7.5 month old waking constantly through the night

rnc

We tried many a solution including Elizabeth Pantly with our daughter (she is 2 now. I remember pacing on the landing, even sleeping on the floor in her room! Eventually, we tried a variation on cry-it-out I'm afraid to say - not that I am a fan of Gina Ford/Ferber. We found that the Baby Whisperer approach was a decent compromise between the different methods.
It was still several nights of hell both for her and us But you just have to keep reminding yourself that its for all of your benefit - you all need a decent nights kip and now we can just put Mia down and she goes straight to sleep by herself - its fantastic and makes life so much easier! ( Well, it would if we weren't up feeding her baby brother )

sassyblue

Putting another layer of clothing or blanketing on him may be worth a try. He may also be waking due to cold.

Hope that helps, or you get to the bottom of it soon. xx

liney

Pre- empt the 2am wake up. When you go off at 10/11 o'clock, change baby's nappy and give him dream feed and he probably won't wake up. This should break the cycle of him waking in the night and therefore be more rested in the day.

Try http://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Baby-Whisperer-Connect-Communicate/dp/0091857023
and the forum http://www.babywhispererforums.com/

No crying out, and my son slept from 7pm to 7am from when he was 3 to 4 months old, bar teething.

mrs_marty

I can truly sympathise my DD is 8.5 months old and just been put on Lactose free milk which thankfully has done the trick for her. But I dont think I could have gotten anymore exhausted.

My friend suggested Cranial Ostetherapy (pardon my spelling) as her wee one was the same, after a couple of treatments (not available on the NHS) her wee one has settled no problems.

Just a thought.

Hope you get some sleep soon x

steph7163

Hi

My daughter is 22months old also has a milk/soya allergy is on prescription milk - she still wakes continually throughout the night, sometimes 3 or 4 times sometimes 15 to 20 times she doesnt want anything accept to know that i am there i have to go in stroke her hair couple of times & thats it!!! we have tried everything to get her to sleep but i am now convinced that it will happen when she is ready and not before - also have a daughter who is 3 and she sleeps soundly so we do have some idea of what to do - they are just all different. The worst thing for us is all the people who tell you what fabulous sleepers there little ones are/were this used to get me down - i say they are all individual and although half my time is spent in a zombie like stupor i wouldnt swap anythng about my girls.
stephx

emsywoo123

liney wrote: »

Pre- empt the 2am wake up. When you go off at 10/11 o'clock, change baby's nappy and give him dream feed and he probably won't wake up. This should break the cycle of him waking in the night and therefore be more rested in the day.


No crying out, and my son slept from 7pm to 7am from when he was 3 to 4 months old, bar teething.

This is exactly what I was going to say, with the exception of the nappy changing but, it woke him up too much.

DS is a little over 7 months old, and we have not yet had teethting (something to look forward to :rotfl: :rotfl: ) but he goes 6.30/7 til 6.30/7 every night, with a dream feed at 11, and has done since 3/4 months.

threemuttleys

Hmmm, I sort of feel your pain. DS is 8.5 months and has never slept through totally (tho he is getting better) he is a nightmare to get to sleep (Ive been doing controlled crying for ages, and he isnt any quicker at going to bed!) when he does wake in the night for a feed, he will go straight to sleep. Having said that, this morning I was up at 4am!:eek:

rachbc

I had a very baby centred/ attatchment parenting approach with mine - extended bf, baby led weaning, slings, co-sleeping. I tried everyone of Elizabeth Pantley suggestions - repeatedly. On the verge of total mental break down when my son was 2 I did controllled cryign and it worked in 2 nights, I only lasted til dd was 1 before cracking and doing the same.....

LittleMissMPB

Just a few random thoughts so apologies if this makes no sense -

- I would stop offering a night time feed. At 8 months my daughter was still waking up and I offered her water instead. She soon figured out it was boring and not worth crying for.
- He sounds like he's over tired. Over tired babies never sleep as well in my experience.
- Can he settle himself to sleep? Without a bottle/cuddles? I think that is a big part of sleeping through the night.

I'm all for the attachment parenting style - when it works for you. Some babies it just doesn't work for. I am managing it with my son partly, I like the idea of baby led weaning, he follows no pattern whatsoever with feeding (breastfeeding) or sleeping (he does sleep in his own cot though), aside from I know he will 'go to bed' around 8pm ish, and wake once in the night (usually 1amish)and be up around 6am, but my daughter - well, she never was one for the 'baby led' routine. As a newborn she had to have a bottle every 4hours. She needed her routine, and still does now at nearly 4yrs. If her routine is 'out' by too much, she is a nightmare to deal with.

always_poor_2

Hiya, I really sympathise with you - i wonder if wind is bothering him? Have you tried propping the top of the cot up a bit so that he isn't completely flat? Could it be his 2am milk feed lying heavy as it sounds as if he sleeps better before that feed? Perhaps being at a slight angle may hep - after all, if we eat a massive Sunday Dinner (yum!!!) and then go and lie flat we'd be pretty uncomfortable?

Hope you find something that works for you xxx