Sleeping Patterns - Detroit, MI

what we found works best is we do a bath routine every night before bed, not only does this tell him its time to go to bed, but it also realxes him for a good nights sleep we use the Johnson Lavendar bubble bath for babies, and Johnsons Vapor Bath when he is stuffy. My little guy didn't sleep thru the night until he was a year old, he only wakes up now when he is teething doesn't feel good. We have been doing the bath thing since he was about 3 months old. We always lather him up with lotion with lavendar so there is no chance of dry skin expecially in the winter. Hope this helps!! And kudos to you single mom I know its tough and I have help and a job. I commend you for making it work.....K.

Hi C.,
When I had my first son I wasn't sure on bedtimes and whatnot so I got this book called Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child. I swear by this book. I was doing what you are and his betime was 9:30 but the book said that was way to late. I started putting him to bed at 7:00 and he slept through the whole night. He was overtired and kids don't sleep as well when they are overtired. Every child is different but I would try a earlier bedtime. Also if she just learned something new (how to stand, crawl ect.) she may wake up and think it is playtime. When I had my second son he would wake up and want to get up around 3:00 am. After two nights of letting him cry himself back to sleep he didn't wake anymore. If he does he just plays a little and goes back to sleep without crying. Anyway I would recommend that you read that book. Good luck. Hope this helped.
Chris

babies tend to go through a growth spurt right around 6months too. She may be waking from hunger and then just needs some extra time to settle in for more sleep.

My daughter did a similar thing when she was younger. Does your baby eat when she wakes up? It ended up for me that she was just hungry. We started feeding her more solids at that point. It seemed to help. Also, she could be going thru a growth spurt.

I completely agree about the earlier bedtime and the book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. We have much better napping, and sleeping at night when we put our son to bed earlier. In fact, at 10 months we had to move the bedtime from 7:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. It worked! It is definitely worth a try! Good luck and God Bless!

I just went through this with my 2 year old. I tried putting him to bed later also that didn't work. I tired almost everything I could think of. Finally I let him stay up real late on a Friday like 11:30 and when he finally could not stay awake anymore (he was a pistol) I put him to bed. I also had the sitter cut his nap to one hour for that day. I think that broke the patten. Which is what I think you have to do break the pattern. Then go with a earlier bed time like 8:00. Do a bath and massage with lavander lotion. I think that works wonders bottle then bed. Keep the routin short and sweet. I know it is hard I am a single mom and the lack of sleep makes you insane. Good Luck!

Is she waking up hungry? If thats the case start trying more solids at dinner time.

When my little one when through this "phase" it was a little later but it was teething.

I agree with everyone, C....read that book...it's awesome. My guess is the baby is over-tired. Our 10-month old goes to bed between 6:30-700pm and our almost-3 year old goes to bed at 8. We've followed that book's instructions and have awesome sleepers. GOOD LUCK!

Is she wanting a small feeding when she wakes? I went through the same problem with my son around that time, and that seemed to help, as well as whatever silly songs I could make up.

You may also want to try playing soft lullaby or classical cd's, or try a little lamp left on with either a red or blue bulb in it.

My son, now 11 months, has developed a small fear of the dark, even with his nightlight, but the lamp works like a charm.

Im a single Mom to and a routine is best. My daughter is now 22 months old and since 2 month sold she has had pretty much the same sleep habits up until recently when we deleted the monring nap but shes always been to bed about 7pm and up at 7am sleeps from 12:30 til 3pm use to be 10-11:30 then 2:00 til 3:30. But children love routine and when it changes they get cranky. Growth spurt is what it is most likely try giving her some solid food before bed.

God Bless!!!!
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Are you giving her bottles when she wakes up in the middle of the night? Try to refrain from giving her a bottle when she wakes up because that is why she is waking up she expects to be fed. Instead feed her right before she goes to bed and she should sleep all night. My son was sleeping through the whole night by 2 months because when he would wake up in the middle of the night I would just rock him back to sleep without a bottle.

the last message is close to what i was going to say; but heres another thing; maybe an afternoon nap should be cut just a little shorter and give something heavy and filling about 8:30-9PM (i did 5 tbsp of cereal with 1/2 jar of fruit on top) and coaxed my daughter to eat as much as possible by a year old she'd eat all of it!! it took about a 1/2 hour but she managed fine and i would lay her down at 7:30 PM and she would sleep through until 6AM or so...i think there are growth spurts and such every 3 months or so for the first few years; so she may be going through that and just need a little more food before she goes to bed and she's at an age where the afternoon nap can either be cut out or cut by 1/2 depending on how cranky-sleepy she gets! good luck!! babies are neverending guessing games... as soon as you're sure you've got them figured out.... they catch on to it and flip the script and goof you all up all over again!!