Aimee has been a terirble sleeper since she was about 5 months old. She was sleeping through great for ages then all of a sudden she stopped and its getting worse not better. She now wakes for 2 bottles of milk in the night, plus about 5 times just for a drink then another few times for her dummy. Shes driving me mad and i want it sorted before the new baby comes. Anyone elses baby still doing this at this age or do i have a nightmare child?
10 month olds sleeping habits?
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Aaron is a pain in the bum at night. He goes down early enough and is good then but he's up at 2am and won't sleep unless I put him in bed with us! It's driving me mad!
It sounds like comfort waking to me, Brody used to do it all the time.
As long as they go down with a full tummy I would try leaving them till they settle back off themselves. Obviously if they get worked up I wouldn't say to leave them crying, but perhaps not give milk, just a quick cuddle or a stroke and then leave them again.
I went through months of this, then Brody started sleeping through fine. Then again a few weeks ago he started waking for milk in the night. I gave it him at first, he'd have about 6oz at 4am. THEN a couple of times I realised he'd woken and I'd heard him whinging but then I'd fallen asleep again and so had he. He's not woken at that time since...it was just a habit.
As long as they go down with a full tummy I would try leaving them till they settle back off themselves. Obviously if they get worked up I wouldn't say to leave them crying, but perhaps not give milk, just a quick cuddle or a stroke and then leave them again.
I went through months of this, then Brody started sleeping through fine. Then again a few weeks ago he started waking for milk in the night. I gave it him at first, he'd have about 6oz at 4am. THEN a couple of times I realised he'd woken and I'd heard him whinging but then I'd fallen asleep again and so had he. He's not woken at that time since...it was just a habit.
Yeah i think its getting into a habit that i don't know how to break. Sometimes when she wakes her dummy will do and she will go back off but other times she will cry and get really worked up till she has her milk. I will sometimes leave her for up till an hour but she gets to a certain leval of crying that i know i can't ignore. I'm just getting so frustated with it now! I think i need to try to get more food into her in the day but she won't take more than 1/2 jar of baby food for a meal. 
I'd try lots of nurtitious snacks between meals too. Yoghurts and bananas are good for filling them up.
I have started giving Brody a little dream feed when I go to bed recently, he usually has about 4 oz at about 11pm.
Are you sure she's warm enough? Now he's older I do tend to put an extra blanket over Brody's gro-bag as around 4am it's bloody freezing in my house!
I have started giving Brody a little dream feed when I go to bed recently, he usually has about 4 oz at about 11pm.
Are you sure she's warm enough? Now he's older I do tend to put an extra blanket over Brody's gro-bag as around 4am it's bloody freezing in my house!
Thanks for advice urchin! 
I am trying to push the food on her more now, but shes such a picky eater. I was wondering about the temperture too, her room is about 17 at the minute and i put her to bed with a short sleeved vest, a long sleeved baby grow and a 2.5 tog grobag. Does this sound about right or do you think she needs more. I find it hard to tell myself cos i'm always boiling hot.
I am trying to push the food on her more now, but shes such a picky eater. I was wondering about the temperture too, her room is about 17 at the minute and i put her to bed with a short sleeved vest, a long sleeved baby grow and a 2.5 tog grobag. Does this sound about right or do you think she needs more. I find it hard to tell myself cos i'm always boiling hot.Ewan only just started sleeping through at 13 months 
he would wake 2x for milk, he never had a dummy so i didnt have that to contend with. i tried offering more food during the day but that made no difference i tried water at night but he got wise to that! i just had to persevere - i did reduce his milk gradually at night till he had just 4oz instead of 8oz.
good luck.. i know how tiring it can be
he would wake 2x for milk, he never had a dummy so i didnt have that to contend with. i tried offering more food during the day but that made no difference i tried water at night but he got wise to that! i just had to persevere - i did reduce his milk gradually at night till he had just 4oz instead of 8oz.
good luck.. i know how tiring it can be
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I found with Isaac, though trial and error, that he needs to go at least 5 hours now between feeds for him to eat all his savoury and afters at meals times and i'm sure this has made an impact on his sleeping times. When i put him on solids I tried to feed him every 4 hours like I did with the bottles and he picked at his food and was waking in the night sometimes. (He has slept through from about 6 weeks old). I changed his feeding routine to every 5 hours with a bottle in the morning with porridge then lunch, dinner and a bottle at night before bed and now he sleeps through again till 7-8am pretty much without any disturbance apart from the occasional leg stuck in the cot bars at 3am lol
Lou
I found with Isaac, though trial and error, that he needs to go at least 5 hours now between feeds for him to eat all his savoury and afters at meals times and i'm sure this has made an impact on his sleeping times. When i put him on solids I tried to feed him every 4 hours like I did with the bottles and he picked at his food and was waking in the night sometimes. (He has slept through from about 6 weeks old). I changed his feeding routine to every 5 hours with a bottle in the morning with porridge then lunch, dinner and a bottle at night before bed and now he sleeps through again till 7-8am pretty much without any disturbance apart from the occasional leg stuck in the cot bars at 3am lol
Lou
I do sympathise Kellie, i hate night wakings 
have my own probs also.
Personally i wouldnt feed at night no matter what, I was told that it gives them a reason to wake as they get some nice yummy milk, if she is still being fed at night then she wont up her day feeds.
It will be horrible at first but I bet it works by a week
Did you ever do a dream feed? maybe introduce that before you go to bed and then start bringing forward so it ends up as a bed time feed.
Good luck hun
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have my own probs also.Personally i wouldnt feed at night no matter what, I was told that it gives them a reason to wake as they get some nice yummy milk, if she is still being fed at night then she wont up her day feeds.
It will be horrible at first but I bet it works by a week
Did you ever do a dream feed? maybe introduce that before you go to bed and then start bringing forward so it ends up as a bed time feed.
Good luck hun
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Well Aimee has been sleeping better this last week. I was all set to try the controlled crying but for the minute she seems to be settling, not getting my hopes up too much cos i know how quick it can all change. The first couple of nights she only woke for 1 bottle plus a few times for a drink then for the last 3 nights she hasn't had any milk in the night. She woke 4 times last night and she had a drink and went off again so were heading in the right direction and shes done it on her own. She has been eating more and eating supper every night so i think its probally down to that. Fingers crossed it lasts! 
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Hi! Them dam teeth I think Riley is the same wakes up once in the night then again at 7.00, best advice
Don't reward them with a drink of any kind (Milk, water)
Do control Crying, it feels terrible at first but it works, God know what is up with Riley cos I do both and we had about 4 months of lovely sleep then BANG he is mardy as hell!
But both those Ideas came from my Health Visitor and did work for a while. Hoping Capol and Control Crying will work, but by the sounds of him, no luck!
Good Luck
Don't reward them with a drink of any kind (Milk, water)
Do control Crying, it feels terrible at first but it works, God know what is up with Riley cos I do both and we had about 4 months of lovely sleep then BANG he is mardy as hell!
But both those Ideas came from my Health Visitor and did work for a while. Hoping Capol and Control Crying will work, but by the sounds of him, no luck!
Good Luck
