My 10 Month Old Son Wont Sleep Through the Night (Still)

I do have a friend that told me her son never slept through either so I think some of it can be your babie's personality. Aside from that a couple of suggestions I have are see about feeding him an extra feeding during the day if possible. I feed my son as little as two hours apart if I need to, so I can get in plenty of feedings during the day. Of course I don't know how much your son eats, so that is just a thought. Now, my cousin's baby didn't want to sleep through either. She got him a little musical crib toy and she said that just worked wonders and he is now sleeping better. I wish you all the best, I wish I could be more help! I am sure though that some moms who have gone through it will come to your rescue!! Take care and sweet dreams :)

I have 3 boys and what I did with them was keep them up as much as I could throughout the day, maybe 2 naps one hour each one in the morning around 10 and one in the afternoon around2:30 3. Then at night I would get them into the routine of taking a bath with those relaxation bath mixes for babies (they usually have lavendar) feed them after that and playing music (either Christian or classical). That worked for them, they would wake up once but just for the paci and that was it. You can try it, I hope it works for you. Let me know.

Hi F.

My husband bought our son a lullaby sound spa that has a projector when he was 2 1/2 months old. We also have a leapfrog baby tad that plays clasical music for 6 minutes. This has helped out so much! The sound spa you can get at jcpenny for $30. If he seems like he is not ready to sleep after he eats we give him a bath with the lavender soap, then put him to bed between 8:30-9:00 every night. We leave the sound spa on "ocean", turn on the projector, and set the frog for the 6 minutes. Sometimes he goes straight to sleep and sometimes it takes a bit. I think the most important thing is we have him on a schedule- and we keep it even if he is somewhere else. I hope this helps. Even if he stays with his grandparents I always put "baby tad" in the bag :) I do agree every baby is different. I am a first time Mom so I know everything is trial and error!

Good Luck!

I agree that some kids just are better sleepers than others. If he is eating enough during the day, he is probably just using nursing to comfort himself. I don't agree with crying it out myself, but you need to find something that works so you both get enough rest. I would see if you can find something other than nursing to soothe him, I don't know if he takes a pacifier? I know some people are trying to get their kids off of it at just a little older, but I know that was my way of getting my son back to sleep rather than feeding him - he was just not a good sleeper and always woke up - I just didn't feed him during the night once he was old enough to not need to nurse during the night any more. I know most argue against it but do you try just putting him down next to you and patting him to sleep instead of feeding him and putting him down? My younger son always woke and I could never get him to sleep through the night until he was older (3, actually) but I just let him sleep w/ me as it was the only way we would get any sleep, crying it out never worked with him either. I would also make sure he is not sleeping too much during the day so he is tired at night to improve the chances he'll sleep longer at night. I would also ask his doctor for advice as well, but don't let anyone make you feel guilty if the cry it out method doesn't work for you, I know some kids just never stop crying and thus is just doesn't work for everyone.

Good luck and this too will pass, I would just do whatever works - and that is something different for everyone. Take care!