How can i get my 15 week old baby boy to sleep thru the night?

Question

i wake him for a feed at 10.30pm, but every night he wakes every 4 hours to still feed, i dont think he is hungry and think this is habit, which i need to be able to break.

Answer 1

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha ----Good Luck!

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Answer 2

Are you breastfeeding? If so, remember that breastmilk digests faster and therefore your baby will be hungry more frequently.

15 weeks is still fairly young. There is nothing wrong with him needing to eat at night still! If he were 30 months old maybe I'd agree that this is a habit, but he's just an infant!

Also, by definition he almost is sleeping through the night - that's a 6 hour stretch, and he's nearly there! Continue to nurture and feed him, and he will get there when he is ready.

Answer 3

ARE U SERIOUS my 7 months old does not sleep throught the night and m,y son dident till he was 1 and i let him cry it out for 3 nights

Okay.. take this advice from a mom who has three kids (and an awesome supportive husband) and all three of our kids (ages 7 months, 4 years, and 6 years) go to bed at 6:30 on the dot and sleep the whole night....

First, you have to find what works and STICK with it. Changing things up just because it don't work the first few nights makes things MUCH worse!

You have got to start letting your son associate his CRIB (or bed or cot) with sleep time. NEVER let him fall asleep in his pushchair! Put the radio away, that is making things worse!

You have first got to think of the right time for him to go to bed for the night. Pick a time that works best for you and your schedule,but not too late! (We do about 6:30pm.) You have got to get him into a night time routine. At 6:00 (1/2 hour before) brush his teeth, change his diaper, cuddle with him, read him a small book --- all quiet bed time things. No getting him wild (tickling him, etc).

Then at 6:30pm, put him down - give him a kiss and say Goodnight. Turn off all lights. If he crys (which he WILL cry! This is a new routine) make sure he knows you are right outside the door (or in another room) and reaffirm to him that it is NIGHT time.

If he gets out of bed (hopefully you have him in a crib, where he can't escape) put him right back in bed.

The first few nights WILL BE EXTREEMLY HARD! BUT, after 3-4 nights, he will get used to this new routine and you will be SO happy nighttime is like this!!

this is what you should do when your child is about 9 months old

Answer 4

why are you waking him for a feeding? when he goes down, you go lay down (I know, not always the most fun thing in the world, but sleep is a precious commodity). When he gets up to eat, you can feed him. And if he doesn't seem like he's hungry, he's probably got it figured out that if he starts to cry, he gets time alone with mommy at night and he probably likes that. If he is truly hungry (mine is the same way, we're spacing about 6 hours right now) you basically just have to suck it up and deal. If he's hungry, he needs to eat. They're smart little buggers, he knows how to get you into the room so that he has time to spend with you. You can either try the cry it out method (doesn't work for us, we're in an apartment, so no crying at 2 in the morning, hence the feeding) or you can look into alternative methods, like going in and just rocking him. Maybe if you start getting him out of the feeding aspect, the rest will fall into place.

Answer 5

my daughter started sleeping through the night at 5 weeks old and i was sure it had to do with the new snuggle bed i got her, b4 i had that she was waking every 3 hours and not nessaseraly to feed sometimes she wouldnt want a bottle and it was just to have a cuddle, i asked the local midwife what she thought i should do and she recomended "the snuggle bed" and a dummy, she said that it wasnt that she was waking to feed it was that she was waking for comfort..so i brought the both and that very night she slept the whole night through, and didnt look back, so maybe give that a go...goodluck but remember all babies are different and its all apart of learing..but goodluck anyway and i hope it all works out
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Answer 6

My baby is 7 months old and is only just sleeping thru the night(sometimes). My 1st baby slept thru at 3 mths and my 2nd at 8 mths. They are all different and it is best to just go with the flow.
They do eventually sleep thru. Be patient. At 15 weeks, your baby is only young and may still need a feed thru the night. There are some good settling techniques available, try the Huggies website or the Smart-mums website.

Answer 7

No, you do NOT need to be able to break it. It is not a 'bad habit'. He's 15 weeks old!

There is nothing you can do. Don't keep him awake all day. Don't 'flip' him as some older women might say to. Don't shove a pacifier in his mouth every time he cries.

Babies are naturally polyphasic sleepers (meaning they sleep and wake several times during the day). Eventually he will become biphasic (sleeping and waking twice), around age two or three. When he's a child he will become monophasic (sleeping once, like you are used to).

Some adults choose to practice polyphasic sleep. And studies have shown that they are healthier! Their immune systems are stronger! They are more alert during their waking periods! Why would you want to take that away from your baby!? It is natural for him to sleep this way! He is on his own internal cycle and you can't reprogram it. It will happen NATURALLY as he is READY. Forcing him 1) will not work forever, and 2) is BAD for him.

Get used to it. Are you telling me you didn't KNOW that babies wake during the night? Please.

Answer 8

A baby at 15 weeks should be waking up like this you will just have to deal with it and feed him. You are lucky he is only waking up every 4 hours all of mine woke up every 2 hours. Just give this time!!!!

Answer 9

you have a backwards toddler! that's the incredibly term for a toddler who sleeps alot contained in the day and little at evening - im no longer purely being merciless! Its incredibly complicated to appropriate from what ive heard, lots of the approaches they do propose leaving until approximately 6 month, yet i comprehend that environment and stimulation is super significant, and you would be able to alter this on the instant. So confirm that once you're feeding her during the day, she is being super inspired, and the room is incredibly mild, remarkable and crammed with skill! Make evening time feedings calm and darkish and quiet - then she will start to undertake a much greater sleepy attitude at those feeding situations. New babies opt for incredibly time to get used to a time table substitute like this too - so dont provide up if it doesnt artwork contained in the 1st few days - persevere! bear in suggestions too around this time shes dealing with a super growth spurt, and by using 12 weeks she would be dozing longer (as her tummy has grown super adequate to hold greater milk) ... so for this reason attempt to appropriate this previously she starts off dozing alot! Wake her greater often during the day, and supply her shorter naps. additionally going for a beneficial long walk daily would desire to help. DONT enable a 10 week previous cry it out (its thoroughly uneffective at this age - babies would desire to be a minimum of 6 months for it to 'artwork' in any case - even though it is going to easily create mistrust with you for her) ... additionally bear in suggestions that at evening she could be searching for convenience and be scared - if she is in a separate nursery, she probable is waking greater given which you're no longer there contained in the room along with her - it incredibly is a reflex - evaluate shifting her into the room with you, so as that if she stirrs she will hear you respiratory, and this might immediately calm her down. this does not immediately bring about co dozing in case you dont opt for it to - even though it easily will help relax her slightly. good luck! :o)

Answer 10

My 15 week old sleeps 8 eight hours straight of a night time (lucky me), he has a bath in the evening which makes him tired, a bottle (formula) and make sure that he is well burped so wind dosnt disturb him later. Be patient though, all bubs are different.

Answer 11

15 weeks is a little too young to sleep through the night. My youngest didn't until she was 6 months. He'll eventually start to space out his feedings on his own. Hang in there.