How can I get my grandson to sleep at night without getting up every hour?

Question

He is 8 months old

Answer 1

How old is he? Is this a new thing? Is he in a new place? Big changes in his life? Need more information!

Answer 2

After raising 8 children, I've learned that nothing works the same for all. Some ideas: Make sure the baby is comfortable, clean bottom, fed, burped (no gas bubbles), soft clothes and bedding, the usual things.
Once those are eliminated as the problem, consider sudden changes in light, sound, temperature, air quality (humidity). Now that the environment is consistent, babies are used to the sound of the mother's heart beat. It calms them down, reassures them, comforts them. In some stores you can buy an electronic device that simulates the sound of a mothers heart beat. I would consider that to be the likeliest solution. Other options are to play soft gentle music or sounds that are not too complicated as to arouse the baby's attention and hold it, but to soothe and provide 'known' and 'expected' sounds. This is more of a long term solution since it is conditioning the child to fall asleep to those sounds. Once the child gets a little older a change in their food may help. Some foods digest faster than others. You want foods that will take a little longer to digest so that the child will stay sated longer. These are general ideas, you may need to experiment a little to see what works for your grandchild. Hope this helped.

Answer 3

Depending on his age...

If he is a pre-schooler, what I did for our 4 yr old is, honestly, was to bribe him. He is wanting "Cars" bedding so badly that I told him he had to sleep all night in his own bed without getting up for a month before we would get it. He has slept all night (or at least not gotten us up when he woke) for over two weeks now. Now it is a normal thing for him to sleep all night and I've noticed a huge difference in him during the day. He is much more easy going. I didn't realize how much his waking was affecting him.

If he is younger, you may try a form of crying it out. I don't like just abandoning my kids to let them cry. So, at first try patting him to get him back to sleep. Then just laying your hand on him. Eventually just stand nearby so that he knows you are there. Don't make eye contact, but he'll know you are there. It will take some time, but it will work.

Best of luck!

Answer 4

Depends a lot on his age. Sounds like he is relatively young getting up every hour. There are two schools of thought on the matter, with one called "Cry It Out" and the other a more 'soothing' approach. CIO is at is sounds, but it can be rough the first few nights dealing with it. Soothing is to set a very distinct pattern of behavior to get them to fall asleep on their own. You can be in the room 'shushing' them but don't pick them up or talk to them or wake them.

A recent study I read said that it really doesn't make a difference--CIO or a more soothing approach. Both work (and fail) equally. What does make a difference is having a plan and sticking to it to develop a baby's proper sleep habits.

p.s. what is the temperature in your house at night? Some babies prefer it a bit cooler, say 69 or 70 degrees with a light blanket (a fact I discovered during a power failure which we have since tested successfully with our son).

Answer 5

If he's more than about 2 months, you can break him of his bad habit by IGNORING him and not rewarding his crying by going in the room and giving him attention when he cries. If he's 2-4 months he might still need to eat once during the night, but not every hour, so you can ignore his cries until the time you decide--say, anytime after 2am or so. You must let him cry it out. It won't take more than a week, probably only 3 or 4 days (I mean nights).

Answer 6

depends on how old he is. Maybe he's still hungrey.

Answer 7

need to knowhow old he is?