At what age does babies stop waking up at night?

Question

My friend has a 10 month old son and he still wakes up 2-3 times at night? Is this normal? He eats well and she gives him cereal in his milk at night but he still wakes up. I told her I think he gets too much sleep during the day but she said he only takes two naps..

Answer 1

All kids are different. So there isn't a set age. However, getting them ready for bed could be an important part of how well they sleep. She could try some rigourous activity 1-2 hours before, then give him a warm bath with lavender in it. He will have burned off his energy and the lavender is calming. Johnson & Johnson makes a baby bath with this in it.
Also, is she letting him try to fall back to sleep? Don't run to him the second he makes a noise. Let him try and go back to sleep on his own before getting up with him. He may fuss for a few. Only get him if he is still awake after 10 mins.

Answer 2

There is no 1 answer to this question. The oldest that any of my children were before they started sleeping through the night was 10 weeks, the youngest slept through at two weeks. At ten months, my children went down for 1 nap in the afternoon for 3-4 hours. He may not be getting enough during the day, or he may not be "doing" enough to tire him out. By doing things I mean paying on a blanket on the floor reaching for things, and trying to crawl, etc.
What does your friend do with him when he wakes up? If she's feeding him then, or if she's playing with him, he may not quit until she changes her ways. The most she should be doing is changing his diaper then rocking him quietly in a dark room for a few minutes. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

It is possible that he is getting to much sleep during the day. Every child is different and he may not sleep all night until he's a year or two old but my baby is only 6 months and she only takes one nap a day.. Maybe she needs to only give him one nap a day and see how that works out for him... Good luck

Answer 4

All babies are different but it may be worth her leaving him a few minutes to cry and see if he goes back off to sleep ( although she's probably already tried this bless her!!) some babies just get themselves into a routine of waking up and enjoy the comfort of their mums more than being hungry...Also cereal can give babies energy they don't necessarily need so could aid his waking rather than sleep.. wish her good luck as this must be really tough, I was very lucky and had a baby who slept through from 6 weeks and would have found what she's going through tough...

Answer 5

Every child devlops differently. My two kids (4 months and 22 months) have slept throu the night since they were 2-3 months old. Both of them. Mabey he is sleeping too much during the day or something is waking him up at night. Hard to say.

Answer 6

All kids are different, some people have infants that sleep through the night, a friend of mine has a son that has never slept through the night, he's almost 2. Your friend's baby still needs to get rest when he can. So if he's a napper, so be it. I know I wouldn't mess with my daughter's naps just so that she didn't wake up at night... Your friend is doing fine. Try not to criticize your friend, she just needs support from you, whether or not you agree with her mommy style~

Answer 7

kids are all different like my son who is 3 slept all through the night since day one.... but my lil gurl who is 1 started sleeping all through the night at like 3 months old and then started waking up again like 3 or 4 times a night at like 10 months old it just depends on the kid and how many naps they get and stuff like that

Answer 8

My daughter used to wake up before at 3 am like clock work. I read the book by Spock ( I am a single father, give me a break) and it read to try letting her cry for around fifteen minutes and then rub there back to let you know that you are there, then leave and let them cry for 5 minutes a a time, keep repeating for a few times. I did just that and it took the second night and she slept through the night from then on. That book payed for itself with just two tries. Spock Rules!!!

Answer 9

my first son didn't sleep through the night until he was 3 years old. being a first time parent i spoiled him rotten and he was very addicted to his bottle. once i took that away from him he did better but it still took another year before he slept through the night on a regular basis.

once my second son was born i took his bottle away at 16 months and he had to learn to put himself back to sleep without a bottle of water to pacify him. he now sleeps through the night. occasionally he wakes up and needs changed, but on the whole he does very well.

tell your friend she's going to have to go through some resistance. make sure he doesn't need his diaper changed and that he's not teething or anything like that. if she knows that he's ok, she's going to have to let him figure it out by letting him cry. that's what i had to do with both of my kids. with my first it took nearly a week of him crying for his bottle before he figured out that he wasn't getting it back. my baby only cried for a few days for 10 minutes at a time before he figured it out. it's not pleasant to hear your child cry but if she sticks with it they both will be much, much happier.

Answer 10

my daughter stopped waking up when she was a month old, however some don't stop waking up all hours of the night, my friends son's one year old is still waking up through out the night.