How did you get your infant to sleep thru the night?
dolphincutie asked:
My baby is 8 months old, but still wakes up at night. She breastfeeds for about 3 minutes then falls asleep at the breast. So I believe that she is only eating for comfort to fall back asleep, but it is the only way I can get her back to sleep.
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My baby is 8 months old, but still wakes up at night. She breastfeeds for about 3 minutes then falls asleep at the breast. So I believe that she is only eating for comfort to fall back asleep, but it is the only way I can get her back to sleep.
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Try offering her a bottle of water or a soother instead.
My son does not breast feed, but I would give her a pacifier and rub her tummy to get her back to sleep.
Try letting her cry it out. Hopefully it will only last for a few nights and then she’ll be sleeping through the night.
Okay once my son woke up, I’d check on him, rub his back and leave the room. I’d let him cry for 5 minutes and repeat, then 10 minutes and repeat (you get the idea). Normally he was just having nightmares and wasn’t really awake anyway.
He actually started sleeping through the night on his own at 5 weeks. The nights I had to do this were rare and far between.
I just hope I’m this lucky again.
My son started sleeping through the night at 10 weeks when we put him in his own bed vs in his bassinet in our room.
I can relate to your daughter still waking up to feed at night. My son was the same way until just shy of his first birthday. When he woke at night I tried just giving him the pacifier, but that didn’t work so I gave him a bottle. I could hear his tummy gurgling as he took the bottle so yes he was hungry. Even though he may have only taken a few ounces it’s what he needed and sounds like what your daughter needs. Please don’t try the cry it out method or giving her water in a bottle. Obviously they are waking for a reason..hunger or just need to be comforted. Now my son is 13 months has been sleeping through the night for 2 months and to be honest I miss holding him and rocking him when he woke at night…take advantage of that special alone time that you still have before it’s gone.
Contrary to what some other people have said, they don’t always wake for a reason. Both of my sons were sleeping thru the night by a couple of months and since then there have been nights when they wake up for various reasons, BUT with my oldest we learned that if he woke up one night because something really was going on, he would probably wake up the following night at about the same time (and for a few more nights) because his body was learning a new habit. I would recommend checking on her to make sure she’s ok and then try letting her cry it out (set a time limit to how long you’ll wait). If after a couple of nights she doesn’t stop then maybe she really IS hungry, etc. But most likely since she’s 8 months old she’s just doing it out of habit. And make sure her last feeding b/4 bed she gets a full tummy.