10 Month Old Waking Every 2 1/2 Hours.

My 8 month old won't sleep through the night either! There are nights that I want to pull my hair out, like last night, because the she was up three times between 12:30 and 5am, and her big sister woke up crying too. The method that worked to break my oldest daughter's habit of nursing in the middle of the night didn't work when we tried it this time. We aren't really into "crying it out" and the only thing that seems to help at all is motrin, poor little thing has six teeth already and I think she is working on more.

Let me know if you have any suggestions! Btw, we do give our little cutie solids at dinner time.

check your milk supply. i had a similar problem with my daughter and had to pump bottles. She is almost 11 mos and drinks 24 oz of bm and around 12 oz of food total a day. i mix cereal with fruit or veg to fill a 4 oz jar three times a day and a few finger foods. You could also try protein foods now.

I went through a similar thing with my son. He would fall back asleep before really filling his tummy and then would wake up likely because he was hungry. My doc suggested introducing solid foods and that did seem to help. I'd also do my best to keep him awake while I nursed him to get him to fill up. They are growing a lot and it does take more to fill them up! - Hope you can get some sleep!!! btw - how long between feedings during the day? 2 1/2 hours sounds pretty close together for a 10 month old.

That is somewhat typical for a breastfed baby. There is also a lot going on right now with growth, milestones, teething so she may need the extra nutrition. Some babies are just much later with the long sleeping.

You could try adding extra feeds in the few hours before bed, that might help. You could try giving a good protein/complex carb snack before bed. I'd skip the rice cereal though bc that's really just empty calories plus iron and may just spike the blood sugar and make her hungrier. Also make sure she isn't slacking on nursing during the day. At this age when they start moving around much more, sometimes they get too involved in their environment so they are actually eating less during the day.

A book I could recommend is The No Cry Sleep Solution. That may help. I wouldn't advocate crying it out. I know a lot of people use it but there are ways to get babies sleeping without something so harsh. Good luck. I know it is hard to feel so sleep deprived. It seems right now like it will never end. But it will.

I was still nursing every 2 hours at about 7 months. My doctor told me to let her cry it out - feed at my bedtime (midnight) then let her cry at 2AM. With the first we let her cry without coming to her, and she cried 4 nights in a row, for 4+ hours straight until she fell asleep. The second child we used the Ferber method (going in at progressively longer time intervals but not feeding, just a quick touch to let them know you are there). The first method we were done in less than a week and she slept through from midnight to about 6 AM, the second method took about 3 weeks but then she also slept through. Ask your doctor, if the baby's weight is sufficient to make it through the night then it is just a habit you have to break. Also, keeping up the feedings keeps the digestive system going which keeps them waking up. Good luck, there is nothing worse than sleep deprivation in my opinion.

Well, I breastfed both my kids.
They did that too as babies. And they also 'cluster fed.' Which is also normal.
I figured, that is what a baby is. They wake, They get hungry. They wake for a reason even if due to separation anxiety or developmental reasons.
I always fed on-demand, 24/7, and during growth-spurts.

Your baby had a growth-spurt at 9 months old... if a baby's intake for example, does NOT keep pace with their growth, then they will always be hungry.
Is she feeding enough?
Do you produce enough milk?
If not, then, she will be hungry, regardless of what time it is. And that means the baby wakes.

I feel your pain, or sleep deprivation, lol... my daughter did the same thing until her 1st birthday. I tried everything, and nothing would work. But right at 12 months, she started sleeping about 6 hrs, only waking once. Thank God! I was told that if you are nursing, it takes them longer to sleep through the night, until baby no longer needs or wants to night feed. Of course you can do the weaning, but 10 months might still be young. Hang in there, eventually you will sleep!

At 10-1/2 months she may not really need to nurse, she is just waking and may cry and you offer the breast and she takes it but it may not be necessary for her to have it. There are so many other reasons at that age for them to wake a lot. She could have learned a new skill and is practicing it, they can't stop this they just do it. She could be teething. She could be going to a development milestone. The pacifier however isn't the answer though. I would recommend the sleep book "sleeping thru the night" by Jodi Mindell. It really helped us and now we all sleep soundly. Good luck.

Is she on any solids yet?? If she's hungry maybe feeding her rice cereal at dinner time will help.

I had the same problem with my second daughter, well she never took a pacifier but she did wake up every 2 to 3 hours all night until I finally weaned her at 13 months! But I have read one of the worst ages to wean or do the CIO method is 11 months. Because most babies go through at little separation anxiety phase. So it's best to do anything like that at 12 months or older. For me once I decided to wean at night that was it. No more. When I put her down that night she fussed for about 30 seconds and then went to sleep. She woke up around 12 to nurse and I just let her cry but she really only cried off and on for maybe 5 min. that was it. She did this for a few nights but then she was fine and I was finally sleeping!