Hello,

My 14 month old still wakes up every night often more than once. We've tried the Ferber method, we've tried cereal in the formula/milk, we've tried water. When she wakes up, I give her a bottle and she goes back down with no problem. If I let her cry, she wakes herself out of any sleepy mood and is up for a much longer time in the middle of the night. Is it seperation anxiety? If I get her when she cries and try to just lay her back down she cries until she's fully awake. If i don't give her a bottle she stays restless and won't sleep well, gets up even more often throughout the night. I'm open to ideas as I'm a walking zombie who's not slept okay in over a year.

Thanks - Gwen

I share in your pain.  My son is a year old and he also won't sleep through the night.  And it's worse because I am so tired when I get up with him that I am on autopilot. I don't even realize half the time that I am getting up with him so I wake up in the morning to find that I have brought him into our bed.  I long for the days when I will wake up and find our son in his own bed.  I feel like a bad mom because it's a big no no to have your child sleep with you and mine does it and he's a year.  But he does the same thing.  He goes to bed at 7.  By midnight, he has usually woken up the first time.  Usually, I am still up at this point.  When I go to put him back in his bed, he cries like a banshee.  If he as even slightly asleep he's awake within minutes due to his crying.  So now we try and ignore him and sometimes it works but then I still get up with him at some other point in the night because he winds up with us. 

hello, I have 2 kids, 3 and 14 month old. Always remember, that you cant put  stuffed toys, or anything else in a crib.It's the law, by the way. What you can do is put your t-shirt under baby's head, the one that you have been wearing around the house for the whole day, or better-2 days. It works perfectly. So far it  is the best way to make yor baby's crib comfortable. Also, remember, better your baby sleeps during the day(nap time) better  he will sleep during the night. I'm sure that I'm not the one who expirienced restless nights, and this tips, actually helped me a lot. take care:-)

My 15 month old daughter wakes up too.  The only thing that sends her back to sleep is a bottle which is the only time she gets one.  She usually wakes up twice.  Holding her doesn't help, singing to her doesn't help.  Only her bottle.  Good luck!  I'll be checking in for some advice of my own.

I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but what site or "company" told you it's a law? The only thing I came across after 45 mins of searching for this law is about toys with strings and such. Please let me know especially since my son has been sleeping with his fav "sammy pup" since 6 mths and pretty much everyone I know lets their child sleep with their fav toy/teddy etc.

My son will be 15 months old this month and still wakes up once or twice at night. He slept through the night when he was younger, but I noticed if we are out for a few hours a day(not just riding in the car) he sleeps really good. We've been parking farther away from stores as long as its not too cold or rainy and it seems to help a little bit. The other thing that helps is a bottle when he wakes up. He's still partly on the bottle during the day, but the dr's are not worried about that at this point since he was taking the cups before 8 mths then stopped when he got a bad cold.. Any idea's about getting him off a bottle 100% during the day? I tried different cups but it doesn't work too well. He tells me no and hides them..

Hi, I've been there done that and am doing it again.  I have a 4 year old son, that didn't sleep all night until he was close to your child's age and now I have a 14 week old son and he is starting out the same way as his brother did.  I get up at least 2-4 times at night most nights.  When I was ready to give up with my older son, I found this book online that I bought and ready the chapter on need help now and within a week he was sleeping better and all night.  It wasn't easy, but it worked.  The book is Amazing Baby Sleep Secrets by Michael F. Quarles Sr.  It has a chapter for every major sleep doctor, from Ferber to Sears and combines them all in this book and tells you what each one recomends and which method works for you.  Definitely worth getting.  It says once your child is over 6 months they have no nutritional need to wake up and have a bottle through the night, so she isn't waking up cause she is hungry if she is eating enough during the day.  I'll be digging this book out soon to start working with my youngest son so he starts sleeping all night before his brother did.  For the mother wanting to get rid of the bottle, try using a cup from a resturant with a straw.  Our son liked drinking out of those and it worked to wean him.  Good luck!

   Hello everyone!

   Let's start with the "law". My 1 baby was born in switzerland. After you return home, you have a midwife, who comes and helps you,teches you, etc. She comes 5 times,you choose days.(with, or if you are a citizen,even without insurance.) In the hospital they told me, and midwife told me-that you shouldn't put anything in the crib. But, I guess, as long as they can't control you at your own home, it's more a rule than a law.

    For every one, who still breastfeeds. Keep going. One cup of tea with sugar 10 min. before feeding-makes your milk flow. If you are a working mother-breast feed once a day(in the evenings).

    I have tryed the sip cup,too. Straw cup works better.But we use them outside. Suggestion: Remove the rug ander the dining table, and let your baby spill the water. They really like the feeling of drinking without your support from regular cup(plastick and light). and pour just a little bit water.They also like eating with hands. messy -yes. But it worth it. Make them eat only at the table, even a snack between meals. It is also good for digestion.

    What to drink. In the morning-milk. Other time-water. If you give juice, make it yourself. I put:2 oranges,2 kiwi,2 carrots,2 apples. You get 3 full glasses of juice, that kids like. 2g. for parents and half a glass for each kid(I have 2). Make the proportions that your baby would like. And don't forget about the allergies.For those who doesn't have the allerg. for the ingr.:for the beggining mix the juice with the water(for the baby). after some time you'll see when you can give concentrated juice(the stool becomes soft at first, and when normal-you can give it as it is) Enjoy. I don't have time for that every day,so I make it 2,3 times a week.

     Babies wake up during the night, sometimes because of the teeth. And drinking(water or milk-helps). So we think, that it's just-hunger,while they need to be distracted from the pain. I really don't know what to do, if teething is the cause. I've tryed gels-they are not helpful in my case. Also, our doc. said, that before achiving something,first step,word,etc. they wake up too. It may happen at tha age of 4 too,because they start school-lots of new things. Don't worry and be patient.

     Bath, song, story-help to relax. Hugs and kisses-are helpfull to,do not forget to do so. Devote your 1 hour before the bed time, without doing anything else. It will pay back. For my kids best time to go to bed is 8 p.m. Earlier-they wouldn't sleep. Later-it's really hard ,because, they are already exhausted. Take care!