My son will be 1 year on the 30th of November...this month!! He is still not sleeping thru the night. He still wakes up to eat once, sometime between 4:30 and 5am. He eats table food regularly. I give him a big solid meal 2 hours before bed and an 8oz bottle right before bed. He takes 2, 2hour naps during the day. The last one is 4 hours before bed time. He gets worn out during the day. I have created a night time routine.
What I do when he wakes up. I get up as soon as he cries. I give him his pacifier back, change his diaper and put him back to sleep. If still wont sleep I give him his pacifier back(if he need it) if not, I just pat him. If still wont go to sleep I feed him.
How can I get him to sleep? And please no stupid CIO comments. I don't have the heart fot that and it dosn't work on my son(I have tried it a couple of times) He just gets more worked up and eventually hyperventilates.
Does anyone know why he is doing this? At 1 the dont NEED to eat at night..do they?
2007-11-02 23:59:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
i would try and wean him off the afternoon nap, maybe try and make the morning one a bit later and then try and keep him awake so then when it comes to bed time he will be exhausted, probably around his usual sleep time try and play with him to stimulate him. i hope this helps for you, good luck
2007-11-03 00:04:28 · answer #1 · answered by wombi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he does not need the night feed anymore (anytime from 6mths actually) Try feeding him the solids right before bed and then the bottle rather than 2hrs before as he will have digested the food and only be going to bed with milk in his tummy and no solids. This is probably why he is hungry at 4.30.
Try not to change his diaper if it doesn't need to be changed and if he doesn't seem uncomfortable with it. This will only wake him up more. Just use the pacifier and pat on the bum with a sh.sh.sh noise.
He is probably just testing the boundaries because he knows if he cries mummy will come and feed him which is the most comforting thing for him but not so for you. I did the CIO technique and like you said it broke my heart too but when I and him slept through after only 2 nights I was so estatic. You could try the 2mins in 2mins out, 4 mins in 4 mins out technique until he goes back to sleep. But I think that if you feed him big right before bed and don't put him down till7-8pm he should be sleeping till at least 6am which is so much nicer than 4.30
It will take time to break his habit though.
Best of luck
2007-11-03 07:27:34 · answer #2 · answered by Cindy; mum to 3 monkeys! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My son will be 1 tomorrow. he still wakes 2-4 times a night, sometimes just for a cuddle, sometimes for a bottle. Some children don't sleep through the night regularly until they're almost 2 years old. Try waiting a little bit and letting him fuss. Life if he's just whining a little bit, not if he's really upset. Sometimes they just get uncomfortable and have a hard time getting back into a comfortable position and if you give it a few minuted he may go back to sleep on his own. Getting him up in the middle of the night may be causing a little bit of the problem. You can try going in to check on him, covering him back up and then leaving the room. He may just want to know that you're still around.
2007-11-03 08:09:34 · answer #3 · answered by ApRiL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe move both naps to a little earlier in the day so she's not waking up 4 hours before going back to bed.....maybe if you moved each nap time up an hour or even cut his afternoon nap to only one hour insted of two he could sleep through the night.
2007-11-03 07:05:07 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Mommy to 3 year old Jacob and baby on the way♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may want to try and keep him up later in the morning so he has a nap around 12ish then he shouldsleep for a couple of hours this way he will cut out the late afternoon nap which will help! this is what my son does (13 months old) he then goes to bed about 7pm-7am!
2007-11-03 07:32:17 · answer #5 · answered by Damien, Poppie & Alexis' mum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this might sound stupid...but instead of feeding him when he wakes and wont sleep...try giving him a drink?
i have a 4month old and it worked with him...totally different world to a 1yr old i know...but it did work.
I think he kept waking up for the comfort of a cuddle and food...so i gave him water instead and he's slept through every night since.
2007-11-03 07:10:03 · answer #6 · answered by diddy.badgerpants 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋