Sleep Problems in 9 Month Old

My daughter is now 11 months old and she started the same thing around 9 months when she learned to crawl. There really isn't any way to keep her from doing it, so the only thing you can do is try to teach her to put herself back to sleep. I noticed someone else mentioned the Ocean Wonders Aquarium. That is the BEST money you could ever spend. Luckily, ours was given to us by a friend, but if anything ever happened to it, I would run out immediately and get another one. My little one will actually play it in the morning for about 15-30 minutes before she is really ready to get up. It's like her own little snooze alarm! :-)

Hey good luck, maybe i could use some help on this one as well. I have a 17 1/2 mo. old who still wakes up a few times a night like 2 or 3. All she wants his her bottle and she'll go back to sleep right away. I know she should be off the bottle by now but she has to have it at night we have tried to take her off of it but she cant sleep without it one night she was up till 5 am cause she didnt have it when she finnaly got it she was out like a light in just a few mins. Any suggestions on how to take her off the bottle and let me get some sleep and to help her sleep all the way through the night would be appreciated. As it is i wake up a few times a night myself and with her and me i never get to sleep through the night sometimes i wake up 5 or 6 times a night i dont think i slept all the way thourgh the night since before she was born so i would appreciate any advice. Thanks a bunch

Well, she's not going to lay still at this age. It's actually normal for kiddos to wake a little in the middle of the night. If they know how to put themselves back to sleep, it's not a problem. We attached an Ocean Wonders Aquarium to the crib for both of our kids and it was wonderful. They'd wake in the night, hit the button on that, then watch the fish and listen to the music a while and go back to sleep. You could try just not going in there when she wakes up, but if she's already figured out that you'll eventually come in there, you've established a new pattern of middle-of-the-night Mommy Time :-). It will take a few nights to break the routine. You might just go in there and tell her night-night, give her a pat or hug then leave. She may throw a big fit, but if she's safe in her crib, let her. Do the same thing the next night. Hopefully by the 3rd or 4th night her fit after you leave will be shorter and she'll quit waking up. If she still wakes up after a few days, cut out the part where you enter her room and just stand at the door and say "night-night! I love you!"

This happened with my daughter also, but it has been since she was about 4 months old! I have not found anything that works and I find her in all areas of her bed in all positions throughout the night. Generally I will just let her cry a little and she will fall back to sleep. If she is just in a position that is so uncomfortable that she is really upset or I hear her banging, I will go in and move her away from the side. But I will tell you in the morning, she is always back up against the side! I will be interested to know if you find anything that works.

Hi K.,

I had a little "sleep crawler" myself and, while I can't offer any suggestions on how to get her to stop, I can say that she will probably grow out of it soon.

My daughter is almost 13 mo now and has basically stopped all the wild roamings (although I will find her in different positions all over the crib, still).

If your daughter uses a pacifier, I can tell one of the things that we did that helped me to get more rest and that was to put a pacifier in each corner and a couple along the sides when we put her down. Then, when would wake herself up by bumping the corner or side, she would usually see the paci and pop it in her mouth and go back to sleep. Unless she hit it hard or for some other reason became more awake, I would usually hear her hit, cry, pop paci and start sucking and would just wait to see if I heard anything else.

It's much better to just lie there and wait than having to go into her room!

Hang in there! It does get better.

P.

try aromatherapy. a spray that contains lavender works really well. spray it on her pillow and the blanket you cover her with. They say lavender is calming and soothing, especially if she's already sleepy!