what can you do for a baby that wont sleep at night?

Question

she is 1 years old and she just dont seem to want to sleep at nights

she dose not sleep that much in the day she will have an hour at about 11am

Answer 1

It may take a little perseverance but getting her on a regular schedule with play, sleep, eating, changing will make all the difference in the world. She may protest at first but its important.

Answer 2

This is something that most mom have problems with at some time or another - I have 5 so far and was exceptionally lucky with the first 4 - they were amazingly great at sleeping through from very young ages - but this most recent one - she too is a get up every night at least once sometime between 2 & 4 looking for a bottle. So I totlly understand your fustration - unfortunatly the only thing that will solve this is time and ssome patience and working with - yes that aughful word - routine. and believe me I know that it is tough - you stick to a routine for weeks and it seems to make no difference... it will eventually take hold - the key word here is eventually .

The other thing is that something else might be bothering her - maybe she is teething and the teeth are not showing yet so you can't really tell. Have you ever had a tooth ache - it always seems to hurt more at night. It could also be a number of other things - see the link below for ideas.

There is a great website that gives lots of good information on everything with growth and development, including sleep from birth through preschool.

Good luck to you and I wish you the best...

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/growth/

Answer 3

Have you ever gone through a phase of waking up 2 or 3 times a night and not being able to get back to sleep. It becomes a habit. Chances are your baby isnt enjoying this any more than you are. I suppose you've already tried this but here goes.... put your baby to bed at usual time, do all the bedtime ritual bath book whatever, make the room as cosy as possible. When baby wakes up in the night, go in make sure baby ok, say a few soothing words, tuck her up but DONT pick her up. Be as brief as you possibly can, and go. Keep doing this until baby realises that waking up in the night has no benefit at all. no drinks no cuddles nothing. It sounds a bit cruel, but sleep is importnant for everyone, and you and your baby will be happier and healthier for a good nights sleep.

Answer 4

The only way is routine!

Up at 7, bath and feed by 8, playing till lunch at 12 nap at 12.30pm for 1 hour, play till teatime at 4.30 then bath and bed at 6.30/7.

Eventually she/he will start getting tired at bedtime and sleep soundly.

Also taking TVs out of their bedroom and anything thats not calming and that may distract. a good routine is essential and having a calming hour before bed is always good eg bath and a story, all TVs and radios off being settles and calm, older brothers and sisters out of the room unless they want to listen to a story or are doing the same routine.

Food is also imortant, making sure they are fed on fruit and veg instead of sugary products that will make them active in the afternoon.

This is coming from a lot of experience!! It's all quite boring and your patience are tested no end, but it's the only way with young children!

Also, my sister in law attends to her child every time she cries in the night. more often than not it's best to leave them for a little bit to see if they settle themselves down without disturbing them too much. it's really hard but it's often the best thing to do so you don't wake your child up fully every time and have to settle them back into sleep.

Answer 5

hi, i am in the same boat as you my son is 6months old and the best thing i have tried is a strict bedtime routine we give him a bath at 7 play with him for half hour and then give him his bottle n go to bed that worked great with us after a week or so but you have got to stick to it and we have slipped and now he is back to not sleeping through but give it a try hopefully things will start to change?

Answer 6

my little girl didnt sleep properly until i bought her a winnie the pooh thing you stick to the cot and wind up it then played music and had lights in the shape of pooh and friends that ran across the ceiling that helped her drift off in the first place, then i also bought her a winnie the pooh night light which you plug straight into the plug socket so when she did wake up her room wasnt completely dark there was a small amount of light and that seemed to always soothe her back to sleep

Answer 7

Is it that she won't sleep or that she wakes up looking for you. If it's the later then she is used to you running to her. If this is the case have a night where you don't go to her - it'll be hard but once you have broken that cycle things should settle down. I had to do it with all my three - broke my heart but wished I had done it earlier!!!!!

Answer 8

Hey , give the baby a warm bath in johnson & johnsons babies bath , give them a bottle and rock them to sleep worked on my nieces and nephews , or place the baby up and close to yr neck because every baby feels with touch and they like feeling and hearing u breath and listening to yr heart and they will fall asleep

Answer 9

There a few things!

There are certain food you can give a child to kinda slow them down.

She need to do some active activity during the day so night time she will be tired.

She could be stressed over something maybe something is scaring her.

Answer 10

Remove complex sugars from her diet.

A warm bath before a high carb supper and a story just before bedtime.

Her bedroom should be cool, below 19 degrees c.