My baby is 7 months and is still waking twice a night how do i break habit?
I’m breastfeeding him and he eats 3 solid meals a day he really shouldn’t be hungry. I’ve tried leaving him to cry he just goes on and on so i just go and feed him but i’m a wreck i don’t always fall asleep straight away afterwards. What cn i do?
My daughter is 11 months, and two wake-ups is a good night!
Have you considered he might be teething? My daughter is always worse during teething. If you think that might be it, try teething powder, gel, and if it’s really bad, baby painkillers.
If it’s not teething, it’s just about keeping a consistent routine and waiting it out until he’s ready to settle himself I think. My daughter is getting better at that, and I think in a few months things will have changed for the better.
My daughter is 11 months, and two wake-ups is a good night!
happy wife and mum - April 10th, 2010 at 6:15 pmHave you considered he might be teething? My daughter is always worse during teething. If you think that might be it, try teething powder, gel, and if it’s really bad, baby painkillers.
If it’s not teething, it’s just about keeping a consistent routine and waiting it out until he’s ready to settle himself I think. My daughter is getting better at that, and I think in a few months things will have changed for the better.
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Hire a nanny to look after him.
Hugo - April 10th, 2010 at 7:03 pmReferences :
Don’t leave him alone.
Latal - April 10th, 2010 at 7:31 pmHe will grow up and everything will be fine.
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Why did you have kids if you did not want to be woke at night ?
Pal - April 10th, 2010 at 8:11 pmReferences :
There’s nothing you can do in my opinion. Babies wake frequently. Many babies don’t sleep through the night until two years of age. My 4 and a half month old still wakes up 4 times a night at the minimum. It’s part of being a parent.
You can do sleep training – which involves various ways of letting your son cry. I personally do not believe in sleep training, especially for babies under one year, and believe that in their own time they will sleep through the night.
I LOVE my Thumbs-Down Fairy!!! - April 10th, 2010 at 8:28 pmReferences :
we bought a cot soother that has a vibration mode. The vibration mode feels like driving in a car to the baby so with the click of a button the soother starts up and our baby is fast asleep again. I could not have made it thru the past 11 months without mine!
Moral Guardian - April 10th, 2010 at 9:03 pmReferences :
At 7 months he should be sleeping through the night. If he is waking up, it’s not because he is truly hungry, it’s for comfort nursing and because it has now become a routine for him to wake up and night nurse. If I were you, when he wakes up, let him cry it out for about 20 min. If he doesnt go back to sleep, go in his room, and try and comfort him by rocking him, dont turn lights on or go out of his room, even hoild him so where he can see his crib, if he doesnt fall back asleep, lay him down and let him cry a little longer. but if you nurse him to sleep during naptimes, this wont work either. your baby has to learn to put himself to sleep, you both will be happier in the end. iut will be tough at first, because he is so used to nursing.
Leslie - April 10th, 2010 at 9:36 pmI did this with my son, and he was sleeping through at about 10 weeks. Stick it out! I hope I helped you a little!
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If he is not teething, leave him a bit longer before getting up – your dancing to his tune and it’s a hard habit to break. Leaving him a bit longer will train him out of him thinking one squawk and you come running. He will also be that little bit more tired and ready to sleep longer or through the night. Don’t make a rod for your own back or it’ll go on and on and on and on and on……
Kimberella - April 10th, 2010 at 10:14 pmReferences :
Ok he is only 7 months! What makes you think he will be in a perfect routine when he hasnt even been alive a full year?!
Too many people put pressure on their babies to fit into to a pattern of sleep/behaviour that is easier for them. You have to go with what your baby wants.
It is probably not that he is hungry just that he has got into the habit of crying and then you give in a feed him so he expects that. Stop the bottles in the night completely no matter how much he cries, its tough but eventually he will learn to fall asleep without it. Breastfed babies especially often use feeding as a form of confort. Perhaps its time to switch to a bottle? They go longer between feeds generally anyway and also make sure you put him to bed awake so he learns to fall asleep by himself, even if he cries at first he will get used to it – just check on him every now and then but dont talk to him or stimulate him just maybe cuddle him till he stops crying then put him back down, even if he cries straight away again dont pick him back up. Its tough love but it works trust me.
Chattmom25 - April 10th, 2010 at 10:50 pmReferences :
Mother of 5 children – youngest is 6months so I’ve been there!
Please do not leave your son to cry. Babies cry because it is their only method of communicating that there’s something wrong and they need mummy or daddy. A baby left to cry doesn’t stop because he’s "self soothed", he stops because he’s given up hoping someone will come.
It doesn’t matter that he "shouldn’t be hungry"…babies don’t just wake because of hunger. Maybe he’s too hot, cold, uncomfy from a wet nappy, teething or just simply worried about something and needs his mummy. He’s only little. Go to him, comfort him, he’ll sleep through in his own time. If you need some extra sleep, try laying with him in your bed (as long as you haven’t been drinking, taking drugs that may make you sleepy, keep duvet/pillows away from him). That always works wonders for my son, he’s comforted by being close to mummy and daddy and we can all catch up on some sleep.
starelda - April 10th, 2010 at 11:04 pmReferences :