10Month Old Eating and Sleeping Issues Help Please....

Until 1 year, babies need their nutrition to come from formula or breastmilk. Like Mamazita said, table food is only for practice right now. Be careful not to introduce too many foods at once, this can lead to food sensitivities later.

I fed on demand until 1 year old, at least. It meant late nights and waking up a lot. Many babies do not sleep through the night, mine didn't, until they are at least 1 year old. I would not nightwean until 18 months, my kids were so hungry, I could not let them cry and deny them food!

I am also of the philosophy that no baby should be left alone to cry. I consider it especially cruel at this age. If your baby is crying during the night and is hungry, feed her, it's that simple.

I'm glad you are reaching out to ask these questions. Avoid advice that "feels wrong", you are her mom, don't worry about spoiling her or "giving in to her demands" at this age, she's too young for all of that. She needs YOU, and more bottles, and more cuddles! Every baby is different, my advice might not work, but if you are listening to her cry for a half hour and it's torture for you, stop doing it. Go in and pick her up and soothe her.

At ten months her primary source of nutrition should be formula or breast milk. How much formula is she getting? Table food is just "practice" at this point and really isn't going to give her body what she needs to grow, she still needs mostly formula. So please make sure she's getting plenty of that. She's bigger and growing and so will of course need more now so keep feeding her more.
I also hope you haven't taken away her bottle yet? Sippy cups are also fine for "practice" but infants usually need to suck for at least 12 to 18 months. Not giving her a bottle means she's probably not getting what she needs and the baby is hungry, unsatisfied and therefore always awake and crying, poor thing :-(
Lots of bottles, lots of cuddles!!!

Her primary source of nutrition at this age should be formula from a bottle or breast milk (pumped or bf). Solids are really just for practice. Formula and breast milk are much more calorically dense than anything else you can feed. It sounds like she is waking up because she is hungry. I would switch to feeding her on demand. If she is no longer getting a bottle, she may just not be eating enough at each meal and then waking up hungry way sooner than she should be.

Also, I would likely go with a later bedtime. DS went into his crib when we went to bed (generally after his hopefully last feeding at 11 pm-midnight). Most babies have their longest sleep right after bedtime. If that starts at 8 pm, it is completely wasted from your perspective. If the longest sleep starts when you go to bed, you might get 5-7 hours of uninterrupted sleep once she is eating better.

A.,

Welcome to mamapedia!!

Congratulations on your baby girl!!

She's growing. So her schedule will change as will her taste buds.

So you stopped breast feeding and now she's formula fed or supplemented? Why did you do that? Ask your pediatrician if she can have Pediasure..that might help her as well.

Try oatmeal and rice - those help fill a baby up. Oatmeal is healthier than rice - but it's still good.

There is nothing wrong with eating 5 to 7 small meals a day. That might help her. The not sleeping the night through? Been there - done that - my youngest didn't sleep the night through until he was one year old and that was AFTER he had tubes put in his ears...

You might have to adjust her bedtime as she gets older!

Good luck!

Sounds like her eating habits are fine. As far as sleeping goes, you can just let her cry. Just go in calm her down by patting her back. Do not pick her up. Do not feed her during night. She does not need it. Give her water. Chances Te she might not bother getting up for water. It will take some time. Be consistent and don't give in to her.

I think she needs more formula. It has nutrients for her development that food won't supply.

Give her a good snack at bed time. This might tide her over the night time hours. But in all reality, her stomach is about the size of her fist. So she needs to eat about every 3-4 hours.

Then another thing. She's almost a year old. She's getting too much sleep for a child that age. She could be down to one nap that starts right after lunch. If she goes to bed a little later she might sleep a little later in the morning too.

I will just throw this out there.

My friends daughter had trouble gaining weight, foods never really satisfied her, could never feed her enough, etc.

She had gluten allergy and A LOT of food sensitivities. Really bad. It took them awhile to get to this conclusion. Once they did she improved. She was around a year old.

Hope you get some answers

Remember,as you know from your first one, .......the days are long but the years are fast...... But when they are sleeping the days feel like double overtime :-(.

Her belly is tiny so she requires food more often.
I would give mor formula (has more staying power) w/the breastmilk along
w/the food. She'll get more sustenance & staying power w/the formula
than the tiny bits of food she can consume.
Do you give her any Gerber baby food?
I think you'll just need to feed her more to keep her satiated.
Try giving her more formula.
Yes feed her more & more often.
She's crying because she's hungry.
Maybe she's sleeping to much, too.
Does she get any activity? Crawling, playing out on a blanket on the floor
in the living room?
Also, she might be going to bed too early.
Feed her before bedtime, make sure she isn't wet or gassy, feed her
formula when she wakes up in the middle of the night so you can see
how much she's eaten plus she'll be more satiated to sleep.
Is he teething? Sick? You can give Hyland's natural teething tablets to
help in the pre-teething stage. Later give Iinfant Tylenol, later children's
Motrin for the molars that come in.
Make sure she's not too cold.
When I went through this I just went in quietly picked up my baby, made
sure diaper was dry & gave the baby a bottle in my arms until he fell
back asleep then waited no more than 10 mins to transfer back to crib
or bassinet.
Don't let her go too long btwn feedings. Crying is her only way to let you
know she is hungry (or wet or in pain).
Hang in there tending to her needs as this stage will soon pass!
Rest/sleep when she is sleeping like during her naps in the daytime.