One Year Old Girl Still Wakeing up Twice a Night to Eat.

Honey my daughter is almost 2 and she still wakes up. I askedmy pediatrician and she said as long as it is not every night its fine. She may be growning (kids tend to grow at night). Or she may just be thirsty. My daughter will be 2 in about a month and she just recently started sleeping through the night. And every onnce in a while she still wakes up. One thing that helped transition her was that after she was alseep I would go in and switch her sippy cup from milk (yes i let my baby go to sleep with milk... i know shame on me) to ice water. That way when she wakes she grabs the cup and goes back to sleep. Just thought I would throw that out there for ya.

Have you tried No Cry Sleep Solution, or Dr. Sears? He has some info on his website at http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/T070100.asp

I don't know that nightwaking is really a "problem", though. I still wake up at night occasionally and wander out to the kitchen for a drink or a snack, and I'm 28. ;) Your baby can't do that; her only way to get what she needs is to cry and hope that you respond. It can be very scary for a little one when no one comes when she cries. They're so helpless and dependent on us for everything!

My daughter just turned one this month, up to about 10 months old she was waking up during the night as well to eat, I couldn't figure out why because I thought she ate 3 good meals that day, well I read that some babies like to be "filled up" before bed so we give her rice cereal about 8pm (we let her go to sleep at 9--its a good schedule for us) and then a bottle and she falls fast asleep, and she sleeps til 7-9 in the morning, after 10 months of my baby not sleeping very well to getting her to sleep 10-12 hours a night has been GREAT!!! And the reason they say to give them right cereal is because its easy on there tummy and it won't give them gas so they can sleep well without waking up with a tummy ache. Let us know how it goes. Good luck!!

My son used to wake up every hour for a feeding, which was enough to send a new mother off the deep end! So, desperate, I talked to his physician. She told me to give him baby cereal before bed. I would mix it in his bottle, and then once he was about 1 yr. old, I started mixing it in a bowl for him. It worked wonders for me, and he became a sound sleeper of 12 hrs! I hope this works for you.

Have you tried a white noise machine? You mentioned that she is a light sleeper. If she got used to the white noise machine she may not notice the other sounds. Also try waiting 5 minutes before going in, see if she can soothe herself back to sleep. 4 am is not bad with giving her the bottle. But I really wonder what makes her wake 3 or 4 times a night? My girls maybe wake once before 7 am. First we try a pacifier if they don't want that they get a bottle. Usually between 2-4am and they sleep from about 8pm-7am. Also how much does she weigh, does she get enough to eat during the day? Maybe she's making up for it at night? Hope this helps a bit.

C.,

we've all been there. Couple of questions:

1. How long do you let her cry? You can go in, settle her with some soothing, and then walk out, do the gradual thing. It's hard to hear your baby sound like she's hurting.

2. Does she eat a good filling meal before bed? at about a year, I found my kids needed more than a bottle. It sounds like I was cheating, but I often gave them pasta at night before bathing and bed. about 45 minutes or so. At that point - they were both ready for bed. I took the idea from my "lunch induced comas" from work, lol. I was ready to nap after lunch about 45 minutes after lunch ended.

3. Can you try putting a little cereal in her bottle? I know that some people say that's bad, but I breastfed, and bedtime when I needed to use the crib was a battle. If I pumped and hten put a bit of cereal in the bottle - then fed my son - he slept for a solid two or three hours longer than he would have with just breast milk.

Let us know how it goes...

T.

My son is 17 months and he STILL wakes up once a night. I don't think that it is very abnormal. Did you ask your pediatrition about it?

Hi C., I also have a 1 year old daughter (sept. 17th was her birthday) who doesn't sleep thru the night. she is up quite often, i only give her one bottle during the night and thats around 4am. the other times i give her a pacifier, if i don't go to her and comfort her she screams, so much and so loud you can hear her outside and you would think someone is hurting her.she even makes herself sick n out of breath from crying n screaming i have tried everything from letting her cry it out (which didn't work) to giving her cereal before bed. I am at my wits end and very exhausted. Oh and I get up with her at nite too because my hubby works almost 18 hours a day. I know where you are coming from and you are not alone. I know that this isn't advice, but I just wanted you to know there are other mommies (me) dealing with the same issues. If ya need to talk, I am here for ya.

J.

It sounds to me that your little one is not getting enough to eat before bed to fulfill her throughout the night. I would try to give her something that is filling about an hour before bed. that might hold her off until morning.

K.