i need help my baby wont sleep at night?

Question

my 6 month old baby wont sleep trough the night and besides that he wakes up at 5:00am can anybody help me i just start solids i also give him cereal before bed but that doesnt work can anybody helpme or give a their sample schedule of your 6 or 7 month old baby??i swaddle my baby at night but that doesnt work !1please help

Answer 1

how much does he sleep during the day? Is he active? Try shortening a nap or have it earlier in the day.

Answer 2

You don't mention if the baby takes naps during the day.
If the little one does take naps limit the amount of time that the little one sleeps . Slowly adjust the little one to sleeping at night.
The babies inner clock may be mixed with night and day.
At the same time during the night the little one has you trained well. He/She knows that you will run at the sound of a whimper
Slowly but surely the less that you run to attend the little one
the crys will desist. You might consider timing how long the little one does cry before going in to see what is going on.
You can check to see if the diaper needs to be changed and change the time of dinner if it is just before bed the little one may be too full.
Another idea or suggestion is putting the baby to bed late
I dont' know what time you put the little one to bed however if it is at 7 or 8 you can be sure that the baby will be up early.
Set the limits your the parent eventually the baby will follow suit
Dont' run every time the baby makes a sound.
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Good luck the baby will have to be retrained to sleeping at night.

Answer 3

i use to give my baby a farleys rusk at night mixed in with the milk as this helped feel him up, he's 14 now, he didn't sleep until he was 10 months old, but then he did have eczema. if you really feel that theres nothing wrong with the baby then it may just be the attention thing, i use to go to him, settle him down then leave the room for 10 mins, then go back and repeat exactly the same routine, after about the 3rd time, i didn't speak just lay him down and left the room, it works eventually, but just follow the same routine so the baby realises that you are not gonna keep giving him the attention, they do get there in the end!

Answer 4

its normal for babies to wake freguent in the night, some more then others, and some are lucky and have babies that sleep all night, Im one of them. Babies wake for a reason, usually cause they are hungry, try keeping him up between the last two feedings, so that way hes really tired for bed. I know a lot of people that still wake up each night with their 1 year old, all kids are different, my cousins daugther was sleeping all night, now she gets up 2 - 3 times a night, just due to teething.

Answer 5

sounds like days and nights are mixed up. My son was this way also. What I did was tried to start a schedule, it's hard but after a couple weeks he was into it and it works great now. We only swaddle him at night, and after that I lay down to feed him, he falls asleep at the breast and when I know he is good and zonked out we put him in his bassinet. Keep the room dark and during the day keep her in bright rooms. When she naps put her in something other than what she sleeps in at night, that way when she is in her crib/bassinet/etc she knows it's bed time. It will take a while for this to work because she is only two weeks, but if you start now, it will be easier later. It's very normal and will get better.

Answer 6

Is your baby sleeping during the day? Maybe try cutting that down. It might be that the baby has got himself into the routine because he likes the attention you give him when he wakes during the night so try ignoring him for short, safe periods of time and he might send himself back off to sleep. Also 5am is a fairly reasonable time to wake in the morning, I work with children who wake as early as 3.30!! Your baby might just be an early riser!! Good luck

Answer 7

If he cries when you put him down just calmly say it's time for bed now darling, give him a kiss and slowly and quietly walk out of the room and shut the door behind you,just leave it ajar.if he cries leave him, if after 10 mins he is still crying go up check on him, if he is okay, go out again, i guarantee you after he realises that when he cries mummy won't keep coming he'll not bother crying when u put him down or during the night
i know it might sound cruel but if you go straight to him every time he cries he will never learn to fall asleep by himself.
that's how i done it with my baby who is 2 now and i have no trouble with him, i put him down at 6-30pm and i don't hear nothing from him til 7-30am-8-00am ish

Answer 8

our baby started sleeping through at 4 months and it was very hard til then, but he still now and then wakes for a feed at hideous clock in the night for a cuddle or feed.....all babies are differnt, i know its hard but you must just soldier on and remember its not forever , one day he will sleep all night and you will forget what all the fuss was about, i was told to try and just offer water in the night and once they learn thats all they gunna get theyll stop waking.... but thats upto you, i personally couldnt do that, if hes hungry hes hungry, or maybe he just wants a cuddle, savour the time you have in the night with just the two of you, as he gets older theyll be less time for you two to have these precious moments.....

Answer 9

Maybe he's waking because you are swaddling him. All babies go through phases where they wake more, some babies don't sleep through the night until they're a lot older than yours.
You can't make him sleep, you just have to develop strategies to cope.

Answer 10

hi my baby boy is just 6 months old and his routine at night is he has a relaxing bath at 5:00 then has baby porridge and a warm bottle of milk then he goes in his cot and falls asleep himself but you do have to wrap him up really tight as he feels inscure if you dont he sleeps through intill around 5:00 and is awake intill around 10:00 and will have a small knap

Answer 11

It is really normal for a baby under the age of one to wake up at least once during the night. He is probably hungry.