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My baby is going to be 11 months the day after Easter and still doesn't sleep very long at night. She's not consistant sometimes she'll sleep from 9:30-5 or 6 and other days she'll cry out every hour like in her sleep but still wakes everybody up. I don't go in or she'll cry more. She nurses and won't take formula. Somedays she'll eat food other days she won't. Somedays she won't even get a nap because she won't sleep anywhere but her crib and I have an older child I need to care for as well. Does she just not need that much sleep I thought babies need their sleep for development. This situation doesn't seem to be improving and I haven't given into her and fed her in the middle of the night, she's not wet, I put socks on her if she feels cold, gave her a little blanket to hold for comfort. I know she's teething but how long can this go on till she gets used to it? Help!
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raising a diva isnt a bowl of cherries ;)
That isn't very much sleep for a baby that age. It seems like she is overtired, and that is making it harder for her to sleep. I would try putting her down around 7:30 or 8:00. I think at that age my kids were sleeping from 7:30 pm to 6:30 am and still took 2 naps totaling about 3 hours. They went down to one longer nap right after they were a year. But, overall at that age, I think kids usually average about 13 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period. Try putting her to bed a little earlier each night to get her more night time sleep, and she may start napping better too. Good Luck!
makes me think of my youngest when he was younger.....
he was diagnosed with acid reflux....try some colic calm. hthttp://www.coliccalm.com/ it really does help! and is safe I've even tried it, and it's helped me with my acid reflux...and I didn't have to take much.
I even noticed that if I gave it to my our youngest before he went to sleep at night, it helped him to sleep better as well.
The other moms are right in that she should probably be going down way earlier, like 7-8pm and you should expect her to sleep straight through until 6am. She should still be napping 2x/day, maybe around 9 or 930am for an hour or so, then maybe 1 or 130pm for a couple of hours. Make sure you get her up about 4 hrs before you want her to go to bed at night. Make her room SUPER dark, add a white noise machine, and a lovey she can clutch onto. And most important of all is consistency. You should be putting her down in the exact same manner every time in her own crib. Yes, they'll be some initial crying but if you're consistent, you'll be allowing her to learn how to get to sleep and stay asleep on her own. I've done this with my now 2 year old and my now 10 month old and it works. It should only take a day ot two for her to get this if you give her all of these tools. Good luck.
I'm not sure if there's something else going on like acid reflux, but I know what helps my son is keeping a consistent schedule. He goes to bed at the same time every night, he gets oalmeal an hour before bed and now a cup of milk but at that age he would nurse before bed. At that age he would go to bed at 9, sleep until 6, nurse again then sleep until 8. Then nap from 10/10:30-noon and 3-5.
Good luck...hope you can find out what makes it work out right!
You might try putting her down at 7:30pm - it's unintuitive but, sleep begets sleep, so the earlier bedtime might work better for her and she might get into a deeper sleep for longer. Especially if she's not napping much during the day. Also that gives you more time in the evening to relax with the older kid. The teething thing is tough and something that will probably be on-going on and off for a while (as you probably know having an older child). Some people tell stories that teething didn't bother their kid much, but my almost two-year old is still going through it and hits a really rough patch right before the teeth emerge (as is happening right now with her very stubborn canines).
Good luck!
