My baby boy is 4 and half months old when will he start sleeping through the night?

Question

He is on sma gold during the day and has sma white for his night feeds and he wont sleep through.
I have tried changing his milk to sma white completely but it gave him constapation.
Has any got any ideas??

Answer 1

Have you tried changing his milk all together as my son could not have the sma white either and the gold wasn't filling him, All babies/children are different with there sleep patterns mine never slept through until they were five but keep trying and good luck

Answer 2

My son was 2 months old when he stopped feeding at night. He still doesn't sleep through the night (11 months now). He should be able to sleep 6-8 hours at night if he is getting enough to eat in the day. I would make sure he gets about 24-32 oz of formula a day. Once he gets to 32 start with rice cereal at night and then in the morning too. These will help keep his tummy full and not waking him up. It may take a while but slowly train him he will not get a bottle at night and he will stay asleep.
I found the Ferber method works best. Lay him down while still kinda awake. If he cries wait 5 minutes before you go in and calm him down, DO NOT PICK HIM UP, then leave the room and if he cries again wait 10 minutes. You will add 5 minutes each time. NEver go over 20 minutes. It took my daughter two days at 20 minutes before she slept, then it was 15, 10 and then after a week she slept through the night and has been since then and she was 4 months and is now 4 years old. My son is just stubborn!

Good luck to you.

Answer 3

Well, I have a son who is 4, he didn't actually start sleeping through the night until he was about 1 1/2 years old.. Once we started the every three to four hour feedings he remained on that schedule until then!
I now have a 6 week old baby and she is getting up every 2 1/2 hours approximately and I can't wait until I can get more than a few hours of sleep a night.. especially with working full time- I'm a walking zombie! Anyways, good luck to you , I hope your little one starts sleeping through the night for you soon!

Answer 4

When my daughter was little, we had to wean her off the night-time wake periods. It was a matter of training. Naturally, I made sure she was OK, and I learned to discern the difference between a wake up cry and an "I'm in trouble" cry.

It does sound mean to let a baby cry it out, but this is sometimes a matter of training. Really. Every child is different, and safety must be considered, but every child needs to be trained (we don't come pre-trained into this world).

Make sure you're adapting the feeding schedule and type of food that is best suitable for your son. Check with your pediatrician if you have questions. I do find it curious that you are switching formula, especially BEFORE he starts sleeping through the night. Is this something your pediatrician has recommended? If not, I'd consult with the pediatrician immediately.

Make sure he's comfortable and clean (bathed, fresh bed clothes for both baby and bed, dry, warm, not too warm, diaper OK, etc.) There are some wonderful "sleep through the night" diapers available nowadays. That can help some.

Make sure he's on an appropriate sleep schedule for his development (again, check with your pediatrician to help you with this).

Make sure he's safe and healthy. Constipation will wake a child (or an adult for that matter).

If all these things check out, then it's probably time to start the "cry it out" weaning. I'd start with one particular time -- whichever one you and your pediatrician agree on -- and then see what happens. You might only need one time for the weaning. It worked for us.

Remember that boys usually develop a little more slowly than girls. 4 1/2 months is not an alarming age for the wake ups, but you NEED your rest too. Not an option. Your baby depends on you, so please contact your pediatrician to find out what she/he recommends. You are obviously a conscientious mom and are to be commended for that, but keep in mind that your child's medical professionals know you have questions and should be readily available with answers. And don't be afraid to be a MOM. That means that YOU set the schedule (as much as possible) and that it's OK to train your child to that schedule (as much as possible).

Is Dad available to handle some of the wake ups? Is your own Mom? This can help YOU to get a full night's sleep. If not, then for your own health, you have to find a solution soon (like you didn't already know that). ;>

Blessings to you and your precious boy!

Answer 5

hi, my daughter is 27months old and has slept through the night since she was one week old. I had alot of experiance with babies and although each is different i found ni got codi into a routine quickly. Instead of goin straight to her when she woke i left her alone for 10mins and if she still didnt relax i would then go to her but not pick her up, i tried to soothe her by stroking her tummy and whispering so she knew i was there, id do this for 10mins and if that still didnt work only then would i get a bottle, after 2or3 days i found that she settled alot easier and went down to just 1 feed a night. This may take alot longer with your child as he is older and already in a night time feeding routine but with a little perserverance this should pay off. I hope this helps you.
Also you should put your son upstairs alone in his/your bedroom with moniters on so you can hear him at the time you wish him to sleep from.

Answer 6

H will probably only sleep through when he is ready. but have you thought about changing his milk to a different make. I have heard story's of babys getting constipated on SMA before.

Answer 7

Babies start sleeping through the night at different times - there is no set age they will definitely sleep through the night. My son (now 10 months) started to sleep through the night around this time, but I would feed him right before be time (like 10 pm) and he would end up sleeping til 6:00 am. He would sometimes still wake up in the middle of the night. I may also recommend giving him a spoonful of watery baby rice cereal before bed, it stays with them longer. Your baby boy will start to eat that cereal soon too.

Answer 8

you are able to no longer, undeniable and straightforward, a 2 month old infant desires to eat for the time of the night and could for somewhat it slow and attempting to make him go longer at night is in basic terms merciless in my opinion. i might by no ability even think of to attempt and sleep prepare my 2 month old or any age infant for that rely, as babies will sleep for the time of the night while they are waiting too and not until eventually now that. i know the way no longer undemanding that is to arise so generally yet featuring being a mom and so which you will in basic terms ought to difficult it out and enable him sleep for the time of the night while he's waiting. And in basic terms because of the fact he's a huge boy does no longer recommend he would not ought to eat at night if he's waking as much as feed each 2.5 to 3 hours then he nonetheless desires to eat at night, he would not awaken if he did no longer. - Amy

Answer 9

How many times does he wake?

Its perfectly natural for them to wake once or twice at this age. Sleeping right through for 12 hours without a break is unsual at 4 and half months. My son is 10 months and still doesn't do that! He wakes around midnight usually, has a quick breastfeed and goes back off. I don't beleive in controlled crying or withholding feeds. If he is waking for it then he needs it.

Answer 10

he is still very young, you may be doing nothing wrong with his feeds. The advice I was given, is that children don't have a "sleep" problem until they are 6 months old. Then if he is still demanding night feeds, you could try the controlled crying (i.e leaving him to cry, but check him at intervals which get longer between visits...and not picking him up/talking to him) as advised by other posters.