night wakings at 10 almost 11 months!

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eplo19

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my daughter is almost 11 months and since about 2 months ago, she started to wake up once to three times in the middle of the night- most of the time for a feeding. She used to be sleeping thru the night at 2 months old til 9 months old. At 9 months she was sick with te stom flu and since then, been waking up in the middle of the night for 1-2 feedings. Is she really hungry or just used to this ? What should I do? I'm feeding her lots already during the day. Has anyone else experienced this?
 
i wish it was only 1-2 times per night. my son is 23 months. last night he woke up 4 times!!! he HATES being alone and so he cries and screams until we go in. problem is he has been in a proper bed since he was 12 months. this means he's been ablet o get out of bed himself since then. we're having a hell of a time breaking this habit, but we are trying.

good luck!
 
My baby is 8 months and wakes many times during the night- upto 10 times, sometimes Ive noted for a breastfeed to sleep. I guess thats just they way he is. He sleeps with us cause I just couldnt keep getting him out of the cot all night. I wouldnt dream of letting my little one scream it out, cause ""SCREAM"" very loudly would be just what he would do and that would be very upsetting for everyone. My bub also BF often during the day aswell as solids, I believe his night feeding is for comfort as my bub refused a dummy. Luckily the wakeings are quiet and dont disturb my husband at all. Im used to it now and the feedings are sort of dreamy and I just fall back to sleep.
If the night wakings are affecting you mabe its time to try to do something about it. I dont believe in the 'cry it out' method. There is a good book called the "No Cry Sleep Soluction". I believe its available from The GeoBay shop. GOOD LUCK
 
I use 'The baby whisperer' - Tracy Hoggs and it has worked wonders for me. Every method I try from her book has worked for me.
I'm no expert, but eplo19, from the sounds of it, it seems like baby is waking out of habit and not from hunger. You need to stop feeding her in the middle of the night. My baby is almost 1 yr old and I've been doing the 'wind down ritual', bath, breast, bed & book around 7 ish. Then I 'dream feed' her around 10:30-11, and she usually sleeps through the night - of course there is the occasional night wakings. Try reading the different books and give the methods a go, but remember to stick to it for at least a week or two before giving up and trying a diff method !
Good luck .....
 
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Gosh I could be reading about my own almost 11 month old!!! I have resorted to Gina Fords routines and touch wood on day 4 we have gone from 5 wakenings to one. Unfortunately she is an advocate of crying it out but what can I say it has worked for us!Good luck!
 
Noella - congrats! Once you can sleep through the night, your quality of life improves drastically. I found that once my 10 month old slept through, the time I spent with her during the day was more enjoyable.

'Crying it out' gets a very bad wrap, but there are degrees. Like many babies, my (exclusively bf) baby was waking 2-5 times at night at 10 months - the only thing I could do to put her back to sleep was to nurse her. So, I tried a little 'Ferberizing'. To my amazement, she slept through on the 3rd night! The first night, we had one session of about 40 minutes of crying, the second about 20. But, it's not continuous. We left her for 5 mins before going in to lie her back down and soothe her. Then 10 mins, then 15 mins. She soon soon managed to get herself back to sleep without our intervention.

I know it's a controversial subject, but it worked for us and I really don't think it was cruel. It's worth a try at least. I feel for those mothers who have toddlers still waking at night; I know I would have had a breakdown by now if I was still nursing through the night.
Just my thoughts...
 
There is also another great book Im reading now called "Nightime Parenting" by Pediatrician Dr William Sears. He has 6 children of his own, one of them 'high need', like my bub. He explains in his book the long term affects on a child of the "crying it out method" and suggests other ways of helping your bub to sleep through the night.
In the end though, you have to do whats right for you and your family. Good luck
 
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Hi All,

I have an 8th month old who has been waking up for the past 2 months at night. He was such a sweet baby since 2 months sleeping through the night. However, in the last 2 months, he is crying 2 - 3 times at night in a dreamy state. We can't seem to soothe him back to sleep. The only thing that we can do is to wake him up and hold him for awhile. Once he is awake, he stops crying and goes back to bed immediately. But I feel bad that we have to interrupt his sleep like this to get him to stop crying. He looks like he is crying in his dreams since his eyes are always closed. And he looks like he wants to go back to sleep but couldn't.

Can someone please help me in this since I am running out of reasons to know what is going on with my son? (I had checked all of teh usual reasons - too hot, too cold and hungary.)

Thanks!

ChipMama
 
I heard the wives tales that when you are playing with the baby too much in the day time like making the baby laugh all the day, can caused the baby has bad dream and he will have sleepless night... well.. that's what my mom used to tell me..
 
I think Ferber uses 'controlled crying' in his sleep method. A much nicer way is: The no-cry sleep solution by Elizabeth Pantley
 
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