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Posted by Sue on June 05, 2003 at 09:46:43:
In Reply to: Major problems at night posted by Marie W. on June 04, 2003 at 11:23:24:
: My seven month old must be the world's crappiest sleeper. He goes down for the night at around 8 PM, wakes at 11 for a bottle. He will eat no more than 2-3 oz because he is sleepy and then he wakes an hour later again, and again and again. I don't know if I should give him the rest of the bottle, or nurse him or just soothe him back to sleep. He will eat another ounce and then push the bottle away and then go back to sleep only to wake up screaming another hour or two later. This goes on 3-4 times every night. (Last night he was up 5 times) I have tried to let him cry it out but it is NOT working. Help, I'm losing my sanity. : During the day he is a perfect angel - a happy, healthy baby that gets hungry once every 3-4 hours. : Added to my problems is the fact that hubby is of no help at night (except weekends). He has a very stressful job and says that the least he needs is sleep at night. I think I am going to fall sick from sleep deprivation soon.
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I agree with Kelley and Tara. It helps to establish a bedtime routine. We do the same things cereal, bath, bottle at the same time every night. Also, the binky is very helpful. The general rule is after 6 months baby's can sleep through the night without a feeding. The way we approach it with our son is if he wakes up before 3-4 am than he gets a binky, a rub on his back and he usually goes back to sleep. We have been working on crying it out. Our son hated bedtime and going to sleep. It was a real struggle The first couple of nights were brutal. But it's much improved. Even if he doesn't fall asleep right away he's content being in his crib and plays until he falls asleep. For a while he would wake up in the middle of the night and wanted to stay up for several hours, which is just not cool. But now even after his 4 am bottle, we can put him back in his crib and even if he doesn't go directly back to sleep, he plays quietly and then dozes off, this is where the binky helps too. Good luck, I feel for you the sleep deprevation can really take it's toll on you.