Help with 7 Month Old Sleeping Through the Night!!!

Hi J.,

I have been there with my son. There is so much to tell you about it. If you don't believe in letting your baby cry it out, you may like to read this book: The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night by Elizabeth Pantley, William Sears. It is very easy to read and follow. You can find in any bookstore and also in amazon.com you can find used books for very good price. It helped me with my son, that now is 2 1/2 and he sleeps really good.

Good luck,

M.

WEll I wasn't gonna respond since so many other mothers did and I figured you had all the advice until I read through and decided I had a different take! I saw that there was enough advice about the teething but only one about the full stomach and well just to give you my creditialls I have 6 babies of my own and to just be honest I breastfeed but once I started to supplement (and it was different w/ each one) I used a slit nipple and mixed rice cereal in with the formula for the bed time bottle, I want to say that I learned from experience to NOT give them a bottle to go to sleep with it ruined 2 of my childrens teeth from doing so cause the milk sits against the gum line and it will rot her teeth if she has them but it's a bad habit to get into even if she doesen't yet! I mean there are a few things you can try like a classical music CD and a good bed time routine and with mine if they woke up in the middle of the night I wouldn't disturb the silence by turning on the lights I just felt quickly if they were wet and layed them back down covered "em up put a passy back in (I always have extras by the crib so ya don't have ta go on a search) and say "ni nite" put the cd back on and walk out once she realizes your not going to get her up she will come around and hopefully your visits to the crib will be less and less! I hope this helped and GOOD Luck-Happy Mothering

Give her motrin for the teething. Make sure she is good and fed. And read the baby wise book. It is all about scheduling. My son starting sleeping through the night at 1.5 weeks and my daughter started at 4 weeks.

I know there are those babies who sleep through the night but I think they are more the exception than the rule.... My children didn't sleep through a night without waking until they were three years old! I didn't get a solid night of sleep from 1993 until 2000 between the first pregnancy and the second child finally sleeping through at age 3. Babies just wake up a lot. It's what they do typically. We have to adjust to them rather than trying to force them to adjust to our needs. I suggest swapping turns with your husband getting up with the baby and nap when the baby naps during the day. Meditation really helped me get that deep brain wave rest without having to actually sleep as much. Good luck!

if you think she is cutting teeth. try hyland teething tablets. they are bit pricey but they disolve instantly in the mouth and giver a dose of baby tyneol before you lay her to bed. on my experience on my 2nd son, this seem to help. another thing, is that she hasnt figured out how to put her self back to sleep. my youngest of 3 kids, she is 2, she still occasionally wakes up but i dont "run" to her, i let her fall back asleep. i read in american baby 5 yrs ago when i was a new mom that they say..... give them a couple of minutes, then check on the child...ie see if thier wet or whatever. then go back to bed after saying goodnight again. then the next time wait a lil longer before checking in on them. then finally you dont go back in. this is frustrating because you and i both know we can hear everything. but they eventually need to learn how to settle themselves back down. i hope this helps you J..

first relax.

the more you stress about it the worse it gets. I have 2 kiddos, one is 5 yrs and one is 2.5 yrs. theres 3 things you cant make a kid do, eat,potty train and sleep through the night. With both my kids I have done the same thing and both started sleeping throught the night at differant ages, my daughter didnt start until she was 3yrs old, my son at a year. It all depends on the child. I suddenly woke up one morning and realized they hadnt gotten up. Its completely normal for babys your daughters age to still wake up at night. if you think its teething then give her some motrin before bed motrin is better at managing oral pain than tylenol.

you can also pick up the book " the no cry sleep solution"

Hi,

I have to say that my 16 month old daughter finally started sleeping a full night through when I took her pillow one night and I slept with it or if she has a bankie that to. It leaves your scent on her pillow that will comfort her while she is sleeping. It will be her since of security during the night, and it really works, my grandmother is the one who actually told me that! It could be that she is teething, Jolie wouldn't cry from teethiing she would just wine while she was asleep when her teeth were bothering her. At wal-mart in the baby section they have "teething tablets" they are dissovables(*) that you rub on the gums, these tablets are little miricales. They are the only thing that would make Jolie's gums feel better. It is better than ora-gel and everthing. Well I hope that my experience will help you out! Good Luck!

If she is cutting teeth, then you may want to try giving her some infant motrin drops before she goes to bed to help her pain through the night. If she's not teething, then you should try to keep her up and as active as you can during the day. Also, try not to let her nap too late in the day so that she can get enough activity during the day to wear her out and maybe she will sleep longer if not through the night. IF you haven't already, start a nighttime routine with her to get her ready for bed. Good luck.

if it is teeth use the teething homeopathic pills.....they have camomile in them which will calm her down for the night. blessings.....

I know some people are against the "crying it out" method. I wasn't for it untill my son was a year old and was still waking up 2 and 3 times a night. Finally I figured it was best for him to get a full night sleep and me as well. Believe me its very hard to listen to them cry at first, but if you know there is nothing wrong, and they are perfectly fine then you will eventually get used to it. The first night he cried on and off for about an hour, the 2nd night on and off for 30 minutes and by the 3rd night he was sound asleep within 15 minutes. It didnt take long, and worth it. My son is 2 now and hasn't woke up in the middle of the night since! And he's even in his toddler bed now!! Good luck!!

My 10 monthd old for as long as I can remember has slept through the night but when he is grumpy or sick and doesn't fall asleep well I try vapor bath wash u pour in the tub and rub johnsons night time lotion on him and it usually helps him. It also helps to have a set routine like give him a bath RIGHT before u lay the child down, anything that would let the baby know when its time for bed and lay the baby down around the same time each day. As for the teeth, I used orajel nighttime formoula.

A FULL belly has always helped for mine. I don't have a problem giving mine a bottle at night with some ceral in it and they sleep through the night great - some people are against a bottle in the crib - your choice. I agree with the motrin. what has helped my son - also named Taylor calm down is laverder. I have some lotion and some of the pure extrat which i put a drop on the lightbulb and it fills the room. I am not into all the aromatherapy (my motherinlaw is) but the lavender does work for him. if you are a SAHM mom - try to take a nap durning the day for your sanity.