Ever since my baby started teething, she wakes up like every 2 hours of the night. She use to sleep through the night. Now everytime she waked up she wont go back to sleep unless i give her a bottle to drink. She wont even take her pacifier. Only A bottle will make her fall asleep. So now shes already in the bad habit of needing a bottle to sleep. What do i do to break her off it? Will this make her teeth go bad?
2007-02-04 10:06:12 · 19 answers · asked by blueberry muffins 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
My baby's 11 months and she doesnt really like to drink water. She has 2 teeth already. the 2 at the top are showing a lil bit
2007-02-04 10:15:38 · update #1
just before bed time and after her last bottle, rub her gums with the teething gel. her sleep pattern is going through an adjustment period, she has got you running ragged. Her little belly cannot be hungry, so it is probably more that she got uncomfortable, woke up and wanted to fuss, you needed sleep and the bottle seems to do the trick. Does she eat cereal and baby foods, I would concentrate on the pattern. maybe a bath just before bed will do it or is she sleeping too long during the day . Hope you get some sleep and soon
2007-02-12 08:38:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is probably not because she was teething. Babies at this age start to realize everything is more interesting than sleep. They know if they stay awake, then they will see more things that will interest them.
I can tell you from my expierence (i have 14 month old twins) that I had this problem at about 11 months. I was also guilty of giving the bottle to go back to sleep. I realized this was a really bad habit to start, but especially with twins, I was so exhausted, that I would do ANYTHING to get them back to sleep and QUICKLY!!!
Finally, I had to make a drastic change.
I gave them their last milk before they went to bed, added a sound machine for comfort, put a bottle of warm water in their bed, and let them fuss for a few minutes.
I also added some soft crib toys in the bed so if they awoke and didn't go back to sleep right away, they would have something to play with.
When they woke in the night and wanted a bottle, it was still in their bed, but it was water and the only thing they had, they would drink the water and get bored and go back to sleep. They might have fussed for a minute or two, but never had a screaming fit or anything. I did this for about a week and now they both sleep between 13- 15 hours a night. It is glorious!
2007-02-12 07:54:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a bottle of milk at night will rot her teeth. You can try giving her a bit of warm water in the bottle. When the tooth comes in she should be better. There are some homeopathic remedies for teething, I can't remember off hand. Look in the natural food store. When my baby was little I would let him suck on my finger while I rocked him and it worked. I don't see anything wrong with letting the baby such on her own hand also. You can also try the teething rings that you put in the freezer the cold numbs the gums, try a few different types.
2007-02-04 10:25:35 · answer #3 · answered by ladyretz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
11 month old babies can be very willful. This is the age that they really start to assert themselves. Your baby wants the comfort of milk because she is teething, but you should give her some oragel and a bottle of water and put her back to bed. She will pitch a fit and you will have some really sleepless nights but it will break the bad habit and you will start getting a good nights sleep again.
2007-02-11 14:28:18 · answer #4 · answered by anne p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it will make her teeth bad, my daughter was the same way buy a sippy cup with the top made like a nipple, its soft and flexible but i looks like a cup and it fools the baby to think its a bottle, u also can turn it into a cup. walgreens, walmart or osco carries them, i think its made by avent something like that. Throw every bottle away so the only thing she see is the cup no matter if she cries she will get over it real quick. if you give in she will continue to cry for it at another time. don't offer the pacifier because that causes more damage to the teeth than the bottle. My daughter was off the bottle, pacifier, and walking at 9 mths. i didn't force her but i gave her other options and she adapted to it quicker than i thought.
2007-02-11 10:11:31 · answer #5 · answered by tired22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it will make her teeth rot. Milk and Formula has sugar in it.... When babies get their chompers in, you need to help them brush their teeth/gums before bed and in the am. Pacifiers work wonders, just make sure it's designed by dentist,,, Playtex makes a good one. It sounds like she is uncomfortable due to teething. Give her reassurance and a hug, then put her back down with a pacifier. I think that the best book in the world is
HEALTHY SLEEP HABITS, HAPPY CHILD
by Marc Weissbluth, MD.
His philosophy touches every type of method, (no cry, some cry etc) And offers a step by step program for a good night's sleep.
2007-02-11 05:23:02 · answer #6 · answered by cindy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, my mother-in-law rubs wiskey on the baby's gums!! Now, not drinking....... just a dot of it on the gums!!! Of course, being from the STICKS, they do all kinds of strange things!!
However, I felt safer buying the orajel for baby's!! (For teething, of course).
If that doesn't seem to solve the problem & you know your baby is clean, dry, & in no danger: let your baby cry!!! I assure you, it WILL NOT hurt HER to CRY a little!! Actually, it hurts you to hear her cry. This is more than likely why WE give in to them so much.
Also, you can start diluting the formula a little at a time!!! Start by maybe 3/4 formula & 1/4 water. Then after a couple of days, go to 1/2 formula & 1/2 water. Until you get down to ONLY WATER at bedtime!!
2007-02-11 13:35:43 · answer #7 · answered by ilovepoison2820 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give her 1 bottle with water and alittle orajel. I did this for my daughter and she is 1 year old. She now takes a bottle at 6:30-7:00 p.m. and goes to sleep all night long and if she does wake up i usually change her diaper and just rub her back until she goes back to sleep. Good luck.
2007-02-08 11:34:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your infant has exchange right into a creature (sorry) of habit. The bottle for the duration of the night is an extremely difficulty-free one. quite of milk, provide her water interior the bottle. She might cry, yet once you're continual, she'll get that she's not getting milk. might take a pair of tries. do not provide in. in case you end giving her a bottle, she'll have not have been given any decision yet to drink from a cup. consistent with probability in case you're making it relaxing for her. consistent with probability by letting her be attentive to that throughout the time of a few days her "baba" is going to the "baba" fairy......and so on. Make some thing up. Ween her into the belief of the cup. Have her p.c.. out a undeniable cup, call it, in spite of works.
2016-09-28 10:25:02 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried giving her teething tablets? Maybe you can give her that to soothe her gums and she'll go to sleep. Or just give her a little bit in her bottle but not a full bottle. I wouldn't worry about them really ruining their teeth as long as you take good care of them and brush them when you need to.
2007-02-04 10:12:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋