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so nattie is 10 months old and STILL isnt sleeping through the night. i feed her before bed, and she still wakes up around 330 for a bottle and then sleeps until about 9 or 930. other than feeding her cereal and a jar of food at 11pm what are some other things i can try to help her sleep all night for once?

Some might disagree with this, but I found Aidan sleeps better on his stomach. By ten months, the baby is able to turn if they want to anyway.

Amy, my first didn't sleep through the night until he was 2 1/2...years old, that is. Not to scare you, but just like the thread earlier about walking, each child is different and does things on his or her own schedule. My second did it earlier but not consistently until she was close to 2 or so.
Good luck, though! I hope for you that she amkes it all night sooner than mine did!

We had about a week of what you are talking about and I went insane! Waking up at night was NO FUN! My DD has always been a great sleeper (except this week of I don't even know what) but what we did was keep her up pretty much all day for a few days and put her on a very very strict schedule feeding her every X amount of hours with baby food and every x amount of hours with a bottle. Then we just pretty much created a schedule for her that worked for us. Not sure but you could give it a try. Hopefully you will find something that works for you soon.

We had this same problem at 4 months with our daughter. She would wake up at 4am for a feeding. Our ped. told us that she absolutely didn't need that food anymore and was big enough to sleep through the night, so we had to let her cry it out. I know some people aren't a big fan of that, but it only took us two nights, and I knew it was good for her to learn how to sleep all night and she was more rested...it also gave us a good nights sleep! Our instructions were to go in and let her see us when she started to cry, but not to touch her, and then go in 5 mins. after that, then 15 min. intervals after that. That way they aren't scared and they know you will always come back. The first night it went on for 2 hours, but then she went to sleep. The second night was for about 15 mins. The third night she didn't even wake up. We followed the rules exactly and it worked. You can't give in or he will know if he keeps on, he will eventually get food. Her crying during those two nights were her mad cry, so I knew she wasn't hurting or scared. She just wanted what she was use to getting - food! It was worth it in the end and she is a very good sleeper now.
Good luck!

We also did CIO and it worked for us. It took 8 days for us but it worked.

This book also helped me:
http://www.amazon.com/Healthy-...id=1219930285&sr=1-1

Good luck!

I was coming to suggest CIO too. In my opinion at that age she isn't waking up because she's actually hungry (unless she isn't eating enough during the day, but it sounds like she is), but because it has become a habit.

I would probably just quit cold turkey, do the ferber method of CIO, and buckle down for 2-3 tough nights, BUT there are more gradual methods too. One I have heard works really well is to replace that middle of the night bottle with a bottle of water. ONLY give her the water when she wakes - eventually the theory is that she is supposed to figure out it's not worth waking up just for water. Not sure how well that actually works though.

Good luck!!!

What time do you put her to bed? It sounds like if she is sleeping till 9 or 9:30 she may be staying up too late at night. Maybe if you put her to bed earlier (probably 8 PM or earlier) and make sure she has had plenty to eat / drink during the day, maybe she would be able to sleep till a more reasonable hour (maybe till 7 AM) and then at that point wake up for her breakfast and a bottle (or cup) and be up for the day... instead of waking up at 3AM for a bottle and then going back to sleep for several more hours. Also, I wouldn't try to get her to skip naps in hopes that it will get her to sleep longer at night. For a lot of babies hat just makes them cranky, over tired, and harder to get them to go to sleep at bed time. But, that said, I would try to get her on a regular nap schedule and try (if possible) to avoid having her nap in the late afternoon / early evening. With Will if he naps too late in the day, he ends up going to bed too late. Sometimes it can't be helped, though, because he just isn't tired yet at his normal nap time.

I agree with what some of the other posters have said. At 10 months she probably does not need to be fed in the middle of the night. Some babies may still need to be, but for most I think it is just habit at this point. However, I would caution you against the CIO method. It isn't the one-size-fits all solution the "experts" and everyone else makes it out to be. It doesn't work with all babies. We tried it the 1st time when Will was 6 months old, to try to get him out of our bed and into his crib. We read the books, online articles, handouts from our pediatrician and did it exactly the way we were instructed. We tried it for almost 3 1/2 weeks. At first it seemed to work. He cried a couple of hours the first night, went to sleep, and then woke up in the middle of the night and cried a couple more hours. Then the time he spent crying each night slowly decreased to almost nothing. But after a few days or so of "improvement", it would start all over again. While we were doing CIO Will became very cranky and clingy during the day. He was also very overtired and started to refuse to nap. It took a while for him to get back to normal. Then at 10 months we decided to try it again, thinking that maybe he just wasn't ready the first time. Wrong! It was so much worse the 2nd time. This time we only tried it for a few days. One night he cried for 4 hours. In only a few days we already had started to have the same problems as the 1st time we tried it, so we decided to stop before we did more damage. Normally he would be content to entertain himself crawling / cruising around and playing with his toys while I did chores, etc. After doing CIO this time I couldn't hardly put him down at all and I defiantly couldn't leave the room even for a second. When I even just tried to do the dishes all he would do is just sit at my feet and cry. He's back to normal now, but he still sleeps in our bed.

But, babies have different personalities and different things work for different people. You know your baby better than anyone else, so if you think CIO would work for her, then give it a try. It does seem to work well (and quickly) for some people, but I think there are just as many babies out there that it does not work on. Those parent's just don't usually talk about it!

I agree with SasrahMay and aslo wondered if she was staying up too late at night to begin with. I also agree with SM that every baby is different. And every parent is different, and their priorities are different. For some parents, getting their babies to sleep through the night becomes the single most important thing at a certain time. For others, it is something else (weaning, potty training, etc.). For us letting the baby cry it out wasn't an acceptable solution to our issues, so we didn't do it, but at the same time, having him sleep through the night was not our top priority either. He slept with us, and the interruption was minimal when he woke in the night. IMO each family just has to decide what's important to them and what they are willing to do to make those things happen. And that is different for every family.

i put her to bed at 830 because she naps usually from 12-2.if i put her to bed any earlier than that, she will just lay in her bed and play or yell or whatever it is she does after we close her door...lol. she really eats a lot during the day. i feed her a whole bowl of cereal and a jar of food for breakfast about 30 min after she wakes up. then again around 1 or 130. we give her a couple of cookies when we eat dinner and feed her another bowl of cereal around 730, then about 8 she gets her bath, plays with daddy if he's home and then he puts her to bed. for the past week though she's been waking up twice a night and still waking up at 730 when i need the sleep. oh yea, and she usually has one, maybe two bottles during the day if we're home all day. more than that if we're out. i'll try the CIO technique and let you know how it goes.

Well, 8:30 doesn't sound too late for her to be going to bed. Also, it doesn't sound like she naps too late in the day. Is all she drinks the one or 2 bottles a day or does she also drink some from a cup? If that's all she's drinking, maybe it's not enough, so she wakes up at night for more. I'm definitely no expert on how much on this, though (you can tell that by some of my other posts)! I'm just comparing to what Will does. Will drinks 4 6oz sippy cups of milk. One with breakfast, one with lunch, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening before bed. He also drinks a few ounces of very diluted juice 2xs per day. One with his morning snack and one with dinner.

I did a few quick google searches, and at 10 months the average is three meals a day (they can be small), and about 20 ounces of formula.

Amelia was breastfed, so I don't know how much she got at those times, but she did at 10 months have 2 6oz bottles during the day. Then she was BFed in the evening, and when she woke up in the morning . So probably 24 ounces a day.

And she was eating three regular meals + snacks per day.

I hope that helps some!

Amy, did she start waking up twice during the night BEFORE her daddy got on that big boat and left Monday?
Maybe this week she knows her daddy hasn't been home. She could be reacting to him being gone, especially if he puts her to bed when he's home.
Maybe now that he's back, she'll settle down. It doesn't take much to turn a baby's world upside down.

This topic brings back a couple of memories for me. I recall waking up one morning around 7:30.
My first thought was OH NO, the baby didn't wake me up last night and I went into panic mode. I RAN into his room, and there he was, still breathing, still asleep. After reassuring myself that he was ok, I realized he'd slept through the night.
A few years later, I had the same exact reaction the first time Amy slept through the night.

i have 3 and not one of them slept all night before 15 mts. i have not read everyones responses so i am sorry if i am repeating anything. if she will put herself to sleep it might help with the overnight waking and a bedtime schedule and a daytime schedule may help

I was going to suggest the CIO as.

Some don't agree, but it worked for us with both kids. at first. It doesn't work as when the kids can get out of bed and knock at the door. But when they are crib bound. It works wonders. I learn to tune Emily out after bed time unless it truly loud and then I would check on her but not touch her.