How do you train your infant to sleep through the night?

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Hello everyone, My 11 month old daughter sleeps in her own crib however she still wakes up after 6 hours for a feeding. The problem is that she doesn't like to feed fully before going to sleep and therefore wakes up and screams in the middle of the night. As of right now we are still giving her formula but I would like to get her to sleep through instead of getting up, feeding and going back to sleep? any advice wouuld be great please?

Thanks,
Myra

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give her more solids and less milk.. milk digests faster. .. say u are putting her to bed at 9 pm.. so around 7 pm give her some kinda porridge with fruits, a full dinner i mean... and at 9 pm give her however much milk she will drink happily...

my son is 10 months old mashallah and thats what he has for dinner, is off to bed by 9.30 with a 4 or 5 oz bottle and he wakes up at 7.30-8 am for his first feed, and then dozes off until 9.30 am.

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Whoa... are you lucky or what! I am JEALOUS! you mean he actually slept till 11??? :)

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With a 11 month old breastfed baby who wakes up several times a night, i have done everything i possibly can to get her to sleep without night wakings but its like impossible. I try to feed her as much as i can during the day but she is not a big eater, never has been. Last night, she went to bed at 7, slept till 12 without a peep and then woke up every 2 hours after that. I wish i knew what the problem was.

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I'm in the same boat.. my one year old wakes up almost every hour! And she isn't a big eater either.. so I can't really stuff her during the day!

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I think we need a new thread for supporting mommies whose babies have frequent night wakings where we can share and vent!

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I bottlefeed my baby but she doesnt like to have more than 6-7 ounces before going to bed. The problem is she gets cranky around 9:30 pm and goes to bed then and wake up around 2:30 pm and then had a bottle and goes back to sleep till 6:30 am. I would like to get her to sleep longer without having to get up and slowly have her sleep a little bit later like around 10:30 so that we all can go to bed together.

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^ do you also give her a bath before bedtime?

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7 is way too early for bed time.. try stretching it out to atleast 9.30. i used to put aariz to bed by 8 but he woudl do the same as kanza.. sleep until 1 properly and then wake up every few hours .. itw as a pain ...

though some of the problem may be the fact she doesnt eat enough to keep her ful for the night... if she has poor appetite, cant she be givevn soethign to boost it.. like mosegar syrup ?

Crystal Bracelet: yup. .he used to sleep until 11.... but not now.. he is a 10 month old now mashallah and their sleep needs are less than a 6 month olds so he now he sleeps 11 hours at night and takes 2 naps during day , 1.30 to 2 hours each.

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cool girl.. does ure girl take naps during the day? plan it so her first nap is around 12 and her second nap is around 4.. if she can sleep for 1 hour at each nap time... she should be able to manage to stay up later into the evening... and be ready for bed around 9.30

and hey.. tire the hell out of her.. thats what i do with my son.. he used to start getting cranky around 8 but i know if i put him to bed then, he will call it a morning at 6 am cuz he will ahve gotten his full amount of sleep... so delay it... play with her.. interact with her...

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tell him the monsters in the cupboard will come out if he doesn't go to sleep

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For me it's the opposite, if my daughter naps well during the day and sleeps on time she wakes up less frequently. If she's over-tired she'd be waking up every 30 mins!

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Ditto. My daughter is the same way, if she overtired, she wakes up every 30 mins.

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Oh you are still lucky :) Both my kids are up by 7:30 am no matter how late I put them to bed :)

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Yaar, khawa, the reason i put her to bed early is so hubs and i can have some time to ourselves. Its very important for me to take a couple of hours to myself if i can manage it at the end of the day. Plus she needs 11 hours atleast each night and this is the only way to manage it.

What is mosegar syrup? i have tried giving her formula at night but she does not like it at all. I am hoping she iwll take to cow's milk more readily so i can see how much she is drinking.

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I LOVE this thread!!! i m gonna have a baby soon IA in april/may and i m always wonderin how gud a sleeper she is gonna be. for the first 3 mnths is it possible for me to control her sleep pattern? or is it only possible after 3 mnths. wot am i supposed to do or wot kinda routine i shud make immediately after her birth to ensure she gets used to the sleepin patterns? i absolutely LOVE sleepin and wud love if my lil pea could also sleep for atleast 5-6 hrs a day...any tips... esp from Khawa, crystal bracelets and aahmed?? :)

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I guess this is what they call threadjacking! instead of giving sahar a solution we have started pouring out our own sad stories :)

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Mosegor syrup isnt recommended for such young kids!

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Ohh girl congrats on your pregnancy!!! :)
Well ok I feel a little flattered that you'd ask me for tips, keeping in mind that my one yrs old wakes up several times during the night and my 3 1/2 yrs old still isn't STTN! He wakes up atleast once almost every night!

Still I"d tell you what I know!

For the first 3 -4 months when your baby is exclusively on milk, especially if you plan to breastfeed, (rather 6 months, i.e, till your baby is on solids) there isn't much you can do about the sleep pattern. You can try to feed the baby atleast every two hours during the day and establish a proper routine, especially a bedtime routine. Because babies are more comfortable with a predictable schedule and don't like surprises :) Try to keep naptime consistent, though usually babies establish their routines themselves after the first few weeks. Keep bedtime at the same hour everyday, with the same routine, e.g. a bath, a massage, nursing and then sleep. YOu may want to read to your baby before putting her to sleep, trust me they are never too young for that!

Some doctors and some mommies believe in waking up the baby every two hours for a feed, but I think let them sleep all they want to. When they are hungry they wake up!

That's all I can think of, that you can do during the first few months!

But be prepared! especially if you love your sleep!!! babies are very unpredictable! During the first few weeks, they might even be confused between their days and nights... a baby with day / night confusion will stay up most of the night and sleep most of the day. If it's like that, then keep her room well-let during the day, even at nap times and put off the lights, or dim them at night, even if she's playing.

Just pray your baby isn't colic! Those are the worst :)

All the best, have a safe and easy (if there's such a thing) delivery! May Allah be with you.

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thks CB was such a long and detailed reply and for ur wishes hugs more than my sleep being affected i m more concerned abt her sleepin pattern to b timely so atleast i m safe in future. i m also prayin my baby is not colic... thatll b a nitemare considerin i m not at all a patient person. i hope Allah gives me strength, this is goin to b a v v new thing for me..