my son is 7 months old he gets his bed time routine of dinner bath then bottle and story or song to go to bed at 9:30 10 at the latest but he insists on getting up anyware around 12:30-1 am to play he will not just put him self back to sleep and he will stay up from then on till 3 am or 5 am then he will wake up at 10:30 at the latest but go back to sleep for a good 2 hours half an hour later. is there anything i can do to stop this???
2007-03-20 16:32:06 · 8 answers · asked by annette b 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Just a thought but try when he gets up and wants to stay up until 5am try allowing him to stay up at late as it will take,I know you don't want to hear that but one night of this and it should work.It sounds like he's on a backwards schedule which often happens in babies and young children.When he wakes up play with him,sing watch TV,take a bath.All the things you normally would do during the day.When 4-5am comes along try to put him asleep during those hrs.Let him sleep for only 3-3 1/2 hrs.That's right...wake him up,rub his back ,talk to him GET HIM UP!! I know you will be tired as well.About 8:30 get him up,eat breakfast all that stuff you do in the morning.About 11:30 he should be well over tired and ready for a nap.Lay him down allow him to nap for about 2 1/2 hrs about 2:00 get him back up.I do apologize for a cranky baby as I'm sure he will be after waking up for the second time in the same day when he wasn't done sleeping.These hrs between nap and bed time are going to be the longest so try to have things planned on keeping him busy and up.I'm sure he'll be tired and cranky wanting to fall asleep as soon as he gets the chance.However if you can hold off until about 8:30-9pm.He should sleep all night long and wake up about8:30-9 the next morning.I know its hard for babies to adjust to our sleep schedules when we want them to.He'll be bigger soon enough and sleeping threw the night shortly.Good Luck
2007-03-20 16:54:00 · answer #1 · answered by sweetie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like he is just napping during the night. Along with shorter naps and wearing him out before bedtime, make sure you stick to your nighttime routine with him, maybe a warm bottle before bed to relax, lavender in the bath. But when he wakes up in the middle of the night, use the least amount of light that you can, do not talk to him. change him or feed him or whatever he needs and put him back in bed. My kids like to have soft music to fall asleep to. If that helps him too, you can have play a certain song when you put him to bed, so he knows when he hears this song and he is in his crib, it is time to go to sleep.
2007-03-20 16:44:58 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Make sure not to play too much or stimulate him. If my daughter wakes up in the middle of the night and I talk to her or turn on the lights, take her in the other room, pretty much if I do anything besides feed her and put her back down, I won't even look her in the eyes.... she wants to play. I also still swaddle her with a velcro thing, she's six months but with it she sleeps through the night and without it were doomed.
2007-03-20 16:39:43 · answer #3 · answered by SantaCruz Mama 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok, no offense but 9:30 is to late.
7 month olds should go to bed at 7:30.( I have a 2 year old who goes to bed at 8:00-8:30, and so do my neighbors children.)
A way to get your child not to want to play is :
1. to say no
2. tire him out before he goes to bed. Play with him, rock him, crawl/run with him. Throw him(in a fun way), read to him.
JUST TIRE HIM OUT!!!
2007-03-20 16:38:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm shocked he is going to mattress so late. I knowledgeable mine from six weeks previous to circulate at 7pm after a tub and feed, they had sleep with the aid of until eventually at last 6am. this sort you have each and every evening to yourselves. you ought to get him in a sturdy recurring, commence by utilising waking him at 6.30am to a wash/feed. supply him a organic friut juice mid morning. Dinner approximately 11.30ish. Tea 3.30ish then a tub and final feed at 7.00pm it's going to take you a pair of week to get him in the recurring. Importantly regardless of the undeniable fact that, verify he's had sufficient food throughout the day in the previous putting him to mattress. If he's finished/heat, no longer teething, there is not any reason of him to awaken in the evening. recurring works everytime. I persevered putting the toddlers to mattress at 7pm until eventually they have been approximately 9 and then allowed 8pm. i understand the above sounds difficult artwork yet you, your self gets used to early becoming, however the peace of each and every evening is a sturdy reward. undergo in concepts too, whilst he's approximately 18 months previous, they're extremely difficult artwork and you would be happy you got him to circulate to mattress at 7pm
2016-10-02 11:58:21 · answer #5 · answered by stinnette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had this problem with my 19 month old daughter. She got herself out of that routine herself after a couple weeks. Now she's back to her regular routine more or less. He'll probably grow out of it. Maybe you can shorten the nap time? If he wants to fall asleep, a bath will snap him out of it.
2007-03-20 16:38:13 · answer #6 · answered by Amanda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like he might have his days and nights slightly mixed up. I know it doesn't sound fun, but if he has daytime naps you might want to cut back on them for a couple days so that he gets sleepier during the night and and sleeps longer so that he will start to understand that night time is for longer sleeping. He might just think its another nap otherwise.
2007-03-20 16:37:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
how about you play with him before he goes to bed till hes exhausted. lol just a guess i dont have any kids. hope you have a healthy baby!
2007-03-20 16:36:33 · answer #8 · answered by 4knowreason 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋