help! how do i get my son to sleep thru the night?

Question

My 6month old son just started to waking up at night. Ever since birth he would sleep thru the night but since he started gettin cearel he has started waking up to eat . is this weird ?.. he started getting cereal at 4 1/2 monthes.we have a bed time routine at 7:00pm 1 oz of cereal 2 oz water mixed with 1 oz of juice, brush his tooth, bath, sleepy time lotion, pjs, bottle and off to bed at 8:15pm only 4 hours later 12:15 am he is up for another bottle then awake for about 30mins after that then up again at 4:15 am then awake for about 30mins and up and awake at 7:00 am and at eats at about 8:45am... Now I`m up until 10:30 pm and then off to bed. soo can yall help me I have tried giving him cereal in the afternoon and giving him 6 ozes instead of 5 ozes at night i even tried 7oz because the 6 ozes keep him asleep for 5 hours instead of 4 for only 2wks. I even play a lulliby CD for himat night. anyone have any sugestions? my Doc tells me most babies wake up at night and its normal.

Answer 1

my son is eight months old and started doing the same thing at the same age. We are still trying things to get him to sleep through the night and so far we have found everything that doesn't work!!! I truly hope that you can find something that does work. We have tried a night light, no night light, keeping him up later, more food at bed time, tempra cause we thought it might be his teeth, music, no music, bathing in the morning cause it seemed to stimulate him to much, raising the head of his crib, warmer clothes, cooler clothes, different kinds of blankets.....hope one of those help you. good luck.

Answer 2

Teething pain can causing night-waking at this age. Sometimes breastfed babies start waking up in the night at this age because now that they are more social, they are too distracted to take full feedings during the day. So they decided they will just play all day and eat all night. Bottle-fed babies can still look around when they are eating, so they can eat and interact at the same time. What I have to do with my son is take him into a quiet, darkened room to feed him during the day with no distractions.

Try not giving him juice right before bed. All that is is sugar (even if it's 100% fruit juice, it's still full of sugar). If you want to flavour his cereal, mix it with formula or breastmilk.

My son will be six months at the end of this month, and he still wakes up several times a night. Not all babies are going to sleep for 12-hours straight. Don't obsess over how much he is eating. As long as he's growing, and have regular wet diapers and BMs, he's eating enough.Giving babies cereal has never been proven to help them sleep longer.

It sounds like your son is sleeping in 4-hour-stretches (which is good). He just needs a little bit of help to fall back asleep, as he hasn't learned to do it on his own yet. Try the book "The No-Cry Sleep Solution" by Elizabeth Pantley.

Answer 3

Sleeping thru the night for a baby is 5-6 hours. Sounds like you baby is doing awesome! :) When baby wakes up at this age feed him. He still needs a nightime feeding or two. He might be starting to get a better sleeping habit. I know exhusted moms are hoping for this. My baby slept thru the night like long periods 7-8 hours when she was about four months old. Some babies don't sleep 7-8hrs. for a long time. A buddy of mine baby started sleeping well at a year old. Now my baby is learning new skills, and is getting in more teeth so sleeping has been a bit ify. Last night she did great though 10-8. It was heaven. :) It does get better with age, then though comes teeth, etc. Really it is better once they hit about threeish. :( A bedtime routine helps a lot. Hope you get another good night.

Answer 4

What worked for us.
I would get a bottle, take him out of the crib and prop myself up in bed, rest him on my lap, facing me, give him the bottle, put on the TV at low volume, and after half a bottle or so, he be groggy and drift off to sleep.
I think more than the food it was the feeling of being reassured that made him fall back to sleep. The low noise. The low light from the TV. The eye contact. The human touch.
This waking up was sporadic and eventually it stopped.
Try keeping your child more active during the day so he naps slightly less. This way he might have to catch up on some sleep during the night.

Answer 5

from my experience around 5-6 months the babies start waking-up for social reasons. The best thing to do is sneak into his room, give him back his pacifier (if he uses one) snuggle him back up in his light blankie. Try to not turn on any lights, do not sing or speak to him, try not to make eye contact. All of that will just add to his stimulation. try to resist feeding him in the middle of the night. this will just keep happening every night. He will think "that was nice, i'm gonna wake-up and cry every night. then mommy will come in and feed me and play with me" basically try not to reward him in any way for waking in the middle of the night.

Answer 6

He might be going through a growth spurt..My daughter wakes up more at night to eat when she hits a growth spurt..she's only three months but I have noticed she only does it during those times.

Answer 7

You baby is probably going through a growth spirt. These sleepless nights will be behind you soon enough.

Answer 8

i add cereal to my sons bottle... it makes it thicker... try tolding him off to eat til right before bed, then after he eats, try to give him a touch of water to clean his mouth... the sooner he eats before bed, the longer he will sleep... also u can try white noise... like a fan
ps its soooo normal!!!

Answer 9

Let him cry it out. In a couple of nights he will get the hint and stop getting up in the night.

Answer 10

try some rum