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9mo sleeping woes

tinkerbell09tinkerbell09
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My DS is now 9 months old. He has yet to sleep through the night.
We have literally tried everything we can think of. From ferber-co-sleeping. And everything in between.
It does not matter what we do he just fights sleep like a mad man and always gets up 3-5 times a night.
I am at my wits end. I do not know what to do anymore. Has anybody else experienced this ?
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  • plusoneblogplusoneblog
    I am experience that right now. It is frustrating! My baby actually did sleep through the night when she used to sleep in a Rock N Play, but a 9 month old is likely too big for that. 
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  • kjsmith9kjsmith9 member
    Give us some ideas of "everything you can think of from ferber to co-sleeping."  And how long did you try these things for?  Did any of them work at all (like did they help for a bit, and then he returned to his waking habits)?
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  • tinkerbell09tinkerbell09
    Ferber we tried for 4 months. He would cry so hard he would make himself vomit.
    We followed it to a T and he slowly started to get the hang of it until his teeth started to come in.
    Ever since then he will not go down.
    We tried rocking him to sleep and putting him down in his crib asleep. As soon as he got in there he would wake up, or sleep for perhaps an hour and then he would wake up and just scream and not go back down.
    Then we went to our last option on the list which was co-sleeping. He seemed to fall asleep great when he was cuddled up to us but he still does not sleep through the night. He wakes up atleast 3-5 times doing this method as well.

    He eats very well. Is a very happy baby and has developed a lot of skill quickly so it's not like the non-sleeping has effected him. He only naps once for about an hour and a half stretch.
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  • EPQueenEPQueen member
    I don't have any advice but wanted to let you know you aren't alone. Our son is 7 and a half months & he sounds exactly like yours. I'm glad you posted this and will be following the replies closely!
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  • joann_limon@hotmail.comjoann_limon@hotmail.com member
    My son is almost 8 months old and always slept well until he hit the 4 month mark. Months 4-6 were horrible for us with multiple wake ups overnight plus he was a horrible napper ( he would only nap twice a day for 30-45 min. ) we used the sleep sense program and it completely changed our lives. My son sleeps 12 hours in his crib overnight and naps twice a day for an hour and a half each nap. His problem was learning to self soothe. I really like the program because the downloads come with a workbook to map out your plan (this was essential to our success), the book, and daily videos to watch for the first 14 days with lots of support and suggestions / tips for problems you may have encountered the night before. I was desperate when we tried this program and am so happy it worked for us. By the way, I think your 9 month old really needs a second nap. When my son does not nap well during the day it really reflects on the night he will have. 2 good long naps = a good night for him. Short naps = an bad night for him with multiple wake ups Good luck
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  • g8trkimg8trkim member
    We started Ferber a few weeks ago. It's been wonderful for getting her to sleep. She was STTN for the first two weeks but has been waking up around 2am the past 5-6 nights (still a big improvement). Naps are still a nightmare. She starts daycare on Monday so I'm hoping that will help.




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  • MomIn2013MomIn2013 member
    Have you tried a sound machine? Maybe it's noises waking him up, and then he's not able to put himself back to sleep again?
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  • minni_ashminni_ash member
    Teething is a real bummer.  It really screws sleeping up.  We started the Ferber method on our daughter about 1.5 months ago and she was doing really well until she learned to crawl and pull herself up to stand in her crib and teeth all in the same week.  It killed me to hear her scream and go in and see her standing at the end of her crib crying for us.  That finally died down after about a week and she would only wake 1 time each night... then came the 2nd tooth...  My husband says "You've gotta be kidding me, we have to do this until she gets 20 teeth?!?"  haha  My husband made me stick with the Ferber method through the teething process, and it worked again.  So maybe start completely over from the beginning again with it and see if it works post teething.  It helped for us.  Good luck.  There is nothing worse than not sleeping.
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