My son is 4 months old and he does NOT sleep all night yet, what can i do? cereal doesn't work!!! HELP?

Answer 1

Four month olds generally don't sleep all night. They usually wake up at least once to eat. Give it time, he'll sleep when he's older.

Answer 2

Why does everyone think they can make a baby do something??? He is only 4 months old. Some babies never sleep all night until they are 8 or 9 months. Does he take good naps during the day?? If so then you can't expect an all night sleeping routine. My son is 5 months. He sleeps all night BUT he only takes 2, 20 minute naps during a day's time. He is constantly awake and active. It just depends on the baby. Give it some time and he will eventually sleep all night.

One thing that might relax him is to give him a bath close to his bed time.

Good luck to you.

Answer 3

There are several causes for babies over 4 months not sleeping all night (or at least 5 hours straight), though some babies just need the maturity of being 6 months old. However, if you feel the baby isn't hungry, but just waking, the first reason would be that the child has colic (gas). Those problems can be corrected with your pediatrician prescribing gas relieving medication. Usually, by 4 months, the child does not need nourishment (nursed or bottle fed) at night. So, the next idea might be that your child has not yet learned to put him/herself back to sleep. We all wake up once or twice in the night, close our eyes and go back to sleep. Babies need to learn to do this. If you run into the baby's room the minute he/she stirs, then the child gets fully awake and doesn't go back to sleep right away. If you wait awhile, the child will learn to go back to sleep. If the baby is screaming at some point, you will have to go in, but I strongly suggest your pat his/her back and sing and soothe, and tell your little one that it's still night night time and we need to sleep. If you get into the habit of bringing a bottle or nursing the child in the middle of the night, this sequence will not end for many, many months (sometimes children of 3 years are still getting up if their parents haven't "trained" them to get back to sleep). There are some very good books on helping children sleep. You might ask your librarian for help. Good luck!

Answer 4

It's actually rather unusual for a four month old to sleep all night. The best thing to do is keep a regular schedule of waking up. If he sleeps from 3-5 hours, try to keep it to 4 each time. You can extend the nighttime sleeping by keeping him as active as possible during the day.

I am very lucky that my 7-month-old daughter started sleeping 10:30 PM-7:00 AM when she was one month. This is highly unusual. My son is two-years old and still doesn't sleep all night.

Answer 5

My son never slept through the night and still sometimes doesn't at 3 years. It does happen. When he did sleep was when I cut down on the naps. Let his miss that evening nap so he's extra tired at bed. When he does cry for you at night, let him for at least 15 minutes. (I realize its hard.) When you do go in don't pick him up. Just comfort by patting, no words. Then leave. Next wait 30 min and so on. It may be rough but it will work if you stick to it. don't put him to bed fully asleep, Cuz then he wakes looking for you. Its hard but the best thing for you and your child, let him cry it out. Trust me it won't hurt him. Just be reassuring. The doctor told me the first night will be bad, second will be worse and by the third night it will slowly get better. By the end of 7 days you will be exhausted but you;ll have a baby that sleeps through the night.

Answer 6

Hey!! Don't sweat it!! My son is 4 YEARS old and still does not sleep through the night most nights!!

Cereal is an old wives tale. Your son will sleep through the night when he's ready, not before.

Answer 7

Try to make sure he is in a routine....a bath, a book, cuddle and bottle, or whatever works for you. Plus, I got news for you....GET USED TO IT! You're a mom, it's your job! My daughter started sleeping through the night by 8 weeks...yep, awesome. Well, she is 13 months old now, and for the past 4 months....she gets up at least 3 times a night. They are babies, nothing you can do!

Answer 8

well, only 1 of my 4 children had read the book that says, your baby will sleep through the night at about 6 weeks of age. she was my only fictional child[haha] the 2nd didn't sleep through the night till 13 months. yes we tried cereal, too. a lot of med. books say when a child is about 11lbs, they will sleep through the night. this was not true for my other 3 kids. i did all the things my doc's said to, but they had their own ideas. we always did a nice warm bath before bed, followed by a hearty baby meal, and still...waaaaa sometimes before midnight. my son slept through the night at 9 months. all of my kids went from the bassinet to the crib, in their own room/with baby monitor, at 2 months of age. you can try giving him a pacifier, if your baby will accept one, so you can get some sleep, and he can learn some other comfort measures. pacifiers aren't bad, only angry parents at 2 a.m. who are dying from lack of sleep, and regret what they might do. you can try letting him cry, but personally, i couldn't take it after 5 minutes. i ended up putting a recliner in their room, a rocking one, and letting them nurse/or bottle feed until they burped, and went back to sleep. hang in there. there are many parents with this same problem. it is normal. the truth is most babies don't sleep through the night until say 6,7,8,9 ...10 months of age. but eventually he will. don't put him in bed with you at night or you will have an even worse problem, a 2 year old who won't sleep in his own bed. this happened to my sister, and her son was 5 years old before he slept in his own bed. not good for the marriage! your child is normal, he just didn't read about how he is supposed to be sleeping at his age. you will be o.k., so will he. motherhood is not easy, but worth it.

Answer 9

my son also had the same problem and found out he had acid reflux. Basically he would wake up from heart burn. also make sure he's awake for at least 4 hours before you put him down for the night. If it's not eithther one check to see if he may have a slight case of being lactose intolerent. He may be waking up from a sick belly if you're giving him milk or formula before putting him down.

Answer 10

Im in the same boat honey! I just started giving him his supper right b4 he went to bed with a bath with the aroma stuff and he is starting to sleep through the night. He is also 5 mnths old! I also try to keep him up as late as possible. Also, if you hear him wimper in the night...dont rush right to his side cuz its possible he will fall right back to sleep! (Mine does now) I dont let it go on longer then 5 mins tho!