Sleep - Summerville, SC

Hey my daughter was the same way try feeding more food before bed. It help a little for me but we finally just let her cry one night when she woke up and now she sleeps through the night. my daughter didnt get up that much but maybe this may help you. Good luck

Hello A., I just posted this response to another mom who had a similiar question also. My pediatrician told me that babies go through certain age transitions, where they will sleep through the night, and then they hit certain ages, and they dont. My daughter is 2, and she went through 2 or 3 transitions like this. I suggest getting your child into a nightly routine. That has helped my daughter greatly. I tell her its time to get ready for bed, and she goes to her room. We change her diaper, put night time lotion on (the lavendar calming really helps), put on her pajamas, read the same two books every night, then tell daddy night night, and get her cup. I have found that by doing the same routine every night, she realizes its time to go to sleep, and started staying asleep. The lavendar calming lotion is cheap and you can even get the off brand. It really helps relax them, and helps them get sleepy. Good luck!

Its all about routines....Play, bath,reading a book, and put to bed at the same time every night!

during the day when he wants to take a nap try keeping him. or try doing playing a really physcial activity with him right before bed. works for my two little girls

I have learned w/mine all those lil fusses if you try and put up with a lil crying they will go back to sleep and after a few days of dealing w/ the fussy then it will help build into more hours of sleep....I also put cereal in with the bedtime bottle...My 10-month old has slept all night since 6 weeks when I went back to work so when she waks up once here and there no a days its ok to me....one other trick I did kinda bad was put her in bed with me....she sleeps great next to me and next night did great on her own....

Hi, I have a 10 month old and he kinda did the same thing when started teething real bad, my husband and I give him a bath and let him play a bit, then he gets his night time lotion, it really works the claming lotions are great, then we put on his cd of kids music and do a little danceing while he is getting his pjs on. This usally does the trick when he is being a bit fussy, Hope this helps.

Hi A.:
The first time I had to let my daughter scream her self to sleep was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do! I felt so guilty - but, it worked. She's two now, and she knows when it's bedtime - not to say she doesn't have a problem with that, but it's much easier. I rock her and hum one lullabye, and down in her bed she goes. Sometimes she decides it's not in her best interest to go to bed right then, and she'll cry for a few minutes. We also have a fan in her room - that keeps any outside noise down and the noise from the fan soothes her to sleep. Hope it helps!

My son was the same way with sleep and there is not much to do with a restless sleeper. Remeber we can not make them sleep, we are not them. but you can coach him to return back to sleep on his own by using the method that I used was called the extinction method (it was a bit harsh at first because God knows i do not like to hear my baby cry) You have to allow them to put themselves back to sleep without help ( no rocking
cradle or staying with them) granted you can check on them but I found that makes it harder on the child. so in the beginging it took my son 45min!! the first time We tried but he slept throught the night! and each night it got less and now he's 21 months and he sleeps through the night but boy did it take a while

another method is the essential oil lavander 10 drops in the bath and 6 on his pillow (allow pilow to dry you can drop it on the pillow then apply pillow case over pillow) at night lavander calms them and will help him sleep

hope i was helpful
my name is T. griffin i live in durham and i'm a mother of 2 my son is 21 months and daughter is 9 months both born in december.. so I feel your pain
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There are several things that I did that may help you. Every baby is different. I read just before I had my daughter to make the house dark at bedtime and quiet. Make is bright and sunny during the day. This helped me with her to sleep all night long from 6 weeks up.

Another thing I did was increased the amount of milk just before bed. I would make it a little warmer too. I left a fan on. Babies like "white noise".

I would massage her gums with a warm wash cloth too, just before bed.

Hope this helps.

Good luck.

Jen