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9 month old waking 4-5 times per night for last 1.5 months

Shivani2005Shivani2005 member
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My almost 9 month old breastfed baby has been waking 4-5 times per night. He was a great sleeper until the last 6-7 weeks. He sleeps in his own room in a crib. He goes down fine for naps. (2 naps about 3 hours total). We have a bedtime routine, follow a schedule during the day. I am a work at home mom so he is with me at home. He has started crawling in the last few weeks, has 2 teeth. We have tried medicine for the teeth, feeding him more at his last solids meal, winding him down more before bedtime. He loves baths and they make him very excited so we omitted those from the bedtime routine months ago. We can't figure it out and we are all so very sleep deprived and stressed. Any ideas? I am not too keen on CIO. We tried it but baby kept crying and crying and was very angry and it took a while to calm him down afterwards. I do nurse to sleep, but my husband and my mom have been able to put him to sleep other ways.  
 
 When he wakes up, DH goes up to shush him or rock him back to sleep. Baby falls asleep on his shoulder and as soon as he puts him down in his crib, he wakes ack up crying. He has to pick him up and repeat about 2-3 times and when he won't go to sleep, I come up and nurse him to sleep and when I put him down sometimes he sleeps but sometimes he wakes up crying and gets in a crawling position. He does eat when I go in and nurse him. Is he hungry much more these last 2 months?  He is very active during the day. Any advice or tips would be appreciated! 
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Re: 9 month old waking 4-5 times per night for last 1.5 months

  • ktpaladinoktpaladino member
    I don't think he is really THAT hungry in the MOTN. He's probably waking more out of habit now since he's used to you coming in and feeding him. However, you canalways bet on interrupted sleep whenever they are learning a new skill or teething so I'm sure that has something to do with it. My LO is learning to walk and teething a bunch of top teeth at once, so he has been doing the same exact thing for the past week and a half even though we've done sleep training and had him sleeping well previously. Beyond giving the medicine as you are doing, there really isn't much else you can do about the teething. Maybe try increasing the amount of solids you feed for all 3 meals, not just dinner, and see if that cuts down on the amount of milk he takes in at night. Although you are not a fan of CIO, I think he has come to expect someone to comfort him multiple times while he is crying. Have you read any sleep training books that don't involve CIO, like the No Cry Sleep Solution? Maybe that would be more up your alley. In any case, I totally feel your pain. Sometimes there is not much you can do other than ride it out. I've just come to accept my LO is going to go through good and bad sleep phases. I hope you get some rest very soon!

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  • meganandchasemeganandchase member

    At nine months, just about all kids can make it through the night without eating.  Even my super colicky DS was STTN by nine months.  Right now he has trained you to come in there and feed him.  One option  is to let  him CIO.  He's not going to remember, and even if you think it's mean, maybe you will admit that a well rested family is better for DS?  Another option is to have DH go in there with a bottle of water.  DS will sip a little, realize it's water, and then fuss for a while.  It may take a few nights, but once he realizes he isn't getting any milk, he'll stop.

    Also, the book we follow "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child," talks a lot about putting the child to sleep awake.  If he falls asleep attached to you and wakes up not attached to you, he will be confused. So wake him up a little after you breastfeed him, and let him fall asleep alone. 


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  • mierasm1mierasm1 member

    We are going through the exact same thing!!! My LO slept through the night since 7 weeks until a month ago. In the last month he crawled, stands up, sat up and got two teeth. We have been bringing him to bed with and as of tonight are trying to get him back in crib. Our plan is the same... Go in there when he cries, rock him back, and put him back in crib. It will be a process I'm sure. Good luck! 

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