My daughter is now 10 months old and she wont sleep at night. Shes up 3-4 times a night and around 3-4 am she gets up and wants to play. I tried leaving her alone but she stands up in the crib and starts screaming like someones attacking her. I let her cry it out but that only knocks her out for a few hours then shes at it again. Shes still eating every three hours and she eats well. she gets a bath everynight. I have a one bedroom Apt. but she stays in her crib not in my bed Ill sit down with her usually at 8-830 and put her to bed shes good till 12am but then it all goes down hill from there. she rubs her eyes alot I asked the PED. and she said they were fine I even got a second opinion and they said the same. My biggest concern though is that I find myself loosing my patience with her and I now its not her fault (I guess that makes me terrible I dont know). Any advice will be greatly appreciated!
2007-06-21 09:16:56 · 11 answers · asked by Sergio R 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Is your daughter teething? That still keeps my little one up at night. Make sure she gets regular naps during the day. Taking naps away can actually make it more difficult to get them to sleep at night. I know you have a 1 bedroom apt., but you may even want to consider moving the crib somewhere else. Put up a temporary blanket wall if you have to so she can't see anything but her "room". (I've done it before and it's worked--just make sure the blanket is far enough from the crib that she can't reach it.) Leave some of her favorite toys in the crib with her for night-time entertainment. When she does start screaming in the middle of the night try to let it go as long as you can--and make her wait a little longer each night before going to her. When you do go to her, don't talk to her, or sing, or even smile, don't even turn on the lights. Make your night-time visits as boring for her as possible. Try and limit your interaction with her. Maybe just give her a hug, lay her back down, and leave her room. Keep up her regular bedtime routine (bath, etc). It's very normal and very understandable that you feel yourself losing your patience--just stay calm as long as you can, especially while in the room with her, then go scream into your pillow and do it all again the next day! FYI...I've heard many times that most kids don't start sleeping through the night, regularly, until ALL 20 of their baby teeth are in. That's usually ages 2-3. That has proven true for all 3 of my kids.
2007-06-21 09:42:25 · answer #1 · answered by Lissa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just recently got through a similar situation. My 10.5 month old son wouldn't sleep through the night. What I started to do is only let him take two to three 45 min naps during the day and changed his feeding. I'll give him a bottle at 6 in the morning then breakfast (waffle or pancake or eggs, etc) with water and diced fruit around 11-12. Then around 4-5 I'll give him a hot dog or chicken strips with a cup of juice and around 9-10 I'll feed him regular oatmeal with baby food (fruits) and a four oz bottle. Since I changed his feedings he's been sleeping from 10 pm to 6 am.
Hopefully my situation can help you with your situation. Try changing your routine a bit. Nothing to big if the baby's already used to the schedule. Good luck!
2007-06-21 16:31:24 · answer #2 · answered by oreo723 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a ten month old baby also. Sometimes she makes it through the night sometimes she doesn't. I try to only get up with her one time a night as a general rule. Have you started the baby on solids? that might help, they digest slower than milk. Another thing is to let her cry, I know it is hard but after a couple of nights, my baby gets the idea and she sleeps better. Another thing is to limit her naps during the day, keep her up and only let her sleep for one long or two shorter naps during the day. As for being terrible....as long as you don't hurt her I am sure you are fine. Anyway, there is a reason you see parents of young kids looking like zombies, it is tough to live for long periods of time on broken sleep.
2007-06-21 16:29:33 · answer #3 · answered by bunja2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
does she take bottle( formula ) ? if so put some rice cereal not to thick just enough to thicken the formula and to allow it to flow.
also what time does she take a nap during the day time? make her nap at least 6-8 hrs before she goes down for the night. and in between make sure she is active.
I feel for you, I have 4 kids and all of them never sleeped through the night til they got 3 yrs old. But doesn't mean it will happened to yours.
2007-06-21 16:30:12 · answer #4 · answered by ~♥ Hazey Pazey ♥~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've been there. what i did was: i would not pick the baby up, but i would rub his back gently and talk to him quietly. i would tell him it was time for sleep, then sing quietly to him till he fell asleep. after a while he quit trying to stay up and cry or play. he got the message it was sleep time. you just have to hang in there till he gets the message. he's not going to be held or played with, so he has to sleep. you have to have the will and patience, but it will pay off in the end. it took my son about 2 weeks or so then he slept thru the night. of course he was up most of the day except for his afternoon nap. good luck!
2007-06-21 16:29:30 · answer #5 · answered by 55andalive 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First your not terrible.
Children are hard to deal with sometime first of all try to keep in mind she is 10mons old. This is just a phase and she will get over it.Second try laying her down at 10:pm or as late as she can feed her a snack around that time before bed and play music.
I never really had this problem maybe she is teething?
that's my best advice mother of one 5yr old oldest sister to 9
2007-06-21 16:28:50 · answer #6 · answered by MYAB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like your daughter is overtired. My daughter was similar to yours. She would rub her eyes a lot and scream when I would put her to bed. I would let her cry it out and she would fall asleep. Try to put her down earlier at night. I found that the book Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child by Dr. I Weissbluth VERY HELPFUL. Hang in there
2007-06-21 16:28:31 · answer #7 · answered by Karen G 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get her up earlier in the morning and down early for naps. Her sleep cycle may be a little out of whack... Don't let her afternoon nap go past 3 or 4....That might help..keep her asleep a little later...
2007-06-21 16:25:25 · answer #8 · answered by pebblespro 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know this may sound cruel, but just let her cry. She knows you will give in. Maybe she gets scares in the night. My oldest daughter was a light sleeper and still is at 3 yrs. She often got up in the night and cried but eventually she went back to sleep. My youngest daughter who is 20 months does that to.
2007-06-21 16:24:17 · answer #9 · answered by Jessie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
play with her alot during the day to get her tired. then be ready to get up in about 4 hours to play with her again. babies that old usually don't sleep all night
2007-06-21 16:21:57 · answer #10 · answered by von99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋