Sleep help!

they won’t sleep thru the night til 1/3 my 9m old still wakes up around the same time for a bottle too. it’s normal

Have you tried taking Cara babies? Mine’s been sleeping thru the night since 2 months old with her course

Mine has been sleeping through the night since about 4 months. What’s your son’s schedule like? When’s his last bottle or meal? I give mine at 9 pm and let him run his energy out, he’ll sleep until 8:30am for his morning bottle.

babies are not genetically expected to sleep through the night til they’re 2. it’s normal. they still need you at night. sleep training is selfish and weird.

@Taylor lol what’s your source

happened to also see you’re expecting another?? the exhaustion just starting baby. they’re gonna be up at night. it’s expected. hope this helps

@Kovashya my babes pediatrician and there’s plenty of sources online if you’d like me to provide. wakeups should decrease with but they won’t disappear. a “full night sleep” for a 9 month old is 6-8 hours. that’s what a lot of ppl don’t understand. expecting 10+ hours from a literal baby is actually insane

@Taylor interestingggg. Actually yea, if you wouldn’t mind sending me some online sources! You can just message me. Everyone’s pediatrician is different and I just personally don’t understand the concept of sleep training. I just got lucky lol and my little guy sleeps through the night, until recently he’s been getting up here and there because his teeth are coming in

@Taylor the course we took was developed by a nicu nurse and a pediatrician. Their studies show the goal for overnight stretches grow as they grow. Their system is hours by weeks old. Ie. Babies can sleep at night for 4 hours stretches at 4 weeks. 5 hours at 5 weeks. 6 hours at 6 weeks and so on. Their course worked for us so our little man was sleeping 8+ hours at 2 months old. Calling families selfish for following a course that is science based and helps so many families is a little much. Just because you didn’t do it and your doctor recommended something else doesn’t mean you have to talk down to other methods.

@Tessa yes!! this is a good way to do it. not expect 12 hours uninterrupted at 4 months old (i’m just giving things i heard not this post) that’s where i was getting at for a 9 month old 8-10 hours IS a full night sleep without a wake up

and other methods are selfish 😭 take it personal if you want but they are not all science based. letting your baby sit there and cry just wanting to be held or fed does not follow any kind of science. if you disagree then that’s your opinion but it is selfish.

My baby has slept through the night since he was 4 months, I would put him down for a nap from 6pm to 7pm and play with him and get all his energy out and he would sleep from 10pm to the time I would wake him up or to 9am if I didn’t go to work.

Try weaning the night time bottle by one oz each night. He'll become disinterested in it

I second the takingcarababies course! It is backed by science and my baby is an amazing happy little sleeper. Also, every pediatrician must be different because ours said babies can be sleeping through the night by 4 months old. There is no reason they need to eat in the middle of the night (by 4 months) unless they are having issues with their weight. Otherwise he said “do you need to wake up in the middle of the night to eat? No. Neither does your baby.” (Again by 4 months and with no weight issues). ALSO u can try giving ur baby less and less milk during each night feeding until he eventually weans off. Baby might be reverse feeding (drinking most of their calories at night).

No advice Just here in solidarity my 9 month old also wakes up atleast twice to eat. Is actively teething right now so is waking up more 🥲

My 9 m old used to wake up at night because we co-slept but I moved him to his crib in our room and for a couple of days he was waking to feed 2 times then it turned to 1 and now he may wake up for some minute but soothe himself to sleep again. I put a soupy cup of water on his bed incase he’s thirsty as his pediatrician advised to switch to water for 9 feeds which I offered him before he stopped feeding. This week he woke up once wailing terribly and I had to breastfeed him to soothe him to sleep( wing it however it suits you) only to find out later in the day he’s about to teeth again that’s why he was cranky ( good call for me) N: he only breastfeeds to sleep, during the day he drinks formula, eats cereal and at dinner time I feed him, veggies/fruits with any other thing on the menu which keeps him full and able to sleep through the night. I suggest you try to sleep train by giving more calories before bedtime, a night bath and give last bottle for the day. Same routine helps