14 Month old baby not sleeping?! What do I do.!?

Question

I have a 14 month old girl who doesnt like sleeping at night.
She goes to bed at 6.30, If we keep her up later then we have a devil on our hands, Then she wakes up at 10.00pm for anther bottle, then at 11.30 for a bum change, 12.30 just for fun, takes hour to get her to sleep, then at 2.00am for anther bottle then If Im really LUCKY which I havent been later shell sleep until 5.00, I have tryed given her water instead of a bottle and she just crys I have tryed leaving her for a while to cry and well that doesnt stop, I cant handle getting up nearly every hour my body and mind are just well you get the picture.!! If anyone knows anything please let me know!

Thanks to all, Ive tryed everything that everyone said its just cows milk shes on, If i keep her up longer it doesnt work still wkaes up heaps, she has 2 half hour nap during the day.

Answer 1

Sounds like my daughter.

My daughter was ADHD, and needed very little sleep. To make sure I got some sleep, though, I embarked on an exercise regimen with her that she continues to this day (she's 26 years old, LOL).

She took naps in the daytime, but they were short affairs of 15 to 30 minutes--one in the morning and another in the afternoon. So 3 hours before bedtime, which I made 9:30 so it wouldn't be too early, I would get her something strenuous to do, like run laps in the driveway, roller skate, pull weeds, etc. This would go on for an hour or so. Then, we'd do moderate exercise and activities like stretching routines, sweeping floors, fast folding of laundry, etc. This would eat up a second hour. After that, we'd sing songs, get a bath, drink milk, read a story and practice holding our eyes closed as long as possible.

She'd sleep through to about six a.m. once she was used to this routine.

Answer 2

Oh my gosh, at 14 months old! You poor thing. It sounds like you need to take her to a sleep clinic. See if you can find one in your area. You and bubs sleep over and they help you fix the problem, whatever that may be.
Is she sleeping well during the day? If she is not napping properly it will actually make her more restless at night, not more tired. A proper bedtime routine that you stick to also helps a lot. Bath, story, bottle and bed. Let that take no more than an hour. Quiet time before bedtime, and no nonense or playing around once shes in bed.
Im sure you know all this though, try find a clinic.
Good luck!

Answer 3

Ok Mom, you need to chill out. You're putting her down way too early. Keep her up a while, let her get drowsy after her bottle, burp her, change her and put her down. What you can try, is to put a bit of cereal in her milk to fill her tummy and will help her rest. Then get her up again around 1am, give her another bottle, change her, don't make a think of it, and put her down. The crying bit doesn't work and just upsets everyone. I think, if you can get her into this mode, you will have a sleeping baby, and a well rested parent as well. It might take a few times till she gets the hang of it, be patient. .

Answer 4

I have a 15 month old daughter who I love dearly except for her waking in the night :-)

I know all babies are different (as are all adults!) but I am wondering how much solid food your little girl is having?

I find my daughter sleeps better if she has a full belly and her bottles (cows milk) fill her up when she has them but they don't seem to keep her full.

I give my daughter solids for breakfast, lunch and dinner and she also has 250ml of cows milk three times per day.

Try and give her a good solid meal in the early evening BEFORE she gets too tired and then give her a bottle before bed.

I also think that maybe 6.30 might be too early? I am lucky that I have two older children and they play with my little girl of an evening which helps to wear her out. Try some running around with her of an afternoon before giving her her dinner and her bottle.

As I said all babies are different but here is what our afternoon/evening consists of:

After lunch:
She plays on her own and follows me around. Sometimes I can get her to have a sleep, sometimes not. If not then she will play with her brothers who get her to chase them and/or they chase her or they just roll around on the ground with her.

5pm:
She has a bath with her brothers and if she hasn't slept in the afternoon she will often have a bottle and then a sleep until dinner time.

Around 6/6.30:
She has dinner with the rest of the family.

And then anywhere between 7.30 and 8.30 she will have her last bottle and then go off to bed.

HOWEVER :-)

I am finding if I don't get her dinner into her BEFORE she gets tired then she just plays with it and doesn't eat very much. These are the nights I am finding she wakes up around midnight and I end up putting her in bed with me.

I am also finding that some of the times she wakes up in the night she burps so I am attempting to keep her up for a little while after she finishes her last bottle.

I wish you LOTS OF LUCK because I know where you are at, lol. Fortunately for me once she has woken up and I take her to my bed I don't have any more wake ups but now I am having to be strong and try and get her to go back to sleep in her own cot :-)

Answer 5

Maybe try changing her schedule and sticking to it. to bed at 6:30? You must have to get up really early in the morning for work or something?
Ever tried Co-sleeping? Believe me, it's not something you want to get in to because it's a hard habit to break, but it might help you get the rest you and your baby need.
Try getting rid of the bottle, for good.
I'm not sure of what else you can try.
Maybe "white noise" in her bedroom will help her sleep better.

Answer 6

All you can do is keep her awake until 7 then she will be tired and wake up less and why is she still being bottle fed? she should be off the bottle at 12 months. She is probably being over fed and that is keeping her up.

Answer 7

I know you don't want to hear this .. but I would let her cry. I know you have heard this before. But if you are passive your children will see through it. at 14 months she is old enough to know your going to come and get her if she cries long enough. I know there are readers saying what a ***** but guess what. my kids sleep through the night. I nipped that in the butt before it was an issue! good luck

Answer 8

try out a product called Gripe Water. it works on my son and its all organic.