My daughter is 9 month old and breastfeeding, she will go to sleep at 9 30 pm, then she wake up at 11, i breastfeed her to make her to go to sleep, she wont go to sleep untill like 1 am, then go back to sleep, wake up 3 or 4 time at night time want to eat more breastfeeding? i wish i didnt sleep with her the day she was born i feel like i love her too much but now i realized that she depend on me more and didnt want to sleep on her own. can anyone help me and if thats normal a 9 month old baby waking up 2 or 3 time a night just want to breastfeed more???
2007-09-29 19:01:11 · 11 answers · asked by Mommy Of Two Babies 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Try introducing some baby rice cereal at 9:30 when she goes to bed. Just use your breast milk to mix it and give it to her from a baby spoon. I have 6 children and started them all on rice cereal at 2 months old, they slept longer and were more satisfied with the cereal.
2007-09-29 19:07:27 · answer #1 · answered by Shawnee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is that she is going through a growth spurt. Hang in there and her waking will lessen. It sounds like she's staying awake several hours at night and not just going back to sleep right after breastfeeding? Does she seem upset? If so, it could be something you're eating coming through your breastmilk that she is not tolerating well. If she is not upset, it could be that you just need to keep the lights and activity low and do things to encourage sleep like a massage or rocking or singing.
2007-09-30 02:41:44 · answer #2 · answered by LilacsAbloom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when my baby was born me and my husband always keep r baby in r bad till he was 4 weeks, and after i start understand that if we gonna keep doing that, he will get use to it, and not going to sleep in his crib. And we did that because he was waking up every 3,4 hours, so we couldn't get any sleep.
So one day i just put him in his crib and i sad that i don't care , but I'll make sure he will sleep in his bed tonight. me and my husband stay wake for the half of the night, but then he fall a sleep, and now he is 2,5 month old and he sleeps in his crib every night. We only take him to r bed sometimes in the morning, and during the day when we play.
I am so happy that i did that, because now i don't have that problem anymore!
Good luck to u with u baby!!!
2007-09-30 05:23:05 · answer #3 · answered by Martini5 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I think it's normal for some babies who fall into a routine of waking up, my first son would wake up every night to have a bottle for the first year, some one told me once he got older to start putting water in the bottle but he still woke up for it the water did not stop him. I don't think it has anything to do with her sleeping in bed with you, she will still wake up and want to eat even if she's in her own bed.
Maybe if you try feeding her dinner then give her a nice long warm bath and let her nurse afterwards. she might sleep longer and get into the routine of that ( if you haven't tried that already) She's just got herself in that type of routine, that's all, it's nothing to worry about but maybe that will help you get more sleep. It will change though eventually.
good luck hope i helped!
2007-09-30 02:17:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
all children are different. Mine were sleeping all night most of the time by the times they were about 8-10 weeks. What we did was when they started to cry we left them a little to cry before we went into them. Each time we left them a little bit longer. after a few weeks they learnt that crying did not get our attention and gave up after a while. worked well for us.
2007-09-30 04:07:43 · answer #5 · answered by darth72au 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She could be going through a growth spurt right now which means she's going to want to breast feed more and more because her body is growing. Co-Sleeping isn't the reason she keeps waking up to be breastfed, babies are SUPPOSED to depend on their parents.
2007-09-30 02:35:34 · answer #6 · answered by Zyggy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing that you keep her in your bed? I'd suggest moving her to her own cot in your bedroom, as a start. And what does she have for dinner? She ought to be having a fairly substantial dinner, not just a breastfeed before going to bed for the night.
2007-09-30 02:05:49 · answer #7 · answered by Rosie_0801 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats great that you breast feed, its very good for your child's health. When you breast feed your child is going to need more of it. They dont get as much full, so there gonna want it more and more often. you should give your daughter baby food or ceral in her milk before she goes to bed. She'll sleep through the night.
2007-09-30 02:12:23 · answer #8 · answered by Nezzie Y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only nine months and growing rapidly, need to be feed every four hours. May be not getting enough so she still cant sleep.
2007-09-30 02:09:42 · answer #9 · answered by live and let live 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are hungry they will wake up. Give her some cereal just before you breast feed before bed see if that helps.
2007-09-30 02:32:15 · answer #10 · answered by Granny 1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋