Started Soy Formula Now Won't Sleep

It really could be a tooth.

But the changes you have made in his diet might temproarily effect his sleeping pattern, its like with any adult - if you all of a sudden make a drastic change to their diet ... it can effect everything you do.

I would continue with the soyand also give him time to adjust. It might take more than 4 days for his body to get used to the difference.

When my daughter cuts a tooth, I give her Motrin (I think it works better than tylenol) and she also nurses more frequently and wakes several times a night and she's 18 mos!

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I would say get him off the Soy. They say it is not good for babies male or female because of the high estrogen in soy.
I also tried soy for my son after breast feeding(doc recommended, not a pedi but a family doc). Big mistake he puked every where all the time. I switched to Good Start DHA/ARA and it worked wonders. No tummy problems and slept better too.

Also for teething try Hyland's teething tablets (homeopathic) sold at CVS, Rite Aid, ect. Safer than Tylenol and works so much better too! Good luck.

Hi B.,
Well you mentioned you had previously been breast feeding, could it be that he's not eating enough now that you're giving him formula? Maybe you need to try feeding him more. I can't imagine that it has anything to do with the fact that he's on soy.
Good Luck!

I wouldn't stop the soy formula, especially if he's taking it. It could be a ton of reasons... maybe he's growing so he's hungrier and that is waking him up. He could be teething and you don't know it. My son used to teeth for 3 weeks or more before you would even see a sign of a tooth. Is he getting some sort of attention when he wakes up, so that could be motivating it too? Just some things to consider.

My son was very particular after I stopped breastfeeding him and I wound up trying goat's milk based on a recommendation from another mom. He loved it and easily switched to whole milk once he turned one. Also, I would sometimes mix a little jarred fruit into his bottle at night to help fill him up a little more and that seemed to do the trick. Good luck!

It could be a tooth, in which case I'd recommend Hyland's all-natural teething tablets.

My other thought since you say only food helps is that he could be going through a growth spurt and waking up hungry because of that. See if he wants more food during the day.

Another thing is if he recently learned a new skill (standing, sitting, crawling) it's not uncommon for kids to wake up to practice this in the middle of the night even if they weren't waking up before - but from your description it doesn't sound like this is the problem.

Good luck, I hope he starts sleeping for you again soon.