half hour of back rubbing to get her asleep. Then every 2 hours she pops her head up- I wait a few min to see if she will go back down, but that uaually leads to crying. If this is how she is, that is fine, but I feel like there is more I could do, something I am not doing right.
Thanks you!
2006-09-12 04:48:05 · 15 answers · asked by juliabshull 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I can't remember what I did at that age with my DD, but we were cosleeping (by choice) so I'm sure she woke up several times a night. I highly recommend the book "The No Cry Sleep Solution" by Elizabeth Pantly, it helped us establish a nighttime routine and bedtime with our first baby.
2006-09-12 05:49:26 · answer #1 · answered by I ♥ EC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, You could bottle feed her( pumped breat milk) with a cereal mixed before bed, this will keep her tummy full for longer...
Also make sure the room is completley dark and no sounds to wake her, Breast Milk is hard to determin how much she has really consumed so maybe she isnt getting enough right before bed and that keeps her hungry....
Hope this helps a little I really didnt have a problem my son started sleeping in at 2 months ( 6 or so hours) and at 6 months all night! full 8 hours! I guess I was very lucky!
Im working on potty training at night time now...no more changing the sheets !
2006-09-12 04:56:38 · answer #2 · answered by crystald 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not trying to be controversial, but this is why I'm not a breastfeeding advocate. Everyone I've known who breastfed had babies who wouldn't sleep! Both my sons were bottle fed from birth and both slept through the night at 2 and 3 months (and both were healthy and well bonded with me). I assume, though, that your daughter is having solids too. I'd moniter how much she is eating. Other than that, though, just let her cry a bit when she wakes up every two hours. Much of the time, they will go back to sleep on their own. It's hard, as a mom, to listen to them cry, but give her 5 to 10 minutes of cry time before going to her. At nine months, she knows that if she cries, you will come. Maybe if you stop doing that, she will learn that she needs to sleep.
2006-09-12 05:01:32 · answer #3 · answered by Shelley L 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am no expert, but maybe you should let her cry a little longer. I am not a "let 'em cry" person at all, but perhaps in a baby that age it is time to let them start to figure out that they can go to sleep without you. My son is this way, too, but he is a little younger. Pertty soon I am going to start letting him cry, but going in every 5 mins or so, tell himhe is OK, not pick him up, and then leave again for 5 minutes. I have heard that that works but it takes a few nights. I am puttin git off because it will break my heart!!!!!
2006-09-12 05:50:30 · answer #4 · answered by In Luv w/ 2 B, 1 G + 1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep her dressed a little cooler in the day. Never let her nap more than 2 hours.
If you haven't started her on cereal, start. Give her a tablespoon of cereal mixed with milk at dinnertime.
It worked for my daughter, and she's 16 months old now. Sleeps through the night!
2006-09-12 04:55:21 · answer #5 · answered by boo's mom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to keep her up more during the day. When you put her down at night if she wakes let her cry for about 15 min and then go in to check on her. Increase the time and hopefully she'll get the hint you aren't going to come in to get her. Good luck
2006-09-12 05:28:11 · answer #6 · answered by peds LPN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel for you. I'm in the exact same situation. My baby, who is 7 months, woke up every 2 hours the other night. I wish I knew the answer. I think I might let her fuss a bit. If she wakes up and is really crying I will go to her, but if she's just fussing I will give her a chance to fall back to sleep on her own. If you have any other ideas, please message me!!
2006-09-12 04:53:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give this a try. Silent treatment! When she cries, you can pick her up and console her but just sit on your bed in the dark and rock her. Don't make any noise, don't talk to her. Just soothe her by holding her close to you. She will learn to associate this with bedtime and may even sleep longer. This may not work for your daughter but it works great for my son.
My fiance and I work different shifts and he would always complain about how the baby would never sleep for him. I told him my method and now our son sleeps for him also.
Good luck.
2006-09-12 07:35:27 · answer #8 · answered by Lisa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure her tummy is full before you put her down, also try to keep her up longer at night play with her go out side with her really tire her out then give her a bath (johnson baby shampoo w/ lavender is awsome for helping babies to sleep) and bed.
try not to give her to many naps during the day also.
good luck.
2006-09-12 04:59:17 · answer #9 · answered by bethelasa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all kids are different. My neice is 1 yrs old and still doesnt sleep throughout the night. My son, however, sleeps all night since he was a few months old. I suggest to give her maybe one nap a day and it'll make her more tired at night.. but other than that. i dont think ure doing anything wrong...she'll grow out of it, eventually.
2006-09-12 04:53:08 · answer #10 · answered by Mz J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋