10 Month Old Non-sleeper

A warm bath with the relaxing wash & lotion really help my active, almost 11 month old, to calm down before bed. You could also try a snuggly blanket, satin on one side is what my son likes. Maybe you could sleep with it one night, so it smells like you. Then rock him with the blanket & put him down just before he falls asleep. Good luck.

My 10 month old was up every hour on the hour at night no matter what I did too, for 8 long weeks. I finally did what my pediatrician said, give her benadryl for several weeks an hour before bedtime. It worked like magic! Apparently once a person's sleep cycle i mesed up, you have to re-set it. I did the rocking, bottles, crying it out, going back in every minute, letting her sleep in my room, all of it but nothing worked. She is 16 months old now and sleeping from 8p to 7a STRAIGHT. Benadryl is safer than almost any medication and is not harmful to babies. Please email me if you need support, it is incredibly hard I know. Best to you,
L.

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My daugther went through the same thing when she turned a year old. When she was six months she would sleep through the night and sometimes I would have to go wake her in the mornings. Well, we found that she was already to drop her monring nap. When she did that she was ready to sleep through the night. It took a while for the transition. Maybe he is that he is ready to drop a nap during the day..?? (he may have just hit a growth spurt and got used to waking up every hour also).My son who is 8 months wants to be held 24 7. Where my daugther was wanting to get down to play all of the time at that age. Each kid is different. I try to play peek-a-boo with him. So, he'll know that I will be back shortly. Hopefully this helps!!

I had this problem with my 3 year old son until he was about 2. He was happy and talking all the time but bedtime came and he scream constantly. It turned out he had acid reflux. The first night we gave him zantac he fell asleep fast and stayed asleep. I would talk to the doctor.

Good luck,
L.

Hi.. well you had me!!! I thought you were talking about Josh!!!! hahhhahaahahah

OK.. Sadly... It has got to get better hu!!! WE hope!!! My son wont sleep... And then boom.. He started to take a nap again... 3 out of 5 days!!!!! I feed him.. and he will dozzzz off.. Sadly Yes I rock him to sleep.... I know I know I know!!! but whatever!!!!!

at night he was up every other hour and even up for 2 days at a time!!!! I love him I told myself!!! To get him any sleep I had to hold him.... I was sooooooooooo sleeepy!!!!!

I tried warm milk..... I tried to get some cereal in him... bath time at night thing... bathtime lotion!!!!! No lighs on...

Nothing worked.... I tried to let him Cry it out.. That did not work!!! GERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

I will be checking your responces to see what I can try next...

I hope we all get some sleep soon!!!

JOsh used to sleep!!! and is starting again sort of sleeping through night...

Good luck and happy sleep!!!!

Try feeding your child cereal before he goes to bed. If he still drinks a bottle of formula, put the cereal in his bottle. If it is an 8 oz. bottle, put 2 oz. of cereal in the bottle and then put in the formula. Put a slit in the nipple and feed it to him. My five month old has been sleeping through the night since she was two months old because I gave her cereal.

I am a mother of two boys and though they are very strong willed I would call the doctor and see if maybe there is an ear issue or something that is not letting him sleep. Lying down might be bothering him or something. It never hurts to try the doc!

Have you considered bringing him to sleep with you? That can help both with soothing and with separation anxiety. It's much easier to get babies back to sleep with just a "shh shh" when they're first starting to wake up, without having to get out of bed or even move yourself.

It works for my daughter. She goes to bed in her own bed most of the time, but if I'm especially tired and don't want to get up at all in the middle of the night, I bring her to my bed instead.

If it only takes 10 minutes to rock him to sleep, I don't see the problem. They are only that little once, and you'll later cherish those moments when you know yours was the last face he saw before drifting into dreamland.

It's quite likely he's teething, so if he's fussy with the teeth, then you can get him some Hyland's Teething Tablets.

Otherwise, if he just wants his mama to hold/rock him a bit, I don't blame him one bit.

Talk to a doctor! (sent you a personal message that was in more detail...but since there are others waiting to hear responses...)
The kidos could be teething. When they get older it is less obvious they are teething...but it will disrupt sleep patterns. They also might be having allergies or other medical issues that are making it hard for them to sleep.
My kid suffers from night terrors and nightmares (I don't wish this on ANYONE!!!!) And it gets worse when she is in a growth spurt or something has changed in her routine (like when the sitter's daughter had to start school up again...). With nightmares they are awake and will usually cry and whimper and possibly shake...but they are concious (sp?). With night terrors you are awaken by HORRIBLE BLOOD CHILLING SCREAMS but you go in there and the baby is not with it. they might be sitting up, there eyes might be open...but there are not aware you are there. They are actually still asleep. This is a form of sleep walking (and thing like that are genetic....I was a sleep walker until 14). With this people make the mistake of waking up the kid (either by accdient or on purpose) and that can leave them scared and very clingy. For this my Doc perscribed a shot of Benadryl before bed to help her sleep deeper so she wouldn't dream. After about a week we could stop the meds and she would be back to normal.

So my point....never under estimate that it could be a medical issue. Not sleeping well is not always behavioral.

have you tried giving him a warm bath before bedtime? or what about the calming lotions that always works with my little one