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So my 10 month old goes down around 8pm. The past 2 weeks he keeps waking around 4-4:30 to the point that he is standing in his crib crying for us. I don't want him to wake my 3 year old so I go in and try to lay him down, rub his back and get him back to sleep. I go to leave and he pops right back up fussing. So I bundle him in a blanket and rock him until I think he's asleep and try to put him in his crib. Pops right up fussing. Finally, he gets to come in and lay between mommy and daddy and after about 15 min of tossing and turning he's asleep! Great, by this time the alarm goes off and time to get ready for work. Ugh!! He gets 1 hour long nap around 9:30/10am and another hour long nap around 1pm. Any suggestions? I tried a few oz of formula this morning, which he chugged, but that didn't keep him asleep.
It worked! Hopefully it's not just a fluke but it worked this morning! Put him down a half hour early and we got 5:45 out of him. I might try another 15 min and see if that does the trick.
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Sleep begets sleep -- try putting him down earlier. Mine at that age went to sleep at 6:30. Babies need a LOT of sleep, especially as they grow and reach new milestones. Anytime I ever encountered anyone trying to make their kid sleep later by keeping them up later, it made it worse.
Put him to bed earlier. We put my son to be at 7pm and he was sleep until 6:30 or 7am. on the weekends sometimes longer. Good luck
Put him to bed earlier, and unless you want him to keep waking up every night, stop taking him to bed with you and rocking him. He will start waking even earlier every night to come to your bed!
Dawn is exactly right. Just be confident in what you are doing, and be direct "it's bed time, GO TO SLEEP. Love you, see you in the morning!"
Agree with Kate - I would put him to bed earlier. It's counter intuitive but as my son's sleep schedules change and he wakes up early consistently - move his bedtime up. Overtired babies have trouble staying asleep.
Also - you need to stop bringing him into your bed and rocking him, etc. He's learned when he wakes up early that if he cries for you long enough you will give him what he wants :)
Move the bedtime earlier - 7:30 maybe and stop going to him at all when he wakes up if it's too early. You're going to start a nasty habit
