9 mth old waking at 3am, 4am, 6am and 8 am....help me b4 i jump off a bldg!!!

[rita2007]

i don;t know what to do anymore. have dr in a routine that should work but he wakes up through the night, usually 3am, 4am, 6am and 8 am just for his dummy or a cudle. tonight i plan on letting him cry it out. am i going about it the right way? what else can i do?? help please!

it's v. frustrating when that happens. My dd did the same, fortunately it didn't last very long. I found if I didn't speak to her or put the light on she got the idea and went back to sleep pretty quickly! Have you tried supper and milk before bedtime? It's hard I know but it won't last for ever. If only we could wave a magic wand....!
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ya, he gets solids, then a mushy banana which is suppose to release carbs slowly and keep them full longer and then milk. when he wakes at 3, 4, 6 and 8.....he just seems to want his dummy. tonight i am gonna try the cry it out technique....i hope its the right thing to do.

Although my ds wasn't that bad, he did habitually wake up at night until he was about 9m old. I eventually cracked it by letting him shout it out. He would scream for about 2hrs before going back to sleep , but after 4 nights he slept through . He's been fine ever since (apart from waking up too early!).

I don't think you can expect them to sleep beyond 6 or 7 am though and certainly not 8, especially if they've gone to bed in the early evening. Some babies do, but many wake up early. Lie ins are a long missed luxury !

My DS1 started waking up five or six times a night and wanting his dummy. We had to go cold turkey and got rid of it and then let him cry it out. He finally slept through at about 7 months. He did, however, become very attached to his Blankie instead of the dummy, and it is harder to lose that in the night so I think that helped.

Am currently struggling with twins who are 5 months. One sleeps really well but the other doesn't, and they wake each other up. So often the one who sleeps well still gets woken by the annoying one who wails for milk. Am waiting til they are older before I get really mean with them.