Not Sleeping Through the Night

J.,

Sounds like teething is a good possibility. Usually teeth come in pairs so if she's got one part way through it's likely another is working it's way through too. Like the other person suggested, use orajel and tylonol and hopefully it will make it's way out before too much sleep is lost!

H.

I don't think there's a certain age where children no longer need to be fed at night. Many adults still get up at night for a drink or a midnight snack. Can you imagine waking up in the night with a dry mouth or a rumbly tummy and not being allowed to do anything about it until morning and forced to go back to sleep uncomfortable and unhappy? Follow your instincts. :) If it breaks your heart, there's a reason; that's your instincts telling you it's the wrong thing to do. I think there's a lot of pressure in modern American society for mothers to ignore their instincts and do certain things which are convenient for adults, but not necessarily good for babies.

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its probably just the teething i would suggest that when she wakes up give her some baby oragel and tylenol.

Hi,

My daughter is now 2 and I haven't had a full night of sleep yet. :) We had alot of trouble with teething from about 5 months on. Tylenol was a necessity for our little one as she had a much more difficult time than our son. But, you may want to check with your pediatrician regarding dosage. The bottle doesn't usually say how much to give if the child is under 2.

Good luck!
K.

It definitely sound like she could be teething, I would give her orajel & tylenol before bed. At this point she should be sleeping through the night so letting her cry it out might be a good idea, but I would make sure you try and alleviate the pain first before she goes to bed so hopefully you won't have to deal with letting her cry it out, because it does break your heart to hear. Good luck!

Have you tried baby origel and baby tylonol? If that doesn't help talk to your child's dr. I haven't had this happen with my kids but I hope you get things worked out. Good luck!

My daughter is also 10 months also and I don't have this problem with her. She has been sleepiing all night every sice she was 5 months but, my son (my middle child) gave me the blues. He is 2 now and he just started sleeping all night. Normally what I do is try to keep him busy once the day care provider brings him home from her house. They ( meaning my 2yr old and 10 month old) eat dinner at her house that is a plus for me. I give him his bath about 7:30 and by 8:00 he is knocked out sleep. I also have a four yr old who as I recall did'nt give my to many problems either. It could be her teeth or it could be somthing else bothering her. I really hope that you find the advice that you are looking for.

Sounds like teething to me. I would give her some motrin or tylenol before bed until that tooth comes through. She may have another tooth under the surface that is about to come through too. Good luck and hang in there

Hi J.,
I have a 9.5 month old and we happen to be in a playgroup with other kids his age. About a month ago, I (and the others) noticed the same thing, like they were infants again and waking up every 2-3 hours at night. What we found through a little research and talking, that this is a MAJOR developmental stage. Their brains are developing so fast and so much, that they are waking themselves up at night. Have you ever tried to go to sleep when you were thinking too much about something? It is impossible! Some neurologists have done a study on it and this is the biggest and worst stage sleep-wise. I feel as long as he knew how to get back to sleep and sleep through the night before this, then I am going to help him get through it and hope that he goes back to sleeping by himself when he is done "developing". They said it can last anywhere from a few nights to a few months. Hope that helps ease your worries! I don't know why more people don't talk about it, but rest-assured 9 out of 10 of us in the group started to go through this all around the same time, and it IS medically documented! Oh one more thing, I think getting new teeth can also play into the problem too but I don't think it is the main problem.

J.,
When my twins were around this age I talked to the pediatrician about the sleep schedule they were on. My husband stays at home with them and they would go to bed at like 8:30-10, it just all depended and they would sleep until about that time the next day and then take 1 long nap (about 1.5-2 hours) during the day and 1 short nap (maybe 45 mins, but normally they just sit in their cribs and "talk" back and forth, they love this alone time). The doctor said that they should be going to bed earlier. We transitioned them to an earlier schedule where they would go to bed at like 7 and one of the boys was fine, the other would wake up screaming in the middle of the night (normally around 2-3am). If you let him go he would cry for hours, if you fed him, he would then want to play. It was horrible! We are really spoiled with excellent sleepers! We decided to put them back on the schedule we had them on before and they do great. If you stay at home and can work on the later schedule (a lot of people can't if their kids are in daycare b/c of having to wake up for work), I would suggest trying a later schedule like this. Although the pediatrician said they should be on an earlier schedule, their bodies don't work like that yet. They normally go to bed now at like 8:30/9, and sleep until 8:30-10 the next day, just depends. They still have those 2 naps during the day too and they do great with it.
If it is the teething, we use the nighttime orajel and baby tylenol (they actually like the tylenol!) and that really seems to help. Another thing I do to help is use the finger toothbrush and after I make sure I clean their teeth, I let them gum my finger with the toothbrush on. This way I know they are teething b/c they love having me rub their gums and they love being able to bite down on my finger like that. We also bought them these great teething rings at Giant (I can't remember the brand name - sorry) but they are blue with a yellow star on top and you put it in the fridge and when they bite down on the star part it vibrates, that seems to help a lot. I hope this helps you out some!

I agree with Kelly! It could very well be teeth, but I don't think it's the main issue. Like Kelly said it's a huge developmental age!
Also you said she WAS nursed?? Is she still nursed during the day? About 10 months is also a huge physical developmental age, meaning growth spurt.... Could be that she is actually hungry!! From the info you gave I would give her some Tylenol and then nurse her for a bit... And then let her cry!

Hi, J..
My daughter is also 10 month old and she wakes up once or couple time a night. She used to sleep 12-13 hours straight when she was younger, but when she was sick from her day care all the time, it completely changed her sleeping pattern. The doctor said that's normal when babies get sick. Well, since I was not happy with the daycare and she was getting sick with whooping cough, viruses, pink eyes, and me getting sick with hand foot and mouth disease from there, she's out of daycare now and I work for my client from home for now.
She has 3 teeth now and another one is about to come out. I also think this teething thing is definitely waking her up. She eats well and I nurse her before bed, but she still wakes up couple times a night. She doesn't cry, but she just wakes up, and I guess to make it easier for myself and her, I feed her when she does wake up. I've read that I should give her water so that she knows that it's not worth waking up at night, but that doesn't help.
I am just hoping that after all this teething is over and she feels less uncomfortable, she will sleep better and through out the night. They do say their sleeping pattern changes, so maybe both of our dauthters are just going through a stage.
Sorry, I was not much of help but I just wanted to share my story.
Take care and good luck.

IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE SHE IS TEETHING. IF MY SON WAKES UP I USUALLY JUST GIVE HIM A SIPPY CUP WITH WATER IN IT AND HE USUALLY GOES RIGHT BACK TO SLEEP . AND IF SHE IS TEETHING .. THEY HAVE BABY ORALGEL THAT WORKS WONDERS. OR SOME CHILDRENS MOTRIN FOR THE PAIN.

My daughter is only 8 months old and hasn't yet hit that dreaded 10 month stage everyone is talking about (you all scared me a bit now about it :-P Thanks for the warning though). But, what I normally do now (my mother advised me of this) is I feed her dinner around 6 or 7 and then get her ready and into bed around 8pm. She usually lasts until 10:30/11pm on her dinner but she will most of the time wake up (and if she doesn't, I wake her up) for a final night bottle before we go to bed at 11pm and she lasts through the night until anywhere between 6 and 9am. She may wake up in the middle of the night (I used to go in and give her her binky but have since stopped that) and she may babble a bit or cry for a little while but then she knows that it's sleep time and goes back to sleep. As far as teething, your child might be doing that, too and Baby Orajel wored wonders on mine when she was teething Infant Tylenol is good too. (My doctor said at her 6 month appt that I could feed her a full dropper of the Tylenol so I hope this helps with the dosage issue). Good Luck! (Thank you to the mothers who warned me about the 10 month developmental sprut - Looking forward to it now!) :-)