10 month baby not sleeping through the night
By C
@ShyBear88 (59284)
Sterling, Virginia
December 5, 2011 4:35pm CST
My daughter is 10 months old and by now I though she would be sleeping through the night. She bottle feed by formula and does eat baby food and some foods that us big people eat. We just started this weekend with trying not to feed her in the middle of he night when she wakes up. But o think I need some suggestions on getting to sleep through the night. She sleep in her own room in her owned. We have tried the binky and it works some times when she wakes up bit not all if the time.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
6 Dec 11
Some babies just don't sleep as well as others, but there are things you can do to help her. Make sure she's well fed just before bedtime, both with solid food and a bottle and change her diaper just before bedtime, just in case. Make sure she isn't getting too cold or too warm in the night; those things can waken her. See that her clothing is comfortable and doesn't bind around her. If there are noises in the night, that could be waking her. A little "white noise" like a fan (not ON her) could help that. Don't play with her for an hour or so before bedtime, but cuddle and do quiet things so she will be relaxed. Put her to bed at the same time every night and if she sleeps a lot during the day time, wake her up and get her active. If she's tired, she will be sleepy and probably sleep longer.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
6 Dec 11
I agree that all babies are different, that's why I gave you so many suggestions, hoping that one or more would help. As I said also, some babies just don't sleep as well as others. You'll probably just have to deal with it until she grows out of it or is happy to lie there by herself.
@ShyBear88 (59284)
• Sterling, Virginia
6 Dec 11
I hope she grows out of it sooner then later. Then again she could be like me a fast metabolism which makes us hugry quicker then others. At least I have my own bed to myself and my husband.
@ShyBear88 (59284)
• Sterling, Virginia
6 Dec 11
We do that already and she wakes at the smar times every night for feeds she sleeps from 9pm till 3 or 4 am before waking. So I know she is always hungry. Then again at 5 or 6 but I don't think she is hungry although she can be at some times depending on how much she ate before waking. We always feed a good 30 minutes before bed both baby food and a bottle then lay her down. She falls a sleep on her own. All babies a different. Noise don't wake her unless it's a dog barking but even then some times she doesn't wake. There isn't anything to wake her.
@icyrose123 (133)
• India
6 Dec 11
I would suggest you to observe her sleep pattern i.e
1)in 24 hrs a day at what time does she sleep and for how long?
2)check whether she falls asleep as soon as her stomach is full or she is wide awake as soon as her stomach is full
Try feeding some solids as she is 10 months old.Encourage her to sleep for long hours.Don't set a time to feed her in the mid-night.Let the baby cry then feed her.Try to make the baby sleep with you. This might make her feel comfortable,but you have to be comfortable with co-sleeping and understand how to do it properly. Just my cents.Hope this is useful for u
@ShyBear88 (59284)
• Sterling, Virginia
6 Dec 11
I know my daughters sleeping habits. She has a schedule an it's been the sane for months. So I dont see how watching her habits for a day would do anything. I can't just sit in a room and watch to see if she falls a sleep right away for naps and bed. I have a baby monitor so I can hear in the house. She always cries when she first goes done and then when she wakes. .
@ShyBear88 (59284)
• Sterling, Virginia
8 Dec 11
She wakes from her 2 naps in like 45 minutes. Why would o want to change that when her body isn't ready for it yet. All babies are different about when they are ready to be up all day. If she doesn't stop taking 2 naps by the time she is one then I'll keep her up as best as I can till 12pm. No one two children as the same. You don't want to deal with a crying 10 month old that has on he'll of a temper like her mommy. Shell cry herself to sleep if she is really tried and you try to keep her awake.
@ShyBear88 (59284)
• Sterling, Virginia
6 Dec 11
I have a toy for that and it only works when she is a sleep when going back to sleep or going to sleep she doesn't care about the music.
@francesca5 (1344)
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6 Dec 11
I only have my own experience to go on, but all my children when babies used to sleep through the night, whereas my sisters didn't. but the only noticeable difference I could detect was that she used to put them in their cots and constantly stress about whether they were asleep or not, whereas I was much more relaxed about it.
so my advice, which may be wrong, is to try relax about it yourself, just give her a nice big cuddle before you put her to bed, and try to be completely relaxed about it yourself, as if you are worrying about it she will pick it up.
@ShyBear88 (59284)
• Sterling, Virginia
6 Dec 11
I am relaxed I don't worry about her while she is sleeping. Just because someone else babies don't sleep through the night doesn't mean the parents are worried. My daughter been sleeping in her own bd since she was 4 months in a different room. I never worried about her safety in her crib. Most babies don't sleep through the night ring away because of there feedings and how much they need to bed feed at so a small age.
@fantabulus (4000)
• India
6 Dec 11
You are right 10 months baby sleeping in the day time and not sleeping in the night time. My daughter was also crying in night time and me my husband are worry about her. But now she are growing and not crying.
@ShyBear88 (59284)
• Sterling, Virginia
6 Dec 11
My daughter doesn't sleep much in the day. He takes a nap that's it in the day the rest of the day she is a wake other wise then that nap and bed time. She almost sleeps through the whole night bit she does wake up for feedings which is normal for a younger nlbaby then one that is almost a year.
@naomi321 (48)
• China
6 Dec 11
i have the same feeling. my baby is one year old now,and she wakes up several times to eat during night,which makes me sleepy bad. what's worse,she is addicted to milk. she eats food less,leading innutrition. so she is always sick.it is a difficult job to look after a baby,but there is no doubt she can bring you endless joyment.it will get better when she grows big.
@ShyBear88 (59284)
• Sterling, Virginia
6 Dec 11
What I did with my daughter to get her to eat baby food and food is I take good of her milk and give her a slip then take it away and make her eat one bit of food or else she can have it back. This did the trick with my daughter at 6 months. She loves really food but likes her milk because it fills her tummy quicker then baby good and real food so in the day when she first wakes gets a small milk bottle then real food for lunch before a nap and after. Then another between meals and then food for dinner with a small bottle to bed. I got my daughter to two feedings a night bow that I stopped feeding her at one of them that shell sleep through.
@post2sawa (88)
• Philippines
6 Dec 11
As we grow old the amount of foods we need get higher, it is also applicable with babies as they grow they need more milk or foods for them you can notice that on the first 2 months most babies can only drink about maximum 4oz of milk, when they grow the amount of milk they drink becomes higher from 4oz-8oz some until 10oz. reaching the 6th mos onwards they also have baby foods together with their milk.
your baby only needs more foods as they grow that is why they awake in the middle of the night because the amount of food they eat and milk they drink might not be enough for them.
@ShyBear88 (59284)
• Sterling, Virginia
6 Dec 11
My daughter eats a 4 oz baby food jar before bed as well as a 10 oz baby bottle. I have to disagree with you on your statement. Feeds should get less over time but the amunt in t that feeding in rears my daught will eat a 4 oz bottle and be happy for 4 hours to 5 hours including a nap. Every baby is different and the amounts a baby eats isn't going to be the same as someone less each person metabolism is different as well.
