8 months old daughter all of the sudden wont sleep in her crib at night?

Question

she has no problem sleeping during the day, but after her bottle at night she refuses to go in there. even if she sleeps on me for about 15 minutes she still wont go in there i have tried everything lights on lights off tv on tv off. please help!!

Answer 1

I have an 8 mo old daughter too. Have you tried staying at the side of her crib until she goes to sleep?

If that doesn't work, you need to monitor the number of naps and the length of her naps throughout the day. My daughter needs less sleep now than she did 2 months ago. Luckily for me she sleeps less during her naps, as opposed to sleeping less during the night.

You might also check to make sure she is not sick. If she has a runny nose she might be having trouble breathing. If she has diarea, she might just be in pain.

She might also be in pain due to teething. If that is the case, she may need baby tylenol before going to bed.

Answer 2

Kids ar funny that way, but you have to be the parent and put her in there just like always, so she won't get the wrong idea. If you enforce her crying when you put her down, by showing her attention you would not have if she weren't crying she says to herself "Hey I got some attention!!! I am going to do that again!!!" Let me tell you they remember EVERYTHING. You should of course check to make sure there are no "scary shadows" or anything that may look scary when the lights are out. Maybe try a night light?

Kids do their best to see what they can get away with. It doesn't matter she is only 8 months, she has a character and is influenced by your actions. The time to build morals and good things in a childs mind starts when they become aware of their surroundings. I say about 1 month or when they first begin to smile and coo at you.

Answer 3

You are letting her sleep too long and too much during the day. At 8 months they know how to get their way with not sleeping. Try keeping her up for the last 4-6 hours before bed time. Do not stimulate with TV or music. Start dimming the lights after dinner, and give a warm bath before bed. This should help.

Answer 4

My daugher started doing this a about 9 months. I read that it is separation anxiety. They freak out when you aren't there and want you there all the time while they sleep. Mine wants me to hold her all night or be in my bed. You have to teach her to self soothe herself to sleep. I am currently in the process of doing this. (it is a nightmare and very hard, but it has to be done)

When she first cries, I let her cry for 5 minutes.

After 5 minutes, if she is showing no signs of calming down then I go in her room and check her diaper, make sure she isn't hungry, and everything is o.k. Then I give her a little cuddle, and then lay her back down and tell her it's night-night time and a few "shhhhh"s Then I leave.

Then I let her cry for 5 more minutes - then go in and comfort her - the shhhhing, and night-night - but don't pick her up

Then I let her cry for 10 minutes, doing the same as above.

Eventually, she is supposed to learn to soothe herself to sleep. All my friends with older babies tell me this is the only way and it has to be done - and so does all the books I've read.

I did this for an hour between 12 and 1 am last night. She finally cried herself to sleep in the last 10 minute stint. She slept the rest of the night without incident.

Aparently this is supposed to take about a week, before she totally learns to self soothe. Hopefully everyone I've been talking to is right.

It's so hard not to just bring her back to bed with me! Her crying just breaks my heart even though I know she is just doing it to get what she wants (to sleep in my bed) - but I know what we are doing is best for her in the long run.

Answer 5

Your daughter is showing signs of independant thinking and is doing what a healthy child would do. Tell you what she wants and what she dosen't want. You have to be firm with her with this though. Put her in regardless of how she cries and sit next to the crib, give it ten minutes, if she is still crying carrying on then you have to take stronger action and just let her cry it out.

If you don't and give in to her you run the risk of giving her the impression that you will give in whenever she has a fit.

Last but not least try bringing the crib in your room or out of her room at night and see if she still has a fit sleeping there at night.

Don't worry, she's showing signs of healthy behavior.

Answer 6

i have a 1 yrs old daughter and she has a crib but i just brought her a toddler bed. she has a dora room and she loves it the toddler bed is low off the floor so she wont hert her self. may be she don't like to be closed in when she is up if you get her a toddler bed she will love it .i know mines do and she stays in her room and if she wakes up she just play with her toys are watch tv untills she falls back to sleep if you are affaird of her woundering around the house just put a kiddie gate up so that she won't get out.

Answer 7

These problems are often due to your baby's increased awareness of his or her "separateness" from you. (between 8-12months)

A baby's sleep problem may be caused by environmental problems including noise and discomfort temperature, unsettled daily routines or sleep patterns, or emotional issues including too much or too little attention.

Also, increased physical activity during the day will help to produce a healthy sleep pattern.

Do not keep the stress to yourself. You should seek help from your other family members or someone in order to have adequate sleep yourself.

Babies settle down to a healthy sleep pattern as they grow older, therefore you can be patient and take it easy.

Answer 8

You are gonna have to just put her in there and walk out.. She will go to sleep.. It will be tuff but don't let it become a habit or it will be worse. I had to go through this with my daughter and she now sleeps in her crib

Answer 9

put rat traps around the crib

Answer 10

put her in the closet