My baby wont sleep...help!!!?

Question

My 10 month old will not sleep! He just cries and cries and cries. I walk in and he stops briefly but continues to cry when I dont pick him up. I read him stories, sing him songs and have even put on the radio. He doesn't like the soother and I can only give him so much milk. He is my 3rd child and I dont recall ever having this problem. He kept me up until 4 am this morning. From midnight on he cried every half hour or so. And now I have been battling with him to nap for the past 3 hours. Every 15 minutes I go in and calm him down but it is just a continuous cycle. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

ok at this age children tend to wake up in their sleep and practice walking or standing that could be the reason make sure he dont have gas or is constipated check for teething and and earache what i did with my daughter is gave her a bottle when she laid down she would drink that and go to sleep if he wakes up instead of you picking him up try to give him some formula and see if he will take that if not try changing his diaper then offering the milk if nothing works call the pediatrician and asking them good luck

Answer 2

Take him to the doctor and have him checked for colic. Due to the fact that he is 10 months old, i am guessing he is still on formula since it is bad to switch to milk before the 12th month. Try switching his formula to one made for colicky babies. In any event, when you enter his room, do not pick him up. Don't walk the whole way to his crib, but walk close enough to where he can see you. Then, every night after this, stand a little further away from the crib. It never hurt a baby to cry, it is actually good for them to cry. But if you give into him every time he cries, then he will expect it every time. And again...at 10 months make sure it's formula and not milk. That could be the whole cause of his crying right there.

Oh yeah...

and dont get him in the habit of sleeping with you, you'll regret it when he's 4 and still doing it.

Answer 3

Do you think he is teething or in some kind of pain? I would try giving him tylenol also if you have someone at home to watch the other kids maybe a late night car ride? I wish I could do more to help. Have you tried putting a fan or something that makes that type of sound in his room. I recall that helping my first born sleep. Good luck and I hope you get some rest soon! I feel for you my two year old enjoys getting up at 5:30 these days and I have a 5 month old to get up with in the night! I dream about sleeping through the night!

Answer 4

My 8 month old was/is the same- she wakes every hour some nights and rather than let her cry or cry it out or whatever, I would comfort her and feed her and do all the things you seem to be doing. Most babies go through a massive developmental stage around 10 months and it is normal (according to my paed) for this to happen.

I found that when my girl was sleeping really badly (or not sleeping at all) I brought forward her bedtime... basically I was missing those inital sleep signs and she was overtired when it came for me to put her to bed. Perhaps try that?

I co-sleep every now and then and contrary to popular belief not all kids want to stay in the family bed until 4 and some parents are sad when they do ask for their own bed at 2 or 3!

Each to their own and best of luck with getting some sleep for yourself.

Answer 5

As long as you know nothing is bothering the baby (gas, sick, etc) You can do some research on the Dr. Ferber method. Or called "ferberizing" This can be done to healthy babies over 5 months. Basically you lay them down, let them cry for 5 min, go check on the baby but dont pick him up. Just rub his back or comfort him and tell him time to go to sleep, only stay in the room about 20 seconds, next time wait 10 min, then 15, 20, etc. I did this with both of my children and they went from sleeping 7-8 hrs per night waking up 3 or 4 times to sleeping from 7 pm to 7 am and waking up maybe once. It took my son only 3 nights to stop crying. It took my daughter about 2 weeks before she got it. It is very hard to do because your heart is breaking as you let your baby cry as you do nothing but they are so much happier when they are well rested. Maybe you could ask your pediatrician how he feels about this. Mine recommended it and it works! Good Luck.

Answer 6

Don't lose hope or get too frustrated, it will pass. Our second did the same thing and it was just a phase, the only hard part being it was a two week phase. We just did the same things you are doing and rode out the storm. I mean if there is nothing physically wrong, you can only try your best. Just don't take it personally, the baby does not mean to drive you nuts. We usually ended up just keep the baby in bed between us and comforted her until she slept, then snuck her into the crib. Yes, she did wake up only for us to do it again. Remember, it will pass.

Answer 7

Ahh, yes - we spend the first ten years of our kid's lives trying to get them to sleep and the second ten years of their lives trying to get them out of bed! Something must be scaring this little guy or bothering him (molars?). Try a fan. Sometimes the calming noise of a fan will work. You might want to also try putting him in a different bed (maybe he's done with his crib?). Good luck and hang in there... he'll be a teenager sleeping until 2pm on Saturdays before you know it!

Answer 8

put the baby down and walk around in the yard.....dont just put him in the middle of the floor but make sure he is in his bed and all safe. then just walk out for a couple minutes......or just go to the doctor maybe he is sick.


maybe let him go to sleep when hes tired?

Answer 9

he might be colic... just a fancy name for gas, because their little digestive systems aren mature... mylacon drops work wonders... ask the pharm or doctor... he also may be hungry... not saying you arent feeding him right... maybe try cereal(infant type... beech nut or gerber) in his formula... id check with the dr. on what amount per formula... all babies are different...
my 1st born had colic... i went nuts... the doctor diagnosed it and helped mom out too!!! what a relief!!! after i knew what the problem was, it was SO MUCH EASIER TO DEAL WITH>>>!!! good luck!!!

Answer 10

my first reaction would be to feed him- my so(2 months) only really cries when he is hungry. also i would take him to the sink and turn on the water to soothe him. does he go poop? maybe his stomach hurts. massage his stomach unti he farts or pull his legs up maybe he does have gas. i highly recommmend u read up on reflexology- so that way u can "massage" his pain away through his hands and feet. look it up soon. oh and tea helps- chammomile.