9 Mo. Old Sleep......

It is obvious that this hasn't been done prior to this. After his dinner, give him his bath. Let him play a little and spend time with you and yours'. You didn't mention so I thought I'd be polite. I would have him in bed no later than 7pm. if he cries, he cries. If it doesn't stop, go in check his diaper, take him a drink and away you go again. Don't give in, even though they are young they catch on quickly. This crying may go on for about 4days but at least, for your peace of mind it will work.. Let him cry it out. Don't run right for him, thats a no no!! Just a drink, check diapere, if all appears normal, then leave the room and listen. I am not a professional person only someone who is in the Healthcare field. You can't cry when he cries, he will get over it, and it will never be spoken about again. They forget quite quickly.
Good luck and I wish you the best.

Bath, read him a book or two, turn off the lights and sing him songs and rock him. Put him in bed awake but drowsy. This works wonders with my son but we do not do the book part yet because he seems to get too sleepy to stay awake for that! My daughter, however, would wake up if she was not fully asleep so I had to rock her until she was out to put her in bed. Do the same thing each night so he gets used to it and know what's coming when the bath, books, etc starts.

Read the Baby Whisperer - it's a realistic, modified version that essentially goes by the BabyWise book. It's easy to pick up for a minute here and there and it's broken into specific parts you can read whatever section pertains to you. After three kids, I've learned the "Crying it out" does not last more than 2 or 3 days and it works with the tips others have offered. (always check on them) A 9 mo CAN sleep through the night - hope you get to soon! Good Luck

I have had a horrible sleeper for the past 3 months and it had only gotten worse as the time went on. I realized (with help of the amazing mamma's here) that he didn't have a schedule. We did before, for the most part, but then we started to move and all things hit the fan. So last week I started with making his naps regular and with in two day's bed time became a regular thing. Regular meaning our routine on how to wind down, where we rock, and what I sing or hum.
With my son, for some odd reason he only likes to take 1/2 and hour naps so he naps often and gets tired after 2 hours. He wakes up around 6 I feed him and let him play. Around 8 we start the quiet down for nap with reading a book and slow dancing around our room. Right now I'm also trying to get him to fall asleep in his crib so I rub his back while rocking until he is super sleepy, then put him in his crib on his tummy or side and rub it there. Today I rubbed for a couple minutes then left. He was out. He hasn't fallen asleep by himself in 5 months. He used to all the time!! Knock on wood that it will keep happening!!
So then we do it all again after two hours. His bed time is around 6 (it all depends on how long his naps are, sometimes he surprises me and sleeps for 45 minutes).
So what I'm getting at is regulate the naps and bedtime will follow shortly.

Our son woke up like a newborn when he was 9 months old. I was back to work and he would get up 3 - 4 times a night wanting a bottle. I was so sleep deprived that when I would get home, I basically fell on the couch and take a nap just to do everything all over again. I wasn't able to just quit work and stay at home either or call in (military does not let you just call into work). I finally read Babywise book. I modified it to what worked for us and one night finally decided to let our son cry it out. After 45 minutes of him crying (after checking in on him for diaper, etc) he went to sleep. It worked! Your son should have two naps per day - a late morning and afternoon. Then he should be getting to bed around 7 - 7:30pm. He might wake for a night bottle, but only once. He should be sleeping in his own bed too. Make sure (like others have said below) to give him some down time with you... make sure that all his needs are met before bed. Show him some schedule and he will follow :)

We just borrowed the "Sleepeasy Solution" DVD from the library-it's basically a CIO method but provides a lot of good info and specific steps. It works! Happy Sleeping!!!

I feel for you. Our son did not begin sleeping through the night until 13 1/2 months. I found that a regular schedule in the hour before bedtime really helped. We do bath, quiet play, and then story time. I turn out the light and rock him to some quiet music. During the day, we try to keep a really regular schedule about when we get up, eat, and play. Our naptime routine looks a lot like the bedtime routine (minus the bath). Hang in there!