11 Month Old Stop Sleeping Thru the Nite

Hi F.,
I have an 11 month old as well along with a 29 months old. OKAY, so I know exactlly what you are going through. My son was and is doing the same thing...but you have to let him go!!! I know as hard as it seems, you have to let him cry himself to sleep.
My son was still sleeping in the same room as my husband and I and I found that was part of the reason...he wanted his own space. Then when he was in his own room, he started waking once a night and I would feed him. He would fall back to sleep and there would always be half a bottle left if not more.
I figured out that, he was waking up crying, because he would move in his sleep and it would disturb him, which would really irritate him. He was ticked off:)! He didn't need a bottle...and he needed me to let him go back to sleep on his own.
What is happening with your little one is that you have reinforced the crying with Mommy waking up and getting food. It has become something that he is used to now. you have to brake the chain.
Hope this helps.

I have this problem too. My 9 month old was sleeping through since 7 weeks and suddenly started to get up through the night to eat. I am sure it's because she is hungry, she is not much of a solid eater and I think my milk is not filling her enough. I'm out of ideas though, I can only offer her solids, there's nothing I can do about her not wanting them. I have recently added some finger foods hoping she'll skip baby food and go right to solids. My son did this too, and it went on for a while and then suddenly he started to sleep through and it was never a problem again. I was not comfortable with letting either one cry it out because I have other children and it was better to get up with the baby then to have the baby wake the whole house! I'm sure its a phase, and I hope it passes soon! Good luck!

I agree with Darya's advice. I also think by 9 months old they do not need to be "stocked up" on food just to sleep through the night. My boys (25 mos and 10 mos) both did this. I was able to get the younger one to sleep through the night at 2 months. (I did this by keeping a consistent schedule). Every once in a while he will have a few days where he wakes up at night. It first happened around 5/6 months when he was learning to sit by himself. Then it happened again when he learned to crawl. He is now pulling himself to a stand and again his sleep is disrupted. Large developmental milestones require a lot out of their brains. It is harder for them to get a sound sleep. Learning how to put yourself back to sleep once you wake up is a developmental mile stone as well.

What I do is peek in the door and see that he is ok. (When he was learning to sit he could get up, but couldn't figure out how to lay down again). You can just help him get settled back down and lean into his crib talk or sing to him and go. Let him cry. Do not pick him up or feed him. Hug him or cuddle him while he is in bed, but you need to teach him that crying will not get him picked up or fed at night. We as mom's all desire to teach our kids how to be independent people someday. I don't see how constantly feeding your kid until he won't eat creates good habits. Can you imagine if you ate until you were completely full for every meal? I wish you the best and hope you get your peaceful nights back soon!

F.,

What do you do when he wakes up crying? It may just be a habit forming. For example, when he started waking up did you go in and feed him/rock him/etc.? Maybe it is that he has become used to waking and then he needs you to do whatever you have been doing to get back to sleep. My daughter got used to nursing when she would wake through the night. By nine months, I thought she should be able to go all night without nursing anymore (and her doctor confirmed). She was waking a couple times a night and would not go back to sleep unless I nursed her. To end this pattern I used the Pick-up, Put-down method that is outlined in the book, "The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems". I thought it sounded crazy, but it worked like a charm! It allows you to be there for your baby so baby doesn't have to Cry it Out. I was never one to let my daughter CIO, I just couldn't do it. This method worked so well for us. My daughter still wakes sometimes, but she can get back to sleep on her own. You can probably check the book out of a library or if you would like me to give you more details, you can send me a private message.

Good Luck!!

You can fix this! He is not eating enough during the day. Even if you think he is, he isn't. Give him more food more often. Do not worry about over feeding him-it's not possible. If he's stuffed, he won't take the food. Don't wait until he's crying to show he's hungry. By that time he's been hungry for a while. Stick to your feeding schedule, and add more to it. Also, give him a big feeding right before bed-but that isn't enough on it's own, it's the all day eating that makes the difference. It will take a few days for his body to register that he really is full, but you will see a change. I learned this form my step sister with 12 kids. She got them all to sleep through the night by 3 months.
My son has been sleeping through the night since he was 3 months-now he's 14 months, and for the first time ever he's been waking up hungry during the night because we're on a weird schedule out of town and my parents have been letting him fall asleep without his evening bottle. Just that little shortage has him waking up hungry. Also, I'm running around all day stuffing food into his mouth (he's not chubby) while they say, "I just fed him, are you sure he needs that? He's not crying.." Believe me, you can stuff him fuller! Your sleep depends on it!
Good luck, sweet dreams!
ps, When you know he's full, let him cry, don't get him in the habit of needing help sleeping, but this usually isn't an issue because he won't be waking up if he's full.

he could be getting teeth. try giving him some teething tablets and baby tylenol. try hylands tablets for teething they are great. give him a bath to soothe him before he goes to sleep. let him cry it is okay. everything will be alright.

I know this sounds dumb, but my guess is that Owen in hungry. When does he eat supper ? Can you push supper back in time so it's closer to bedtime? Maybe that would help him to hang in until morning. :-)