9 month old keeps waking at 11.15pm and wont go back to sleep

[mumtolou]

hi can someone please help me my son of 9 months keeps waking at 11.15 pm every night for the past 4 weeks he gos to bed a 7 and goes asleep by him self in the cot no problem there .but come 11.15 he is screaming and crying now i've done the wait 5 min and go back to him and dont talk but it is not working and i am now at my wits end
any suggestions anyone please........also if i let him cry he wakes my 5 yr old up and then she starts crying cos she cant get back to sleep

also he wont settle in my bed ive tried it.and he seem to scream more.

Could he be waking for a feed?

Does he nap ok in the day? Sometimes this is a result of being overtired when they go to sleep - so they wake up screaming...

Does he nap ok in the day? Sometimes this is a result of being overtired when they go to sleep - so they wake up screaming...

Is it always exactly the same time? I've heard very good things about a method called 'wake to sleep' which seems to be just stirring the child an hour before he would normally wake. The theory is that it breaks the pattern of habitual waking.

My DD wakes at random times so I've not been able to try it myself, but apparently it's very successful. I think there is quite a bit on it in the archives.

thanks for ur replys he sleeps fine during the day its just at night he goes done fine and goes off to sleep on his own .he always used to wake for a bottle a 10.30 pm but now when he wakes he doesnt want anything to drink .so gods knows might try wake to sleep any other comment welcome thanks i'll try anything lol

Some random threads on wake to sleep:

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I too have the same problem. My 8 month old wakes at about 11 pm religiously and I cannot get him back to sleep for love or money. He goes down ok for his sleeps and naps by himself no problem but he will not re settle at 11pm. He is currently getting his top three teeth all coming through at once but we give him medicine/ and even have tried Medised and he still howls for about an hour or two. Last nighht I held him, rocked walked about the house with him even gave him milk . He finally fell asleep in my arms around 1.30am . I am dreading tonight so too would welcom any other suggestions .