Getting my 10 month old to sleep thru the nite!!??!!?

Question

My son is almost 11 months old and he's still not sleeping thru the nite. If he's in bed by nine (after eating) he wakes up anywhere from either one a.m. to 4 a.m. wanting to eat again. I have 6 year old twins who were sleeping thru the nite at 3 months (thank my lucky stars)!! What can I do?!? I'm 2 months pregnant and I need my sleep, seriously.

Answer 1

I have a four year old and 18 month old twins, all who slept throught the night y 7-10 weeks old. The key here is CONSISTANCY. Babies need routine and they need to be taught EVERYTHING, including how to put themselves to sleep. Before I even get into how to get them to sleep you need to get their eating habits in line. If they wake up hungry, no method of sleeping will work. We typically eat three meals a day. Our body gets use to this. If you are feeding them whenever they are hungry, they are just snacking several times a day and this will make them wake up hungry. Get them on a 3 or 4 meal a day routine, same time, same amount of food every time. Depending on when you start your day, a 7a, 11a, 3p, 7p schedule. If they get hungry before its time to feed them, hold them off as long as you can. Give them a bottle of water, but try your best to keep with this routine. AND NEVER FEED THEM ANYTHING DURING THE NIGHT. After a week or so their metabolism will adjust and they will not become hungry through the night. Once this is established, when rocking your child or whatever your night time routine is, put them to bed right before they start to fall asleep. You must CONSISTANTLY put them to bed awake. This will teach them to go to sleep on their own. When they start to cry (and they will) wait them out. If the waiting become to unbearable for you (please wait AT LEAT 30 minutes) go in the room, and calm them down. If you can do this by just patting them great. If you have to pick them up, dont sing, dont say anything to them (or they will get accustome to needing the singing to go to sleep). Just hold them until they calm down and then AGAIN PUT THEM TO BED AWAKE. This will take several times and last a few days but they will get the message and start putting themselves to sleep. They now have habits so it may take longer than typical but I must stress, BE CONSISTANT and dont cave in or you will be starting all over. Just keep telling youself that sleeping through the night is not only good for you but the baby too!! Hang in there and good luck!!

Answer 2

My daughter sleeps through the night but she tries to wake up occasionally. So we just pretend like we are sleeping. We keep everything off and we don't move. LOL!!!! It's funny but once she's sees movements she thinks it's ok to be awake. Once she sees we are sleeping she lays right back down. If your baby is crying the most I can say is change the diaper, feed your baby, but most doctors would say let them cry for a little while. My daughter cries for 5 minutes then she realizes no one is giving in and goes to sleep.

Answer 3

One thing I might try is a very low dose of melatonin. Melatonin is a chemical that you produce naturally when you see dark to help you fall asleep. Now, I have trouble falling asleep at night, I take melatonin. Ask your doctor first though. I don't know if that helps but I hope it does. Good luck on getting some sleep.

Answer 4

When he wakes up don't speak or turn on any lights. Offer him a bottle of water only.

Answer 5

Sedate him with lots of tranquilizers and sleeping pills. My uncle works at the zoo. Email me and I will see if he can get some tranquilizers for you.

Answer 6

ALMOST 11 mos. with you being 2 mos. pregnant doesn't add up.