10 month old will not sleep through.... any ideas pleeeeese????

[aprilgirl1]

hiya, well my story, ten month old little boy who is perfect in everyway except at SLEEPING! and im starting back at work next week and dont think i will be able to function with the amount of sleep we are getting. He goes down with a fight every night about 9 ish ( would love it to be earlier )with me cradling him and on a bottle, he'll wake up about 11ish for another 7/8 oz bottle then about 2 ish for another bottle this feed he will not go back in his own cot if i left him he' lie and cry until i can take no more and get him into our bed, which he'll be there till morning with another feed at 5 then up about 8, but because he's drank so much milk during the night he's not eating much through the day, tried giving him water instead but he goes beserk and cries until he gets milk. idealy id like advice on how to get him to cut the night time feeds and sleep through but also how to get him into his own cot with out us having to sneak him in while he's asleep ??? any advic grateful xx

april, it's a battle alright, isn't it?

As much as I agree that you need to be firm
to slowly reverse the situation I am not sure
CC is the way forward at this stage.

Is he still waking up lots in the night for food?

Also agree with ratfly. I was having same problem with dd2 and what we did was start by diluting the formula with 6 scoops to 7 oz water, then the next night 5 scoops all the way down to 2 scoops. It worked well because her tummy was feeling full but she was waking hungry and actually finishing her morning milk and eating breakfast. After about 3 days of the 2 scoops she started to be able to go through because she was finally eating and drinking enough in the day.

I wouldn't have done this if she had been drinking all her milk in the day as then I would have said she was genuinely hungry but as she was only having 3 oz in the morning and was trying to drop her 2pm bottle I figured she was just getting her meals at the wrong time. Good luck!

Hi desperately seeking advice for a 9mth old who goes to bed no problem but wakes several times a night. Have followed Gina fords instructions with sleep routines and trouble shooting but each method only works for a few nights. baby is in our room as he will need to share with our 6 year old, which obviously is out of the question as he screams like the blazes. Have tried cc, drink of water, cuddling, room pitch black, now do hand on his chest and a dummy which does settle him but can take up to two hours! Have moved out room and slept on blow up bed for a week in our hall and the little blighter slept through after a couple of nights, when we moved back in, a week later he started again. He is teething badly and on his eighth tooth so is that the prob. feels like whenever things settle he gets another tooth or a cold or an ear infection that cocks the whole bloody thing up! My other two never woke from teething and slept really well. Please please help

hi
i am also in the same boat it is hell!! altho my ds has plenty food during day and is only waking out of habit.

over the last week i have stopped night feeds until 5am but he still takes hours to get to sleep and awake loads in the night.

i wish i could do cc but he gets so panicky its soooo hard

big hugs to all the fellow wakers

Hi omf - do either of you snore?? Could it be that you're waking him up without realising? Also - my 9 month old is very similar - either teeth or a cold or someone comes to stay so we can't let her shout and then we're back to square one again. It's so annoying!