Sleeping at 8 Months - Plainfield,IL

I would say the opposite -- put her to bed earlier. All the sleep experts agree that the earlier you put a baby to bed, the later they sleep. It's because they are not overtired so they sleep better. Also make sure she is on a consistent nap schedule with a morning and afternoon nap that both last at least an hour. Most of her naps should be in a crib/pack n' play, not the car or any other moving device. After doing all that for 2 weeks and she's still waking up that early, then I would just let her cry until 6am so she knows that you're not coming in until then. Eventually she will just stay asleep, or at least stay quiet!

Resource: "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" by Dr. Weissbluth

A couple of suggestions:

give her some cereal at night to keep her tummy fuller longer so she won't wake up because of hunger

let her stay up an hour longer and maybe she will sleep later

put a larger size diaper on to absorb more so that the wetness doesn't wake her up

Ferberize her by just going in once or twice and patting her and say very soothingly, "it's not wake up time yet" and let her cry it out a few mornings - she may need to learn that it's not wake up time until the sun comes up

Hope this helps!

i say your lucky i have a 2yr old who still wakes up 2-3 times a night and a 7 month that also wakes 2-4 times to eat he is bf baby so sleeping 8 hrs or more is AWESOME in my book

12 hours is a long time to go without food. It's possible she's just hungry. Even sleep books like Health Sleep Habits, Happy Child say that until 9 months it's ok to have 1-2 feedings per night, and then also say that for a baby to wake between 6 and 7am is perfectly reasonable. It's maybe not ideal for us as adults, but I guess that's part of what we signed up for :). No more sleeping in on the weekends!

no pity over here by 2 year old doesnt sleep 12 hours...if the bottle works then keep doing th ebottle. if not look at the daytime naps...usually they are taking 2 still at that age ...how much sleep do you think an 8 month old needs?

Goodness woman! Count your blessings. Your baby is sleeping 8-9 hour straight through the night. That in itself is a very good habit. You can't really dictate how long your baby sleeps. You are lucky that she goes back to sleep until 8. There are some babies (like mine) who didn't sleep more than 10 hours in a 24 hour period, didn't sleep for more than 1.5 hours at a time and cried the rest of the time. And didn't sleep through the night until she was 4 years old. I would have welcomed your baby's sleeping habits :-) good luck!