CALLING ALL MOMS!

Does he still get a bottle at night? I had the same problem with my little one, once I took his bottle away at night he started sleeping straight through the night. If you dont give him a bottle at night maybe try putting off bedtime like an hour and maybe that will tire him out and he will sleep better for you. Best of luck!! :flowerforyou:

So frustrating! I hear you! My little 5 month old has decided that she would like to eat in the middle of the night again... we were doing so good...

My only advice is to let someone else put him down...and go to him if he wakes to reassure him. My kids wake up way less when their dad does all the night duties... they know they can push my buttons.

I doubt your neighbors or other son would notice much either if you did let him cry. This is tough, tougher on mom than on baby though! Hang tight, this too shall pass!

my daughter went thru that stage. she was teething...BAAAAAD! we eventually gave in and let her cry. it took her about a week, but she got over it. we also discovered that Gripe Water works well to calm her down.

My second son co-slept with us for 14 months. While I have no problem with co-sleeping, it wasn't what my husband and I wanted to do. We tried everything to get him to sleep in his crib. The only thing that worked for us was crying it out. It was hard, probably harder on me than anyone, but it worked. And quicker than I would have thought. We also had a 3 year old at the time. He slept through through the crying no problem. But we had talked to him about what was going on so he would be prepared if he did wake up. If nothing else works and you want to try crying it out, talk to your neighbors. Let them know what is going on and maybe they will be understanding. If crying it out just isn't an option, I would encourage you to be patient. This too shall pass. My son is two now and sleeping like an angel every night in his toddler bed. It was a hard first 14 months with him, but I hardly remember the bad stuff now.

My son is just turning 15 months old and I remember all too well the same exact thing. He was waking up and still taking a bottle. I was LUCKY to get a 4 hour span of sleep. I just could not continue to function like that trying to work also. I know you don’t want to hear this but we had to eventually let him cry it out also. When he would cry I would go in there, NOT pick him up but reassure him. I would leave the room and let him continue to cry about 5 min, and go back in, same thing…reassure, did not pick him up. I did this about 1 or 2 more times and then eventually he would cry himself back to sleep. I have to admit, it was horrible to feel like I was not soothing him but it really helped. He was a much happier baby when he would actually get a decent stretch of sleep! And I was a happier mama!

I have a 3.5 year old and he had a small stretch where he would wake up during the night. Try getting some sleep when he first goes down. Even a 30 minute nap will help recharge you. Then, when he wakes up, keep him up for about an hour with food (my son wakes up even now if he didn't get enough to eat) or reading to him and such. Then do the bed time routine again. You should get another full 4 hour cylce out of him at that point. I tried this with my son when he was having difficulties and found the information in a couple of different books for "no cry" solutions. It seems the little ones just sleep more soundly if they get a one hour wake cycle once they wake up. If he can entertain him self during that time you could get some extra time to workout, read, ... clean, etc. for that hour. If not, then you have extra time with him.

Also, have you tried no night light? My son can't sleep solidly with light in the room. Any change will start waking him up. For the room, look around and see if there is anything else on a timer that could be waking him up. We have a space heater in the room and the timer clicks over and over throughout the night. Wakes me and the cat up upon occation.

No help from me..I have twin 3 year olds and I still sleep on the sofa with 1 and DH in our bed with the other...all started with them sleeping with us just 1 night when both had high fevers when they were about a year old...

Get him up in the morning try to keep him awake all day with out a nap then at nite give him a warm bath that should knock him out

Yes- cry it out is the answer. Don't be afraid to be strong. You're the mommy- it's what we do. Letting your little one adjust is only a night or two out of your whole entire lives and will be for the best for everyone concerned. Be brave, Both of mine had to get past this stage and both were sleeping all night in their own cribs by 4 or 5 months. Please don't think it will affect your baby's loving bond or "attachment" to you, it won't. My children are the sweetest, calmest most loving little people- no scars, I promise! And they are now, at ages 7 and 3, much better able to get to sleep and stay asleep in their beds all night without needing an adult to intervene. You can do this!

Oh yeah, I recommend taking the night light out. Studies seem to have found that children sleep better and longer without one. Neither of mine have ever had a nightlight in their rooms and I also have black out shades on their windows to keep it as dark as possible.

We went through a really hard time from 6-9 months. She'd start doing better, then be waking to play again. CIO didn't fit with our parenting philosophy so we'd bring her into bed with us and the nights that didn't work we'd take turns sitting up with her. My husband and I agreed we would do what we needed to survive the first year, then gradually start no-cry sleep training if necessary. Around 9 1/2 months it's like everything clicked and not only does she sleep better (an occasional night nurse, but right back to sleep after) she also puts herself to sleep now, which everyone said would never happen if we didn't sleep train. I've heard good things about the No Cry Sleep Solution and Baby Whisperer if you're looking for no-cry solutions. Good luck!

Also, do you put him to bed awake? From the time their were a few weeks old I always put my kids to bed awake so that they would learn to put themselves to sleep. I always made sure they were plenty tired first though so they wouldn't cry. Now I just put my kids in bed and they just go right to sleep. My daughter is like a zombie in sleep mode the second she sees the crib, she jumps out of my arms and rolls on her tummy in the crib and waits to be covered up.