How can I get my baby to sleep through the night? I posted about this before too. She wakes up 6-7 times through the night. I am at my wits end. She needs to be nursed back to sleep everytime. She can’t self settle at all. I can’t let her cry it out so controlled crying is out. Also how do it get her to sleep in her cot rather than my bed. Please help!
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Warm bath with water mixed with little bit of lavender oil/scent just before sleeping helps relax nerves... It's also good for putting babies to sleep. My sister used that remedy for her little one.
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How old is she? You need to completely wean her off at night. Only feed her during the day. I could never just wean off at night and continue feeding during the day so I just waited for both my girls to be 12 months plus and then weaned them off completely. They both started sleeping through the night once they were weaned but we still co-sleep so can't help you there!
Co-sleeping plus constant nighttime feedings = very little sleep for mom.
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I am in a same situation. He wakes up about 3-4 times a night. He sleeps in his own bed thou. I refuse to bring him in our bed. He's almost 10 ,pmonths old
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Oh boy!! This part of parenting is absolutely not fun, especially the mom who's doing it all at night/day.
If the baby is a newborn then she will wake up for feeds.....and some babies settle into a routine (5-6 hours sleep) by 3 month mark. I did this will all my children and it was the hardest thing to do function without any sleep, but hang in there and you will get thru it insh'Allah
To another poster....why is your baby still taking 3-4 feeds at 10 months :O.....Offer him a good hearty dinner before bed (chicken, rice, mash potatoes with butter) if bottle fed then give him his bottle only once at night with little bit of cereal added to it.
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Royal Gala she is a year old :( . I am pushing with the food but she is very moody about food. Some days she eats a good amount. Other days she doesn't eat much. But it doesn't make any difference to her night wakings.
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He doesn't take bottle or paci.. He doesn't wake up cuz he's hungry I think it's more of a soothing thing he's literally out in 2 minutes. He eats good dinner but still wakes up.
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How can I get my baby to sleep through the night? I posted about this before too. She wakes up 6-7 times through the night. I am at my wits end. She needs to be nursed back to sleep everytime. She can't self settle at all. I can't let her cry it out so controlled crying is out. Also how do it get her to sleep in her cot rather than my bed. Please help!
This thread could be about me!!!
My 8 month old is exactly the same n I'm exhausted. I know it is a comfort thing or her n she is not hungry. But she will not settle on her own. My 4 year old was the exact same n she did not stop until she stopped BF ing from me when she was teething really badly at 11 month. She never took from a bottle either so totally stopped drinking milk for a few weeks then started taking from a bottle.
But I don't know how to stop feeding my little one now as my eldest refused my milk herself, I don't want to stop giving my Baby myself yet but I think I'm going to have to in a month or so. I had no issues with my 2 year old son as he took a mixture of my milk and bottle fed.
But right now I'm exhausted, can't let her cry it out as she doesn't stop n ends up waking up the other kids n I give in to make life easier but end up exhausted.
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He doesn't take bottle or paci.. He doesn't wake up cuz he's hungry I think it's more of a soothing thing he's literally out in 2 minutes. He eats good dinner but still wakes up.
Same here
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You need to get your husband to put her back down at night. If she knows you're going to come, she'll keep waking up and demanding to be with you and nurse. Each kid is different -- for some cry it out works, others require different approaches.
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Mine is only 1.5 months old but he's getting better with sleeping. I give him a bath every night and massage with some sort of warm oil followed by nursing with some formula added to it. This will help him sleep longer than he's ever slept before.
But he's still so young...have no idea what lies ahead...lol
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I wrote the longest detailed reply and it didn't save -wah!
Anyway, I would suggest dealing with the night time weaning first and once that's stopped, concentrate on moving to the cot. Tackling both may prove to be too stressful for you both. I'm in the midst of moving my 15 month old to her cot (still in our room - baby steps - literally) and its not been easy! Some days she goes down a dream and other times not so much. At this age, it requires a lot of patience and perseverance.
My baby stopped night time feeding when she hit 6 months and I moved her to formula. Its hard to say whether it was a developmental thing or because of the formula. Are you wanting to continue with breastfeeding? Maybe slowly introduce Toddler/fresh milk seen as she's over 1? That is if you want to try formula/another milk.
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You need to get your husband to put her back down at night. If she knows you're going to come, she'll keep waking up and demanding to be with you and nurse. Each kid is different -- for some cry it out works, others require different approaches.
This! Baby will wKe up however, and the first time, you will let her cry it out, you can offer water, comfort her but do not offer milk. The next time when she wakes up give her the milk and so on. The next night repeT except refuse the milk, the second time as well and give it the subsequent times. Baby will be sleeping through the night in a week. My baby kept doing this more and more until he was almost 2! And by that time was wKing up 20 times a night.
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Does she nap in her cot during the day? If not, start there. Keep her in the cot more and more in the day even when she's awake so she gets used to it, and it becomes part of her comfort zone. How do you put her to sleep? Put her in her cot as soon as she gets drowsy and closes her eyes. She will probably wake up as soon as you put her down, but try patting her on her chest and forehead so she falls asleep.
I know the above is easier said than done, but it did work with my daughter. We also had a crib mobile that played soft music when she was falling asleep, so she started associating that song with sleep. She resisted HARD the first 2 days, but by day 3 she was sleeping fine. If you don't want her to cry it out, pick her back up, soothe her, and put her down again. Eventually she will get it.
As for the night wakings, I'm struggling with that too. My LO is teething so that makes it worse. What I've learnt though is to give her 2 mins when she starts crying and not pick her up immediately. 50% of the times she complains and then falls back asleep. The rest of the time she takes a few sips from the bottle and settles back down. I've heard that giving babies water at night instead of milk also teaches them to not expect a meal at night. Not tried that myself though.
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Exactly my story. My son always need bf to sleep again n he too wakes up many times. Very much exausting. Shes ebf still? Mine is yes so dont know really what to do. Nothing workedfor us, food , bath etc. never ever slept for more thn 1.5-2 hrs since date
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You don't want to hear this but this was my experience.
My little boy was weaned off 2/3 months short of his 2nd birthday. He has an excellent appetite. I knew it wasn't hunger, just the comfort of being bf to sleep. It was only after he was weaned off that both he and I slept through the night. Any chance your husband could watch her for a few hours on the weekend and you could get a much needed nap?