Re: Sleeping through the night!!!

[Guest guest]

Debby,

Both of my children didn't start sleeping through the night until they 7

mths. old. I am still exhausted!!!

Sierra 07/99

11/97

Redford, MI

[Guest guest]

P.S. My boys were well over 20 lbs at 5 months of age and still wanted

to eat at night. Is your son actually drinking a lot at night? I

figured mine were really hungry because they'd drink 6 oz in a matter of

minutes. oh and they always went right back to sleep afterwards. people

suggested giving water, but hey, feeding them worked and fast, and my

goal was to get back to sleep myself! How many times a day are you doing

cereal/solids? maybe bump that up to 2-3x a day if you're not? I think

I made a mistake by only doing cereal once a day for too long. hope

this helps.. diane

Debby Wolf wrote:

> Hi everybody,

>

> Since you've all been so helpful with tons of non-related tort and

> plagio questions - here's a dilemma for you!!!

> Zack is 5 months old today and still wakes up during the night to

> eat! He usually goes to sleep between 7 and 8pm, then wakes between

> 11:30 and 12:30 to eat AND AGAIN around 4:30 - 5:30..

> He weighs over 18 pounds, so he doesn't NEED to eat, and our

> Pediatrician says we should start letting him cry for 10 minutes or

> so... then feed him,

> Any other suggestions? If I don't start getting more sleep soon,

> I'll wind up either crazy, divorced or locked up!!!

>

> All kidding aside, I need help!!!!

>

> DEBBY and Zack 8/2/00

>

>

[Guest guest]

We had a similar problem, but we were the cause of it!! went through a

bad round of teething pain and got up at night. We gave her a bottle to get

her back down. (This was when she was 5 months old) This started a bad habit

that just lasted and lasted. She got up every night around 3:00 PM for a

bottle and drank it ALL! We thought she was hungry so we gave her cereal at

night and a big bottle around 9:00 PM before she went down. This did not help

- she was getting up from habit and the bottle was the only thing that

comforted her! We tried giving her water instead which just made her mad. We

tried letting her cry, but we have another child and didn't want to mess up

his sleeping patterns. Finally we did what I said we would NEVER do. We

brought her bed with us when she awoke and started giving her steadily less

and less formula (4 oz for a few days, 3 oz for a few days, etc) and then we

comforted her in bed with us. Within a week she was broken of the habit and

she slept in her own bed all night! (We worried that she would get used to

sleeping with us) We haven't had that problem since, but we are making an

effort to help her find other ways to get back to sleep. She has a favorite

blanket that we let her " love on " when she needs comfort and that does the

trick!

I hope this helps - good luck and keep us posted!!

Marci (Mom to 1/12/00)