10 month old not sleeping through night

Hi,

I have a 7 month old baby girl,who is 7 months old,still breastfed and doesnt sleep thru the night either!

It is totally 100% normal for babies to still be waking during the night,eveb beyond 12 months!

I dont know if your mum realises that 'sleeping thru' is actually a classified as a stretch of 5 hours sleep overnight?

Some peopl are lucky and their babies start sleeping thru for long periods when they are young.But babies are designed to wake overnight,it keeps mum's milk supply going strong.And it lessens the chance of SIDS.


I still sleep with my bubba,its much easier to feed her overnight that way,and I find I get more sleep because I dont fully wake up.

Rest assured this is NORMAL behaviour,and it wont go on forever!!

I have a 20 1/2 month old boy and he still doesn't sleep through the night. Some babies just don't. Don't let anyone tell you that you are doing something wrong.

The fussiness and not eating could be a sign of teething, or possibly and ear infection.

If you want him to go to sleep a little earlier at night, try pushing his morning nap back by about an hour. My boys always have lunch at 12 and then take a nap for about 2 hours. My 9 month old usually goes to bed about 8 and the 20 1/2 month old usually goes about 9. I think you should try to feed him lunch or something to keep him up until 12. If he takes a good nap, I would just cut out the late afternoon nap. He should be ready to go to bed by 8, and hopefully stay asleep.

If you need anything, feel free to pm me anytime.

I agree with samanthaM that it could be teething or ears... My 9 month old was sleeping wonderfully until he started teething at 7 months. Well since then I have been up from 2 to 6 times a night. He also got glue ears in the last month, which are not painful, but uncomfortable and it interfears in their sleep. Got him on medication and it is clearing up. Luckily it does not last forever, but remember that every baby is different and do not take the criticism to heart. If you have a good GP, go see him/her or visit a pediatrician to get peace of mind.

I agree with the above posters. Every baby is different and you mom should never interfere with you like this. She should be more supportive. It's actually not a good thing for kids to sleep through the night (which at most is only 6 hours straight) if something is wrong. Your mother comes from a generation where the main thing was to get the baby to sleep through no matter what. They would give the baby cereal to help them sleep back then, but now we all know that it's not a good idea to do that. They need the comfort and the nutrition of more feedings, not a lump of starch in their stomach. Your mother should be more supportive of you...it's not yours or the baby's fault that this is going on. It's just life.

Your baby is only 10 months old. Some of my children would still make a nightly visit to my room even after they were two!! (Not to scare you lol.) I have a sister in law whose babies would sleep through the night as soon as they reached 10 lbs.

A lot of babies teethe around this time and also go through growth spurts. This will throw off any sleep schedule. Just make sure he is getting enough to eat and taking his naps during the day. You can give him a little infant Tylenol before bed to ease the teething pain too.

Your schedule that you have the baby on really isn't too bad....Here is a link to a chart which you can use as a guideline for what he needs.

http://www.babycenter.com/0_ chart-how-much-sleep-does-your-child-need_ 7645.bc

Great to read the above info. Thanks all.

I have a 7month old baby who cries between 4 to 5 times a night. and stays awake an hr or so on end. .

Well if other people are going through the same thing, I guess I simply have to wait it out.