My 10 Mo Old Eats Through the Whole Night, How Do I Get Him to Just Sleep?

I'm just wondering have you started solids? Is he on a regular jarred food schedule with three meals a day? By this age, my son was on a regular schedule of bottle first thing in the morning, then 'breakfast'...mid morning bottle, then 'lunch'...bottle in early evening, hten 'dinner'. We'd do a bottle before bedtime and he'd sleep in sets of 5-6 hours...but, never through the night.

Even now, at 2.5 years old he doesn't really sleep through the night. But, he get good chunks in between waking up for sips of water or to tell me it's dark outside.

The thing is even if he's eating jarred food during the day, breastmilk/formula is the core source of nourishment for infants until the age of ONE. If he's only drinking one bottle during the day and a few snacks, he's making up for it at night. He's hungry and he's sort of on a backward routine...so, you're not getting ANY rest.

To adjust this try shifting his feedings. When he wakes up offer him a bottle and let him take as much as he needs. Then, in the mid-morning (3-4 hours later) offer another one and then after nap before lunch (if he's taking two naps)...once, he starts getting the nourishment during the day hopefully he'll shift his sleep patterns and get some more rest at night. After that you'll be able to start shifting away from the night feedings altogether...but, be patient and give it time. It won't happen over night.

Just remember, babies know what they need. So, even if you shift his feedings during the day, he may still need a bottle half way through the night until his body is adjusted to the 'solid food' and is able to rely on that for nourishment. This could take a while, so just take a deep breath and look at that little person and remember he'll thank you for ALL this someday! Oh, and one day you'll miss these sleepless nights and wonder where they went...I know it doesn't feel like it now, but you will.

Good Luck!

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Good luck!
A.

I would say to maybe give him smaller bottles at night so maybe he will eat more throughout the day. And also try finding something comforting to put in bed with him. I have a 10 month old and she was a hog but lately its been only one bottle during the day too but she loves eating cereal like cheerios, fruit loops... and I also give her canned foods like green beans, corn, and canned fruit.

My son used to do the same thing. What My husband and I did worked very well. We spent an entire Saturday keeping him awake any way we could. We turned the music up, vacumed the carped, washed dishes, played with him, just anything to keep him awake we could think of. After one day of that he started sleeping through the night. He would wake up maybe once at 230 to eat and that was it. It worked very wel, but it was very hard to keep him awake for an entire day!

Hi dear, I have a 10 months old aswell.
Once a week I make homemade pure and I froze for the hole week. Then I have to pretent that I eat the pure myself this way he wants aswell. Some times I feel that I fed the baby the all day with no stop. In the morning he eats cheerios or a toast bread follow by 6 onz of formula. 2 hour later Fruit pure or chuncks follow by 4 onz. of formula. 3 hour later soup or pure fallow by a yogurt. at six o'clock he eat what we all eats plus a rice cereal and drink 6 onz. by 8:30 he falls sleep with 6 onz of formula (what is probably bad for the teeth....) He sleeps until 5 o'clock in the morning. If he week up before 5 I let him cry. It took me like a week to get to this rutin.
I hope it helps. I'm still a zombie some days. Good luck

Hi T.,

I agree with everything Deanna has said. My son just turned 1. He has been eating solids & full meals since 8 months. (not counting earlier when he started) But, he has his morning bottle upon awakening, breakfast (a full meal, cereal, fruit, yogurt, toast, etc... I cut up fruits and he eats them and did so at 10 months. Is your baby doing so? Then a bottle at or around 10:30am. Naptime. Lunch- again a full meal.. Jar food, fruit, veggies, etc... Bottle around 3pm. Dinner around 6pm. By 10 months he should be eating pretty much what the family eats, plus jarred food or still baby food. Bottle before he goes to bed around 7:30. Bed at 8. Sometimes he would wake up around 4am take a bottle and go back to sleep til 7:30 or 8 am. But it seems like your baby is making up at night for all the missed meals during the day. You need to be consistent and have a set schedule daily. Try that- if you're not. Good luck!

I went throught this w/my daughter. Make sure his tummy is full before bed. When he wakes up just go in and comfort him, don't feed him. You can turn this around...be consistant. It will be uncomfortable for you both for a few nights, but if you stick to your guns it will happen!

S.
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I have been going through something similar with my daughter so I thought I would share.
She is breastfed and was waking up 3-4 times a night to nurse. I was exhausted so I decided we would eliminate one feeding at a time. So when she woke up at 11, my husband went in and rocked her ( I know you would have to do this alone which would be harder). She cried and fussed for two hours and half hours the first night. The I nursed her because it was 1:30 and that is the time of her second feeding. After that she slept until morning. The next night, she cried for 1 hour and then slept until 3:30. I fed her and she slept until morning.
Now she may stir or wake briefly around 12 or 1, but she goes right back down. I nurse her if she wakes after 2:30 and then she will usually go down for the rest of the night. So we are down to one feeding a night and I only intended to get rid of the 11pm feeding.
It was hard and we were tired for about a week. Sometimes we still have rough nights. But even on a rough night now, I get more sleep than I got before.
Also, with his food, try incorporating some other foods. My daughter LOVES lightly toasted bread, sometimes I melt cheese on it. She loves scrambled egg yolk or french toast (with only egg yolk). So maybe try some new foods.
Hope this helps.
Good luck. I hope you get some sleep.