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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
Waking up in the middle of the night.
How can I break my 11 month old from waking up in the middle of the night? I've been putting him in his crib when he goes down for the night. Napping on the other hand is a different story but anyways I always end up bringing him back to bed with me, and I'm wondering how I can break that habit. I was wondering if any you mama's who have dealt with this in the past how you broke your older ones habit?
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Re: Waking up in the middle of the night.
"Also, someone said it might be due to breastfeeding. We still breastfeed and are hoping to continue until 1 year old. Someone told me once they stopped breastfeeding their kids slept through the night."
Not to be rude, but that's a load of crap. My son is still breastfeeding (he's 10 months and I intend to keep going, probably past a year) and has been STTN since he was 2 months old. It's simply about a decision you have to make for you and your family about a schedule and sleep training. Some people choose to focus on the feeding while others choose sleep. For our family, as long as he's getting enough to eat during the day (which he is), sleep is the priority. If you are deciding sleep is the priority, then you need to let your LO learn to soothe herself back to sleep and not rely on you. I'm certainly not advocating CIO, but I do let me little guy make some noise for a little bit before I go to him and if I do go to him, I don't pick him up immediately, but reassure him that I am there and he is ok (it started with only 3 minutes, but now I'll let him go for 10-15 minutes if he even makes noise that long because we both know he's ok).
Op certainly tears may be involved in the transition and I wouldn't c count on a magic fix.. Work in getting enough calories and sleep in during the day as well
All babies are different.
OP: I have known lots of people whose babies slept through the night and breastfed. I have also known lots of people whose babies didn't sleep through the night until they weaned. Again, all babies are different.
We are in sleep hell too, getting ready to try the sleep lady shuffle training system. I do believe that consistency is key. 100% consistent. So, if you soothe sometimes, feed others, rock others, you aren't being consistent. That's okay, but realize you probably aren't going to improve sleep doing this (until the baby does it naturally on their own at some point which, everyone tells me, they will... eventually).
Thank you ladies. I know his Pediatrician just told me to go in, and let him know that someone is there, and not to pick him up, feed him or rock him, and to give him something like a blanky or stuffed animal for him to sleep with.
The CIO solution isn't working for us I've tried it a couple times, and let him cry for 10 or 15 minutes then I go in, and rock him to sleep. So, tell me to let him break the habit on his own.
He isn't breast fed. But he is teething so I think it could be that. I do need to start sleep training him. We do have a bed time routine for him but I usually wait till he gets tired, and it seems the later I put him down he'll usually sleep threw the night but he is going threw cycles where he'll sleep threw the night, and there nights that he'll wake up in the middle of the night.