9 Month Old Getting up Too Early and Won't Lay down on Her Own!

I am not sure what time she wakes up for her feeding but if you could have her wait until 3 or 4 AM and then feed her she would probably sleep while you got ready to go to work. I had my husband go in and give our baby(9 months) a sippy cup with water when he woke around midnight. He cried, but after a week he no longer wakes up for the midnight feeding. He does wake at 4 or 5 AM and I feed him and then put him back in his crib and he sleeps until 7 or 8. About the sitting up issue I had the same problem. I would just lay him down after he sat up and tell him to go "night night". He would sit back up and so I just let him sit up. After about a week of me having him lay down he began doing it himself. Hang in there...it will get better! I have a 4 year old who doesn't want to get up in the morning! :)

We went through a period of waking at 9 months, too. We actually had to put our daughter down LATER for bedtime. We were putting her down at 6:45 like we had for months, and she was up for an hour or more most nights in the middle of the night!

We started putting her down at 7:30pm and she's now sleeping till 6:30am. Like you, I feed her once around 4am (we tried weaning her off of it and after two weeks of being consistent and making her cry, trying to wean her off of it, her sleeping only got worse (3 night wakings), not better, so we went back and she's doing really well...I know "they" say that babies don't need a night feeding, but every baby is different).

No clue about the time change. I'm nervous!

Hey there!
As for learning to lay down, she'll have to figure that out herself. Meanwhile, I would walk in, lay her down, and leave. Do not give extra attention. She'll figure it out pretty soon. You can get down on the floor and play with her during the day to get her to practice transitioning positions as well.
And for the early waking, for my boys, I actually had to put them to bed earlier. Babies need a good 10-12 hours of sleep at night plus naps. You'll have to check her sleep times and see if she's getting an appropriate amount. Sleep begets sleep. If she's not getting enough sleep that may be causing the problem. If you think she could use more I would put her to bed earlier. I know that sounds funny, but I've tried changing my schedule and they get up earlier if I put them to bed later. Even if they've been out running around and having fun and go to bed at some crazy hour, they actually get up earlier than the routine time. At nine months both my boys slept from 7 to 7 and took two naps during the day. I hope this combined with all the other great advice helps. As for the time change, we usually just changed their bedtime by 15-20 minutes for a couple days during the change and they figured it out. Hopefully it will be that easy for you. With the dark on your side for this time change try and make sure she gets lots of light during the day and then do your normal bedtime routine and she should adjust. Good luck, wouldn't it be great if they could tell us what was going on?????

2 Books:
Weissbluth, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby
Ferber, Sleep Book (May have wrong title)

I used a combination of both approaches - basically a modified cry-it-out with lots of routine and soothing. I think your child is old enough to decide what position she wants to be in. I think the key is to establish a routine before naps and bedtime and for her to not get overtired... then, she can soothe herself to sleep (she might cry).

In regards to the feeding, try to GRADUALLY reduce the amount in the bottle (or time on the breast) for the nighttime feeding. Also, might be helpful for her to eat when she wakes up... not before she goes to bed... try to eliminate any associations with food/bottles and sleep/soothing.

Get your baby to sleep through the night first and on a schedule... then focus on the time change... unless the time change is happening sooner than later.

We live abroad and battle jet lag and time changes often. Adjust meal times in accordance with new time and try to soothe infant to sleep a bit earlier or later as needed. Be outside as much as possible and keep blinds open when inside to connect with natural light patterns.

Best of luck to you.

My son had trouble getting himself down by himself at that age. My ped told me that when he got tired enough, he would get himself down, and after some crying, he finally did. As for getting up too early, I found that putting my kids down earlier made them get up later. You don't say when you put her to bed, but try putting her to bed 20 minutes earlier each night until the magic time. We had a lot of trouble with time changes, I adjusted their bedtimes up or down a half hour depending on if we fell back or forward and I eventually had to let them cry a bit until we hit the time I wanted them up. Eventually they trained themselves, although colds and teething would throw us off schedule for a few nights. Is she waking because she is wet? I used to give my son a bottle before bed and he was waking up because he was soaked. Maybe if this is the issue and you still want to give her the bottle, put a diaper pad in her diaper to keep her drier. Good luck. This too will pass.