Sleep, is it a lost cause?

Here I was hoping to find some advice on getting my 10 month old
sleeping through the night again instead of waking me up four times a
night.

Reading some of the posts already here, it seems that the norm is to
not get a full night's sleep till baby is a toddler?

*moan* I'm back to work in two months, I don't know how the hell I'm
going to function this way. I wonder if it would have been better if
he never did sleep through the night, rather than having had that and
lost it at five months?

KD & G

"KD" wrote in message
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Here I was hoping to find some advice on getting my 10 month old
sleeping through the night again instead of waking me up four times a
night.

Reading some of the posts already here, it seems that the norm is to
not get a full night's sleep till baby is a toddler?

*moan* I'm back to work in two months, I don't know how the hell I'm
going to function this way. I wonder if it would have been better if
he never did sleep through the night, rather than having had that and
lost it at five months?

KD & G

My way to fix this problem was to introduce the baby cereals around 4 or so
months. I would feed the watery baby cereals (watered down with EBM, but
you can use water) before bed, and then again for breakfast, both followed
with a nursing session until they were satisfied. At 6 or so months,
however, mine were all eating regular foods along with EBM. Mine were all
ready, however, and I am aware that some babies aren't ready or wanting any
type of solids or anything, really, other than BM, until they're ready,
which can be whenever *they* feel like it!
IME, the cereals helped fill them up a little. DS was sleeping through the
night at 6 months for sure. He was on mushy solids as well. DD1 slept
through the night since day 1. DD2 has had her times sleeping through the
night every now and then, and at 3 months right now, she's only had BM - no
cereals or other food at all. She, also, doesn't seem like she's wanting
anything else just yet.
Like hell I'd be waiting for the toddler years to get a decent sleep for
more than 3 or 4 hours at a time! The first months, yes, I was happy with 3
or 4 hours of sleep at a time, but come 6 months, I had just expected to be
able to have some sanity for myself, and with that sanity, I had wanted a
decent sleep at night!

"KD" wrote in message
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Here I was hoping to find some advice on getting my 10 month old
sleeping through the night again instead of waking me up four times a
night.

Reading some of the posts already here, it seems that the norm is to
not get a full night's sleep till baby is a toddler?

*moan* I'm back to work in two months, I don't know how the hell I'm
going to function this way. I wonder if it would have been better if
he never did sleep through the night, rather than having had that and
lost it at five months?

KD & G

I don't know what to tell you... My 13 month old still wakes 3-4 times most
nights. When she sleeps through the night, I feel like I have to check to
make sure she's still breathing, lol! I'm out of my mind with lack of
sleep. She eats like a champ, likes everything. But she is on the small
end of the scale, so I don't know if size has anything to do with how soon
they sleep through. I have been grasping at straws myself.

The best thing that we've been able to do is take turns at sleep
deprivation... We alternate nights in the spare bedroom lately. It's not
the best solution, but it's just something that has helped a little with the
accumulated sleep deficit.

Hang in there. I remember when my 9 yr old was this age. She started to
sleep through the night at around 16 months.

On Jan 29, 7:14 pm, "determined" wrote:
"KD" wrote in ooglegroups.com...

Here I was hoping to find some advice on getting my 10 month old
sleeping through the night again instead of waking me up four times a
night.

Reading some of the posts already here, it seems that the norm is to
not get a full night's sleep till baby is a toddler?

*moan* I'm back to work in two months, I don't know how the hell I'm
going to function this way. I wonder if it would have been better if
he never did sleep through the night, rather than having had that and
lost it at five months?

KD & GI don't know what to tell you... My 13 month old still wakes 3-4 times most
nights. When she sleeps through the night, I feel like I have to check to
make sure she's still breathing, lol! I'm out of my mind with lack of
sleep. She eats like a champ, likes everything. But she is on the small
end of the scale, so I don't know if size has anything to do with how soon
they sleep through. I have been grasping at straws myself.

The best thing that we've been able to do is take turns at sleep
deprivation... We alternate nights in the spare bedroom lately. It's not
the best solution, but it's just something that has helped a little with the
accumulated sleep deficit.

Hang in there. I remember when my 9 yr old was this age. She started to
sleep through the night at around 16 months.

Hmmm. Well, at least I've got plenty of company!

We started cereal at six months, and shortly thereafter started giving
a second serving before bed. No improvement. He eats everything now
except for the obvious no-nos they tell us about, turns down very
little.

As far as size is concerned, at ten months old my boy is 32 inches
tall and weighs in at 28 pounds - not exactly at the top of the scale,
as he's OFF the scale! Doesn't make a lick of difference. It seemed
things went to pot after he got his first few teeth at about four
months, hasn't slept through since. It only went downhill from there.

*sigh* My husband does help a lot, we take turns (although I do take
more since he's having to get up to go to work) and sometimes take the
boy to bed with us when we're too exhausted to do the sleepwalking bit
between rooms any longer.

KD & G

On Jan 30, 9:07 am, "KD" wrote:
Here I was hoping to find some advice on getting my 10 month old
sleeping through the night again instead of waking me up four times a
night.

Reading some of the posts already here, it seems that the norm is to
not get a full night's sleep till baby is a toddler?

*moan* I'm back to work in two months, I don't know how the hell I'm
going to function this way. I wonder if it would have been better if
he never did sleep through the night, rather than having had that and
lost it at five months?


Sleep!!!!! I think we can all remember that word,

As a mum of many, and a grand daughter, this is surely a family thing.
And returning to work is wonderful, but extremely tiresome.
I think we just end up adapting to life changes, we cannot change our
children or their sleeping habits, so we as parents try to adapt
to suit our childrens ever changing moods.

And when things got too tough, or tiresome, I always called upon my
own mum to the rescue.

And not to mention my husband, share your thoughts with your family.

KD & G

KD wrote:
Here I was hoping to find some advice on getting my 10 month old
sleeping through the night again instead of waking me up four times a
night.

What are you currently doing to get him back to sleep when he wakes up?

Reading some of the posts already here, it seems that the norm is to
not get a full night's sleep till baby is a toddler?

"Norm" doesn't necessarily equate to "nothing you can do but resign
yourself to the inevitable". Sleep problems with babies/small children
are like breastfeeding problems - pretty much in the normal run of
things, but mostly solvable one way or another.


All the best,

Sarah
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Here I was hoping to find some advice on getting my 10 month old
sleeping through the night again instead of waking me up four times a
night.

Even I think that 4 times a night is a little much, unless you are
tandeming two, in which case it is pretty normal.

Reading some of the posts already here, it seems that the norm is to
not get a full night's sleep till baby is a toddler?

This may sound a bit flippant, but you can get a full night's sleep as
long as you don't try to do it in one stretch. These may not work for
you, but here are a couple of things we used to get through...

co-sleeping. I don't know if you do it, or how you feel about it, but
Monika learned to wake up for 5 minutes, latch Clara (or Niel) on, and
go back to sleep. Some say that they can't fall back to sleep, but it
is a learned habit. Practice, practice, practice. :-)

Second, if you need, say 8 hours of sleep, plan to go to bed 9 1/2 hours
before you have to get up. Now, we may have been lucky here, too,
because ours were willing to lie in in the morning until we go up. This
may take not staying up after the baby goes to bed, but going to bed
then also.

*moan* I'm back to work in two months, I don't know how the hell I'm
going to function this way. I wonder if it would have been better if
he never did sleep through the night, rather than having had that and
lost it at five months?

Our experience has been, and I have seen this on the newsgroup time and
again, that babies start night nursing more about the time they start to
sit and crawl, and they don't settle down again until after they start
to walk. You experience is far from unique.

KD & G

Good luck,
Larry

"Larry Mcmahan" wrote in message
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In article .com,
says...
Here I was hoping to find some advice on getting my 10 month old
sleeping through the night again instead of waking me up four times a
night.

Even I think that 4 times a night is a little much, unless you are
tandeming two, in which case it is pretty normal.

Reading some of the posts already here, it seems that the norm is to
not get a full night's sleep till baby is a toddler?

This may sound a bit flippant, but you can get a full night's sleep as
long as you don't try to do it in one stretch. These may not work for
you, but here are a couple of things we used to get through...

co-sleeping. I don't know if you do it, or how you feel about it, but
Monika learned to wake up for 5 minutes, latch Clara (or Niel) on, and
go back to sleep. Some say that they can't fall back to sleep, but it
is a learned habit. Practice, practice, practice. :-)

My bed just doesn't seem big enough for all of us, though she sleeps best
with us. Somehow, she always manages to get sideways and kicks me in the
head!


Second, if you need, say 8 hours of sleep, plan to go to bed 9 1/2 hours
before you have to get up. Now, we may have been lucky here, too,
because ours were willing to lie in in the morning until we go up. This
may take not staying up after the baby goes to bed, but going to bed
then also.

Yep. We go to bed now around 9pm... Or even 8:30 if we're really shot. It
does help.


Our experience has been, and I have seen this on the newsgroup time and
again, that babies start night nursing more about the time they start to
sit and crawl, and they don't settle down again until after they start
to walk. You experience is far from unique.

Maybe that's what it is for us. Emily is almost 14 months, so walking
should be happening any time now.


KD & G

Good luck,
Larry