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Still waking for a bottle

I need some help!

My daughter is 17 months old and still wakes up twice a night and will only go back to sleep with a bottle. She goes to bed between 7 and 8pm with no problems. She is rocked for 2-3 minutes and I put her in bed still awake and she goes right to sleep. But I cannot figure out how to get her to sleep thru the night without taking a bottle to go back to sleep. I am not a fan of the total cry it out method, I can understand letting her cry for 5-10 minutes but cant hardly handle any more than that.

If someone, anyone, has any advice please let me know. I am at my wits end.

Thanks so much.

1st time mom from Missouri,

Brandy

Written by Brandy

Posted on 02/11/2008

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Brandy I'm in the same boat that your in. My son is 19 months old and also wakes up in the middle of the night. I have tried to break him of it but I think because he has done it for so long that I'm just going to keep doing it. My fiance was the one that told me to keep doing it. I have no problem doing it but I don't want him to be five and still waking up to get something to drink. So maybe we can try to do it together for moral support.

posted by Chelle on 02/12/2008

I am having the same exact problem with my daughter who is 15 months. She gets up twice during the night, i am so tired, its making me depressed!

posted by MARYANNE on 02/12/2008

I'm really happy to know that I am not the only one who has to go through this.
Has anyone tried any suggestions from anyone?

posted by Brandy on 02/12/2008

His ped. tells me to just let him cry it out. But what he doesn't understand, is that every apartment building has a bitch living there well ours is right above us and stomps on the floor when we get to loud. She is also trying to get us to move out by stomping on the floor throughout the whole day. But news flash we are not moving out.

posted by Chelle on 02/13/2008

This is what I did. My son was still waking at a bout a year and a half for a drink. You can either give them less and less every night, because the faster the drink is gone, the faster thay go back to sleep. or what I did was give my son water. He didnt want water, and at this age they are pretty much old enough to understand if you tell them theres nothing else. Or give them a empty bottle to hold, eventually they will know that if they wake up, theres nothing there, so will go back to sleep without asking for something. You can even put an empty bottle, or cup (that may also be the trick, give her a sippy cup, may not like that,) in her crib, so when she wakes up she can grab it, even though its empty, maybe she will relize that and go back to sleep. Good luck!

posted by valarie on 04/20/2008

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