6 Months & still isnt sleeping through the night :(

I can feel for you! My daughter is almost six months and was still getting twice as well. I posted a "help" as well not to long ago and the advice i got was really helpfull! First, is he eating when he gets up? Have you weened his middle of the night feedings??
With weening my daughters feedings she is now only getting up once in the night. We just rock her back to sleep (takes about 15 min) and she goes right back down. Of course she is up at FIVE!! but that gives me the excuse to get up and go running.
what time do you put him down?

Are you kidding? My little girl is almost 5 years old and still wakes up once a night! I don't know if she will ever sleep through the night!

Do you put cereal/oatmeal in his bottle at night? My 7-month old starting sleeping through the night at 2-months old. I started putting small amounts of cereal in her bottle at night and adding the quantity gradually. That seemed to help. Her sleeping hours now are 8:30pm-9am. Good luck!

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I have to admit I always get a chuckle out of this question, having three children, not one of whom slept through the night until at least 18 months, and a 5 year old -- like Jen -- who STILL gets up at least once every night just to see what everyone is up to.

All babies are on their own timetables with this one, and a lot of different factor are involved. Hunger, comfort, teething, baby's hot, baby's cold, sick, happy, wants a cuddle -- a million different things play into whether they sleep or not all night. It's a long process of trial and error and if you do a search on "sleeping" on arizonamoms you will probably find tons more good suggestions besides the ones you'll get here today. Good luck!

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I have waker-uppers too, but have you tried the book, Babywise? I used it with my first and others swear by it. I'd give it a shot. With my first, we started letting him cry it out...10 minutes, then rub his back and put in his binky, 10 more and do the same. The next night we waited for 15 before going in, etc.It's called "Ferberizing." You can look it up on Google.

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My older two started sleeping through the night at just 3 months old, my younger two (one was about 18 months old, the other was about 4 years old!!) woke up a LOT during the night, they flat out, hated their crib. I tried all things, letting them cry, feeding them, not feeding them, everything . . . I was a wimp and slept on the couch or in my bed with me, I don't recommend this especially if you have a husband!! But in my situation, I finally gave up, we had 6 kids in the house and I needed to sleep. The youngest is a very hyper boy, I think he just had a hard time relaxing. He is 8 now and DOES sleep through the night, he has since about 4 (without me thank goodness!)

Oh my Gosh! That's too old to be waking up once let alone twice! If you're sure his tummy is full when you put him in for the night (and I'm sure you're putting him down at the same time each night), I would let him cry it out for a little while. If he doesn't calm down after ten or fifteen minutes, go in and reassure him but then lave again. I know it's hard but he should be sleeping the night with NO wake ups and if it's not fixed, it could go on for a couple more years Good Luck to you.

Paz

My son was one that didn't sleep. He slept through the night at 91/2months(he did not eat at night since 3 months, he's a big boy), but not routinely until 22 months. He had night wakefulness due to teething. Babies will sleep when they are ready and although it is hard to deal with, there is usually some reason why. I wouldn't advocate putting cereal in the baby's bottle, but if you are feeding him/her, try weaning down the amount the baby is getting, so gradually you phase it out all together. Maybe that will be the trick! They usually do eventually sleep(mine sleeps 12 hours and still takes a 3 hour nap) and you will miss the cozy time, I know you don't think so now, but now that my son sleeps so well I miss his late night cuddles!

Hi
I'm new here and I love reading everyones posts! I have a 5 month old who sleeps from 8p-4a, eats, then sleeps til 7 or 8. Both of my kids have done this. I swear by a book called Good Night Sleep Tight by Kim West, it works wonders! The best part is you read the first 3 chapters and then read the one chapter according to their age (you don't have to read the whole book at once). She does not believe in letting them cry it out, though there will be some crying! Hope this helps!

Kelly
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My lil guy will be 6 months old in a week and he too wakes twice a night. From what the pediatrician told me - it is a developmental issue. Babies just dont know how to put themselves back to sleep when they wake at night - we learn that as we grow. It was the same deal as with my older son. It just took time, patience, and slowly weening him from those two feedings. The pediatrician suggested giving him water in his bottle and within 3 nights he refused to drink a bottle...he'd just wake and we'd work with him to put him back to sleep. I know its...hard. We currently are struggling with our soon to be 6 month old...so the nights are still hard. We'll try what we did with our older son (bottle with water - because our pediatrician told us that by 6 months an infant no longer needs to eat in the middle of the night - they get enough nutrition from day feeds such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, and all the snacks.) I too tried putting cereal in the bottle (which pediatricians tell you not to do) but everyone kept telling me how it worked. So I tried it for 2 nights with my current baby boy - nope did not work at all. He still woke up twice a night. So, that just lead me to believe that it really is developmental and possibly even personality (some of us are sleeper and others arent.) I wish I had the magic formula...but I dont...just work with your baby and believe me it will pass. It's just a stage (I keep telling myself each day I'm yawning.) LOL

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There was the exact same post on here about a month ago...it may be worth reading some of that too.
I agree with the Babywise...and also about not taking everything so literally. Try it out, though. My little guy was sleeping throught the night at 3mo...8p-7:30/8a.

My oldest daughter slept through the night starting at 6 weeks. My youngest daughter started sleeping through the night around 8 months but she's 18 mos and is still getting up occasionally.

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