im concerned that my son may have a sleeping problem he is 1 year and has still yet never slept an entire night he still wakes for a bottle 3-4 times a night even if he's been fed alot before bed ive tried everyting any advice would be greatly appreciated.....
He should already be sleeping through the night. Put water in his bottle, and he should lose interest in it. Also, do not get up and go in his room when you hear him. He must learn how to go back to sleep with out the bottle.
I would call his doctors or go see his doctor cause there might be some other problem that could be causing this to happen it is a good idea to know if what you do is right for what is happening good luck
Oh, don't worry. First, it's entirely common in healthy babies to wake at least once a night past their 2nd birthday.
Second - and i just read about this in The No-Cry Sleep Solution by what's her name Pantley - what is probably going on is, your son is used to using the bottle to go to sleep. When he wakes - and think about it, most people, even adults, wake at night - he just doesn't know how to go back to sleep without the feeling of sucking on that nipple.
Speak of the devil. my daughtr just woke from her nap. get that book! she describes gently removing th nipple as he's drifting but not asleep, and progressing from there to independence from the bottle.
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QUIT feeding him in the night!!!! He may have to cry it out.
We had the same problem with our daughter. It was recommended that just before bedtime, give him a bottle with rice cereal mixed in. It worked wonders! My daughter would often do the same thing Jack does. It seemed that she would only fall asleep out of exhaustion from crying, and then wake up an hour later. The bottle/cereal mixture seemed to do the trick for us. I hope it works for you.
my doctor told me when my son was about 3 months old that he shouldn't be waking up that much to eat. He's probably not hungry, it's just habit. And it's no fun to let them cry it out, but it's worth it. Good luck!
At 12 months,the bottle at night has nothing to do with being hungry - it is a habit and it will be a very hard habit to break. It appears that drinking a bottle is the only way he knows to calm himself back to sleep.
I had the same problem with my son until he was around 8-9 months old. He just got into the habit of us comforting him and couldn't soothe himself back to sleep. We used the Richard Ferber method for him. I thought personally that it worked well for him. We let him cry for short periods of time giving him comfort at certain intervals.We only had to so this for a few nights. We also bought a V-Tech nightime soothing projector that plays nature sounds and lullabies. It attached to the crib. He is 23 months old and we still have it in his room, even though he is now in his big boy bed! I hope you guys get some rest soon!!!
I am a mom of a 18 month old who never slept all nite until he was 12 months. It took me letting him cry for about 25 minutes 2 nights before he slept all nite. Ever since then our nights are GREAT.
sorry to say it but they are all different....my first son was 4 weeks when he started sleeping all night, my daughter was 9 months, my last son was 18 months! you can try things like adding cereal and not giving in to what he wants, or needs at night, or try giving him water instead of milk in a bottle so he's not used to getting full at night, but i did all those things and it still worked out that way...they are just all different. don't worry, these days will pass, so don't rush them. good luck.
