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Help! Tired Mama! Child won't sleep.

Bessie177Bessie177
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months

Please help!  I am very tired!  My 7 mos. old will not sleep through the night.  The past two nights have been the worst!  She does not have any teeth yet so I don't know if that is what is keeping her up.  I have been trying the teething tablets once right before bed, but don't seem to be helping.  She is not nearly as fussy through the day.  In fact, she is pretty happy through the day until right before bed time.  I have been sooo tired that the only way I can get any amount of rest is to lay on the couch with her in the afternoon while she naps.  Do you think that is causing her not to sleep?  Does anyone have any suggestions?  I am a first time Mom and all of this is new to me so any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks 

 

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Re: Help! Tired Mama! Child won't sleep.

  • mrsfrankmrsfrank member

    IF it is in fact teething, I have found motrin before bed works much better. I also limit his last nap so he is awake 3-4 hours before bedtime. I cut him off around 4pm and he goes down between 7:30 and 8.

     

    Do you have a nighttime routine? We do dinner, bath, jammies nad lotion, nurses and then bed, every single night in that order and he knows it's not "naptime" its bedtime for the night.

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  • Bessie177Bessie177
    I try to have a routine.   Its Dinner, then plays w/ Dad, bath, jammies, nursing, then bed around 8:30-9.  How many naps should she be taking? 
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