| Will she ever sleep through the night? |
| Help!!! Please??? My daughter will be one in a few weeks and still will not sleep through the night. When it is nap time and bed time, weather she is tired or not, I automatically put her in her crib and she will just smile at me and fall asleep. But during the night she will still wake up and want a bottle!!! I know I need to stop giving it to her so the formual will not sit on her teeth, but she will drink it all which leads me to believe she is hungary. And if my kid is hungary, I'm going to feed her. BUT.........I don't know what else to do. (She will only take a bottle at nap and bed time, and I know that is wher I went wrong too). I am so envious of the folks that tell me that their child has always slept through the night. ANY advice would be great. |
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Heather,
How about mixing some of her formula with some cereal, or start switching her to whole milk (warm the milk) instead and see if that will work, before she goes to bed at night. I know I give my daughter warm milk before she goes to sleep at night and she sleeps through the night. Good luck I hope this might help you.
Barb |
| posted by barbara on 01/11/2009 |
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Finishing the bottle does not necessarily mean she is hungry. She could be doing it out of habit or for the closeness. Try weaning her off of it. Feed her closer to bedtime, then when she wakes during the night, give her less than you normally do. Do this for a few nights, then continue to decrease the amount until she doesn't get a bottle at all during the night.
If she goes to sleep on her own at nap time and bedtime, she should be able to soothe herself back to sleep when she wakes up during the night. Try leaving her alone when she wakes up during the night. You may find she just fusses for a few minutes and then goes back to sleep on her own. If not, and you feel she needs you, go to her but don't pick her up. Just talk to her, rub her back, tuck her in, and try to leave while she is still awake so she can learn to go back to sleep on her own. Hopefully you can wean her off this also, so that eventually she can soothe herself when she wakes up. |
| posted by Marcia on 01/11/2009 |
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| Try yogurt at bedtime. It worked like a miracle for us. |
| posted by sonya on 01/11/2009 |
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| There's a great book called the Baby Whisperer. I suggest you buy it or borrow it from the library. The author talks about how to get your child to sleep through the night. If you follow the advice in this book, I know you'll make :) |
| posted by Rachelle on 01/12/2009 |
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| WOW everyone what good advice. I have tried cereal in the past, but maybe we need to try again at bedtime. Yoguart, that's really funny because tonight before she went to bed, she was sharing mine. So maybe we can sleep tonight. lol.... I was thinking about milk too. And I will have to look into that book I did read "solve your child sleep problems' quite some time ago, that was how we fianlly got her to not fight us when it was nap and bed time. I have herd that about not picking them up, but...augh...1st baby. I know, I know...lol....thanks ladies. I will keep you posted. |
| posted by Heather on 01/12/2009 |
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| I just have to say great advice everyone and I have the same problem only my daughter is 2!!! she still wakes up and will scream and cry if she doesnt get that bottle its driving me crazy!!! Even tho im used to it by now i mean come on ive been waiting a year and a half for a full night sleep also i cant just let her cry it out at night becuase my husband and my father inlaw (who lives with us) have to get up early for work. |
| posted by Erica on 01/13/2009 |
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| The one thing that really worked for us was feeding him til he fell asleep at nighttime and then if he woke up in the middle of the night, we let him cry it out for about 10/15 min. the first night. The next night, increase it 5 more min. Keep increasing the time you let him cry until it's no more than half an hour. Just be sure to check on your baby when he/she cries. My mother-in-law told me a horror story about someone she knew who let her baby cry, thinking she was just hungry, but was actually bitten several times by a bug. The child had night terrors for several years after. It only took us about a week before Liam was sleeping through the night... until his teeth started coming in. lol |
| posted by Kristina on 01/14/2009 |
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I agree w/ decreasing the amount of milk you give her during her night wakings. If you are giving her six oz, the next night only give her 5, then 4, etc. when it gets to be 1 oz, put water in her bottle. Ive heard that works for some people. Both of my sons were/are great sleepers, but both of my daughters still wake up in the middle of the night, and they are 2 1/2 and 4. The 4 yr old just gets in my bed, but the 2 1/2 yr old sometimes will just get in my bed, but sometimes she still wants a drink. So, my issue is getting them to sleep in their own beds ALL NIGHT!
oh, yeah, FYI I tried the water in the bottle thing, and tried to just give her a pacifier with my older daughter, but if it was water, she would throw the bottle and scream. I hope something works for you soon! |
| posted by Amy on 01/14/2009 |
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| Thanks ladies. Yeah Amy, I tried water in a bottle too. Even warm water. Yeah, she caught onto that one fast as well. Here is where we are at with this tonight; being the 1st night we are going to (try) and kick this habbit. We had a late dinner tonight, about 7:00, she ate great. Had over 1/2 sippie cup of water, got on a clean diaper, her dad filled the sippie back up and we just put her in her crib with it. I don't know...it's a start. Sp far, she just got quite and it has been about less then 15 mins. Wish us luck. Oh and Erick....good luck to you!!! I feel your pain. |
| posted by Heather on 01/14/2009 |
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| Sounds like her 1 year molars might be acting up. That's what happened with my daughter. Every time she teeths she wants a bottle. I too tried water in the bottle only to have it thrown down. I read somewhere that sugar water is helpful for pain - they usually give it to newborns in the hospital after a circumcision, so I tried it. Now, I'm a health nut, only feed my kid organic, made my own goat's milk formula when my breast milk didn't come in, and the only juice my daughter has ever had is fresh squeezed orange juice a handful of times. I'm not one to load my kid up with sugar but it did help and it's such a small amount for such a short time. Sugar water tastes much better than regular water and it allowed her to get comforted in the middle of the night without getting hooked on the milk bottle. Generally it's 1 teaspoon of sugar for 8 oz of water. Good luck! |
| posted by Christina on 02/02/2009 |
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