9 Months Old Baby Couldn't Sleep Through the Night.

You can try wrapping her tightly in her blanket and put a clock that ticks close to her for hear for comfort throughout the night.

Get the book "healthy sleep habits, happy child" by dr. Weisbluth. Works great for sleep training and I used it with both my kids!!!

She's normal.

ALSO 9 months old is a growth-spurt time... so their intake needs increases as well as the frequency of feedings. Feed ON-demand always, Because of that. Intake needs to keep pace WITH the baby.

Both my kids did that too.
That is how it is.
A baby will sleep longer, per them. Forcing them to sleep, per 'methods' is for the parent... not the baby.

Always feed on-demand... some babies have GINORMOUS appetites (like mine) and their body metabolizes their intake quickly. Hence, hunger.

She needs to feed. She is hungry.

For the 1st year of life, breastmilk or Formula is a baby's PRIMARY source of nutrition... NOT solids and NOT other liquids.
This is a building-block time.
This is also per our Pediatrician. Feed on-demand.

As a side note: Teething also tweaks a baby's sleep. Waking them. So check on that too. But it is normal... it does wake a baby when teething.

all the best,
Susan

Here is the secret!!! I got it from my step aunt with 10 kids. She got them all to sleep through the night by 3 months. I didn't know for my 1st, who was still waking up twice a night by a year old when I mentioned it, and she told me this trick, and my daughter started sleeping thru 3 days later, and my second 2 have slept through from 3 months:

You have to stuff your daughter to full capacity food wise ALL DAY LONG. Not just right before bed. Even if she seems fine, I guarantee you she can eat more and you just don't know it. If she's waking up several times per night, she can eat a lot more. Offer, offer, offer food all day. Add meals. Add snacks. Dont' worry, she wont' over eat, if she's truly full, she'll push it away, but as much as she will eat-FEED HER.

It will take her body a few days (3 tops) to register the increased calories. After that, she will sleep MUCH longer and deeper. We just accidentally slacked off with our one year old while busy and traveling, and she started waking during the night and early morning. I re-stuffed her, and she's back to sleeping from 9pm to 9am like she has been from 3 months old.
Food food food, milk milk milk! Increase nursings or bottles of formula, thicken with cereal (all day, not just before bed) AND add some more solid foods.

Many babies go through growth spurts around this time, I suggest feeding her more, be it breast milk or formula (whatever you use), and I agree, maybe a bigger feeding before bedtime.

My 9mo is doing the same thing right now, and she HAS an earlier bedtime. She goes down at 7:30 like clockwork every night. I'm not a believer in letting them cry, especially when we're attached to another house with their bedroom against ours. I let her fuss, but there's a big difference. YOU are the expert on your child, and what you decide to do make take lots of practice doing different things, but the key is finding something that works for you and your family. Neither one of my kids responded to crying it out; they would literally cry for hours, and that doesn't accomplish ANYthing. Just frustrates everyone involved, and I believe teaches kids distrust. However, I have friends who have tried it out of exhaustion, it's worked for them, and their kids are just fine developmentally.

I don't say this to scare you, but my son was still waking 4-5 times per night at almost 18months. He's now almost 4 and sleeps 12 hours straight. I recommend that you be patient and understand that new things are happening all around your baby: teething, crawling, pulling herself up, new awarenesses of herself physically & developmentally....

Routines were the biggest thing for me & my kids. We aren't necessarily a by-the-clock family, but we do the same things every night. Bath, jammies, snack, book, brush teeth, then bed. My son, who nursed to sleep up until age 2, goes to bed on his own after we kiss him and tuck him in, and my daughter nurses to sleep. She doesn't eat every time she wakes in the night, but understanding her little nuances help me determine whether she's hungry or just needed comforting.

Take heart; it won't last forever!

HI T., In my experience this is common and normal. I think kids go through these stages of growth, teething, some other processes that we do not know about. I'm surprised when people have expectations that babies would sleep through the night at an early age. My twin boys started to sleep through the night around 2 yrs, and now even at 3 years they occasionally wake up. All of my friends with small children report the same. Of course, there are follower of "crying-it-out" as "helping" your child to sleep, but this practices are abusive to children, and basically ignore their needs for comfort and support. If there are things that are comforting to your daughter though, like a fav. toy or maybe she prefers to sleep in a certain way it could help) but at this age the best comfort is still the parent. Do not despair though, it is likely a stage, and she will start sleeping better soon. In my own experience, it usually has to do with teething or a growth spur. Hang on there, it will become better!

My first didn't sleep through the night until he was one and a half. He has always and still at 2 wakes up crying. I read that they wake up more at night during growth spurts because they are hungry. Or during teething times (which for my son lasted a few weeks at a time) because they are uncomfortable. The most important thing to remember is that this is a short phase of your life, really, as painful as not sleeping much is. My second baby slept through the night (at least 5 hours straight) at 2mts-- so really every child is so different and will respond to different things. He wakes up happy and always has. Be very suspicious of people's claim that they know the right answer for your child. Different babies are different without you doing anything different. I was against letting them cry so I never tried that, but I did night wean at 14mts and my baby did cry then for a few nights because he wanted to eat. We liked the book "The No Cry Sleep Solution", but we didn't follow through on the instructions to tell if it really would have gotten our first baby to sleep through the night any earlier.

my 9 mo old was doing the same thing.. do u put her to sleep in full sleepers with feet.. ?? i thought that maybe my baby hates his feet cover or confined at nite all of a sudden so i decided no "footsie" pajamas and that nite he slept well.. also if she wakes up just a lil whinny and crying but not too mad try letting her whine for a lil bit.. she might go back to sleep.. or just patting her.. whatever u do dont turn on the light or take her out of her room... try not even picking her up.. but really try the pj thing.. it worked for me...

It sounds like you've gotten your baby dependent on you to go back to sleep (I've done the same before). I would pick one wake up to start with, probably the first one and let them cry it out. It's hard I know, but you'll be going in there for the next wake up so your not making them go completely cold turkey. Once the first wake up is resolved you'll likely find that several others resolve on their own too, but if not then move on to the next one. Close their door all the way and turn your monitor to low, often times you get so programed you pop up the minute they start crying and really if you wait 2 minutes they fall back asleep. At this point it's more important fir everyone to get some good sleep than comforting non stop throughout the night. If you're completely opposed toCIO then get the Sleep Lady's book.

She needs an earlier bedtime. It seems strange but If you move up her "last feed" ,by 15 minute increments, closer to 7 - 7:30 I think you'll have more success. Sleep begets sleep and often when they are having sleep issues it's due to the kiddo not getting to bed early enough. I do agree though that she might be going through a growth spurt however a baby @ 9 months doesn't really need to be feeding 4 or 5 times a night - that's just a habit for comfort. I second the recommendation for Healthy Sleep habits, Happy Child.

I let my baby cry. She now cries for 1 - 5 minutes and goes right back to sleep. I nurse her around 4am so she'll sleep until 7:30 (if I'm lucky). Her pediatrician wants me to stop the midnight feedings because she doesn't need them - but I really hate getting up before 7am...
Anyway - most babies need to go to bed between 7 - 8pm. She may be overtired which makes her stressed out and unable to relax enough to fall into a deep sleep so she takes little catnaps and wakes up and expects you to help her go back to sleep.
I read "healthy sleep habits, happy child" it helped a lot. You can find used copies of it on Amazon.com for cheap. ;)
Take advantage of the long weekend and do some sleep training!

My daughter just turned 10 months and just now is sleeping through the night. You have to let her cry herself to sleep. The first night I let put herself back to sleep at midnight and 2am. Then at 3:30 she woke up and she cried off and on until 4am. Then I fed her. The next night she did not wake up until 6:30 am. She ate and then went back to sleep until 8:15am. The next night she woke up at 7:30am. The next night 8:30am. Then again 7:30. Each time she has been waking up and going back to sleep. Good luck. My son did the same thing. Woke up every two to three hours until 10 and half months of age. When I did the same thing with him.

edited to add: every baby wakes up during the night. Some for a second, some for a lot longer. Some babies need to be taught that they can put themselves back to sleep. If they have depended on you to do so then they will wake up looking for you to help them every night. Do your baby a favor and let her learn that she can put herself to sleep. Waking up becomes a habit that is hard to break unless broken. I did not let my baby scream or cry hysterically or anything like that. But I did not rush in every time I heard her wake up. You may need to wait until 10 months. But you'll be glad you taught her to fall asleep on her own.

I would have to agree with the feed, feed, feed comments. My baby is 6 months old and is already on stage 3 foods. He cannot eat enough, he will eat a jar and a half of stage 3 foods and then table food an hour later. Whenever we do not feed him to capacity he will wake up literally every hour and a half during the night. The pediatrician said it is perfectly fine to jump ahead with other solids as long as he is ready. I would do that with her at 9 months too, she can take it. If not you will know. But yeah, feed her to capacity and go from there

Does your daughter eat cereal or anything else besides formula or breast milk before bed? If she isnt then I would try it, that usually helps. However she may just be that kind of kid that doesnt sleep well. I have always had issues with my 5 yr old. She would sleep great then suddenly not sleep more than 2 or 3 hours at a time! Then she wouldnt want to go to bed at all, then she would go to bed and only sleep till 4am. She has always had crazy sleep habits! Last year she even started getting up in the middle of the night and laying down on my bedroom floor or hallway floor! Twice in the last month she has gotten up to go to the bathroom, then stood on the bathroom rug and peed! My oldest daughter slept 12 hrs a night at 8 weeks and has never looked back! My 11 week old sleeps 9 hrs a night and has slept through the night since the day he was born!

Try to feed her something heavier at night before bed and see if that helps. You could also try a warm, quiet, dimly light bath. Play some classical music for her while she lays in bed but dont engage her if she wakes up in the middle of the night. Feed her if you need to, change her, but dont talk to her, laugh or coo at her. She needs to know its not playtime, its bed time! Also try to keep her on a very strict routine. These things helped my daughter and slowly it got better. Good luck!

A nine-month-old waking in the night is 100% normal. My two-year-old is just starting to sleep through the night. Every kid is different. There are many sleep-training methods, but ultimately, if you don't want to let them cry, you just have to suck it up and wait till it happens organically. For many, if you stop feeding them in the night they wille eventually stop waking. My older son for several years came in around two in the morning and slept the rest of the night with us. For me that was okay. They do grow out of it eventually. And I'm not into the crying thing. Good luck with your choices!

Your baby has trained you to get up every times she cries. Unless you are willing to let her cry a few nights, most likely not much will change.

For each of my own two children, it took one night of 1/2 hour of crying, a second night of 5 minutes of crying, and that was it (the doctor said it might take three nights). The first night I was sure that something horrible had happened when my daughter stopped crying, but she had just gone back to sleep. My daughter slept through the night at 8 weeks (right after we saw the pediatrician), and our son slept through the night at 6 weeks.

This regimen was recommended by my daughter's pediatrician, and I blessed him for his advice. I disagree vehemently with those who say the practice is abusive to children, + I know my husband and I were better parents when we were getting more sleep (we both were working full time, too). BTW--Sleeping through the night probably still means waking up at 6:00 am, but that is WAY better than every 2 hours. Good luck!

She probably won't sleep through the night right now. Pick her up and give her a bottle in a quiet/dark environment. Change her diaper. Put her back down quietly w/a comfy blanket, make sure there is a night light in the room. She's hungry. Still little, still tiny tummies. Make sure she's not teething. If mine was, I would give him Tylenol for front teeth, Motrin for molars right before bed time, made sure he had a clean diaper before bedtime, and w/i a couple of months you probably won't be having this issue. Hang in there.

I had four babies and the first one didn't sleep through the night until he was three years old. And that finally happened because I let him fall asleep in my bed and then very carefully carried him to his bed. Or when he woke up in his bed in the middle of the night, I did the same. That was only because by then I was exhausted, but it worked. I don't think there is any one way, but I always took the way that made the baby or child happy and secure. It pays off later no matter what anyone says. Babies need to learn early that this is a happy, warm, secure world and you will have a happy secure child. Now I don't mean to carry that to extremes or give them something they really shouldn't have just because they want it, but I think you know what I mean. Anyway, when any of mine woke up I nursed them back to sleep after changing them (in the dark so as not to wake them too much and let them know it was time to sleep) and gently laid them down, even if they had just eaten a little while ago. After they were switched to bottles I always did the same thing. Only I warmed the bottles, unlike a lot of mothers today. How in the world can you go back to sleep with cold milk in your stomach. Warm milk or formula is very soothing and induces sleep. It's a little more trouble, but so what! Make sure they are changed even if you just changed them. Make them comfortable. Make sure they're warm enough or in summer not too warm. Make sure the bed has a nice pad and is clean and comfortable. I know they say to put them on their backs, but to me that is crazy. If they spit up or vomit, they could easily choke on it. I've taken care of many, many babies and always found they sleep best on their stomachs. All of my relatives and mother who took care of a lot of babies did the same. My neice was having a problem also and when she switched to the stomach the baby slept much better. If you decide to try that, just make sure there are no pillows. They shouldn't have a pillow anyway, and no bulky quilts. Just warm baby blankets and in the winter an undershirt under the jammies. Good luck and this too shall pass.

I feed my 4 month old more often during the day (because I can't get him to take naps and I end up feeding him every hour or two to get him to sleep.) But he sleeps for 10-14 hours every night. It's a combo of him not taking naps during the day (because he just won't...LOL) and me feeding him more during the day.

Let her cry it out....30 minutes, tops and in three days she could have it all figured out :) It is tough, but you can do it. Best wishes!