Hey everyone!

I've been having a lot of trouble getting my seven month old to sleep. The only advice I've gotten is to just let her cry, but I can't last very long and it's extremely stressful for both of us. She's a pretty hard baby in general, so I feel like it would make my life much easier if she would just sleep in her crib at night. Also, she's breastfed and still wakes up a lot during the night to eat. I feel like that makes it harder, but I'd love to get some advice on the subject from any Mom!

For the first 6 months with my son, i would rock him to sleep in a glider chair.  I would also read him Dr. Suess One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.  The rythum of the book would knock him out mid-book!  I read him others but that one worked the best.  Eventually you do have to let them cry.  It helps get them in a routine.  I use to time myself every night.  Every night i would increase how long I would wait to go in and get him while he was crying.  Before long He was asleep before my time was up.  The time was more for me than him but it let him self soothe, which helps in other ways too.  He was also teething then so we used a lot of Baby Tylenol and Baby night time Orajel.  My son was always a pretty good sleeper so idk if any of this will help but hope so.  Good Luck!

Do you give your baby a pacifier? If not, that may help. If she's waking up b/c she's hungry, you may want to try either adding cereal to her breastmilk in a bottle or feeding her formula before bedtime--formula keeps babies full longer. On the other hand, some babies just aren't good sleepers--my friend's son didn't sleep through the night until he was 2, but I believe that is unsual. If you don't play soft music at night for your baby, that may be an idea to help her get initially get to sleep. Not to sound like an information pamphlet, but "routine is very important for babies". If you don't already have a bedtime routine established. . . Another idea might be to give your daughter a warm bath every night before feeding and putting her to bed. All these are things that have either helped me or people I know. Good luck!:-)