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My baby does not sleep through the night.

Hello my daughter kylie is almost 9 months and still does not sleep trough the night. I have a routine set up for her and everything. I tought maybe it was teething so i have been givin her motrin before she goes to bed but that does not help either. I even put ceral in her bottles at night and that does not seem to help either is anything anyone can suggest that i try to help her sleep better so i can get some sleep. 

Posted by Alexand... on 09/22/2009 03:22 PM

 

Well, it sounds like you're doing most everything right.  A routine is key and sounds like you're making sure she is full at bedtime.  Instead of cereal in the bottle you might try feeding her a bowl of cereal and then a regular bottle - that worked for us when our daughter started waking up at night at about 5-6 months of age.  Does she want to eat when she wakes up at night?  Or does she go right back to sleep if you go get her?  If she does then she might just be in the habit of waking up and crying for you.  My daughter has went through a couple phases of trying to get up and night and eventually we started doing the cry it out method.  I know it sounds harsh, but it's the only way they learn to sooth themselves back to sleep.  She learned pretty quick to settle back down all by herself.  The only times she gets up at night now is if she's sick.

posted by joann on 09/22/2009 08:58 PM

She is hungry when she wakes up i give her a bottle and almost always she falls right back to sleep. We are living with boyfriends mom she does not yet have her own room so i was thinking maybe that has something to do with it and i have tried the cry it out method but i cant sleep with her crying and she cant sleep with me in the room i have to leave the room for her to go back to sleep some nights.

posted by Alexand... on 09/23/2009 08:39 AM

I think 12 hours is a lot to expect.  My son was 9 months old before he slept through the night which by definition is 6-8 hours.  If I got 6 hours of straight sleep I was happy.  We tried everything from cereal to formula to cry it out partial method (adding 5 minutes everytime we went to him) and still all we could get was 6-8 hours.  When he was around 10 or 11 he started getting more, this was also after he was done breastfeeding as well though it may have all coincided.  Being in the same room makes it tough.  My son had his own room but when we went on vacation around that same time he was in the room with us and could hear us moving and he eventually made it back in the bed with us so we could all get a good night sleep.  Good luck!

posted by Nichole on 09/23/2009 11:33 AM

Being in the same room probably does play a big factor - neither me or my daughter ever get any sleep when we're in the same room together!  I would say to try sleeping in different rooms (if you can) and see if that helps. 

posted by joann on 09/23/2009 12:25 PM

There is no way for us to sleep in seperate rooms it is a two bedroom trailer. We are working on getting our place but with me not working it is hard. But thank all of you for your advice. She has been sleeping better the past few nights from 8-4am then get a bottle and back to bed till 7 maybe 8.

posted by Alexand... on 09/23/2009 01:05 PM

I share a similiar issue in that my 9 month daughter oftentimes wakes during the night. I find not because she is hungry, but because she knows that we are near (in the next bedroom) and she cries out for comfort. Maybe because your baby knows that you are so near, she is use to the comfort of you and craves this at night.

Try eliminating the overnight feeding (we did) and see what happens. If it is comfort you will know right away.

 

posted by desib on 10/06/2009 09:49 PM

I have tought bout that but my boyfriend has to get up at 4am for work it would just be too hard to here her cry and cry he would get no sleep. I have tried not feeding her androck her back to sleep before and that did not work i had to feed her to get her to go back to sleep. Maybe once we get our place next year she will sleep better without us in the room and i will try not feeding her.

posted by Alexand... on 10/07/2009 08:52 AM

 
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