Feeling Pity on My Baby's Sleeping and Feeding Schedule.

You have several issus adressed that you want to change , I think you need to do 1 at a time , get that issue sorted and then move on to the next. The 2 issues are more than likely connected , he is waking because he is probably hungry. I would sort the food issue first , at 11 months he can have quite a variety of foods , cooked pasta in sauces (you could make a tomato based sauce and add veggies to it and use a hand blender to make it a little smoother) , scrambled eggs , pancakes , bagels with cream cheese. Things like chicken you can cut up and then cook it so it stays moist , mashed potatoes , sweet potato fries , soft fruits such as banana slices , strawberries , clementine pieces etc. Don't let him see that you are anxious about his eating because they do pick up on this and will become all the more fussy , let him eat what you are eating (within reason) , cut it up small so he can pick it up and put it in his mouth , he needs to learn how to chew and move food around his mouth & purees just arn't going to teach him that. You will be surprised at what they can eat with just 4 teeth! Once you have the food side of it sorted then move on to the sleep , at his age he needs to be going to bed around 7/7.30pm and sleeping for a good 12 hrs with one 2 hr nap in the day , maybe 3 hrs at a push , when you are ready to start the sleep issue I would wake him up at 7am regardless of what time he went to bed , keep him awake until at least noon then let him have his nap , wake him by 3 at the latest and then put him to bed at 7 , have a bedtime routine (bath , pj's , milk , bed) and stick to the same night after night so he learns the routine , it will take time , he will cause a fuss but he is young enough to learn these changes , he's a baby and he cannot dictate the rules , as the parent you have to let him know what goes on in the house and what he eats and when , and when he goes to bed.

Good luck.

I know my opinion is not a popular one, but I think you're going to have to let him cry it out. He is 11 months...he is old enough to sleep through the night and he's old enough to know how to manipulate the situation. He may not be conciously manipulating you, but he is getting what he wants through his actions. Talk to his doctor about the cry it out method. It sucks for you, but it will work and you will get some sleep. You need to sleep and you need to feel better otherwise it's hard to be a kind/normal person, much less a kind/normal mother.

As far as eating, he can eat just about everything, regardless of how many teeth he has. His jaw is strong and can mash food, it doesn't need to be pureed, but it does need to be cut up in small bites. It will be much, much easier, and probably cheaper if you start giving him "real" food. GIve him anything you eat. You will need to cut grapes and maybe even really big blueberries. As far as meat...make it easy on yourself. You can make grilled, steamed or baked chicken any way you like it and just cut it up in small bites so he can feed himself. Also, use chicken inside a little quesadilla. At this age, my daughter loved soup. You can get in all kinds of meat and veggies this way. YOu can feed it to him or let him give it a try. Also, steam some veggies in the microwave and cut them up, he can eat those. Applesauce, yogurt, crackers, bread and butter, pasta, cheese...all those are good for him. I didn't read your last post, but he should eat about 5 times a day, three meals and a couple snacks, plus he probably still likes a bottle/cup of formula before bed. His formula intake should be winding down and you can even start introducing cow's milk. I mixed mine into my daughter's formula, slowly adding more each week until it was all cow's milk. Don't force him to eat...he will eat when and what he needs as long as you offer him healthy choices all the time. He's still young enough that he doesn't really know about cookies and ice cream and candy, so don't give it to him. This is the age when sleeping and eating should get easier...so take a deep breath and set a schedule for both...it will be okay!

you cannot adjust his sleep patterns in one day you have to gradually change his schedule.. move his bedtime early and earlier until itis at a normal bedtime for a child... if he goes to bed at 12 .. then move bedtime 1145 then 1130 until you get him on a normal bedtime schedule.

read the book, healthy sleep habits happy child..

he can eat almost anything.. just make the pieces small. most food will fall apart in his mouth. his gums are hard and will break the food up.. he doesnt need all of his teeth to eat.

cook pasta.. if it says cook for 10 minutes on the box.. cook it for 12 so it is soft.. pick the smaller shapes that you dont have to cut up.

I would boil the chicken in a pan with water.. until well done cut into small pieces..

get cheese crumbles.. by Kraft sold next to the shreded chees good small pieces eassy to pick up..

It might take you weeks to get his sleep in to a new schedule but you have to start doing it right away. At some point you will want to send him to preschool. When he wakes up from his naps leave him in the crib. Quiet time is better than nothing. I think the advise to wake him up in the morning at an appropriate time is great. Wake him up at 7-8 am and keep him awake until noon or so then give him a nap and try leaving him in his crib if he wakes up after 20 mins. Then Start a really good sleep routine. Dinner, bath, books, bed. Try some lavender in his bath. The important thing about a bed time routine is to do the same thing every time...every night. And I don't know if you let him watch TV but he should not be watching it around bed time at all. It is very stimulating. Don't give in!!!!!!! Start a routine that works for you ( we just happened to like the dinner, bath, books, bed thing) and stick to it. He is old enough to try and make you give in and get his own way. You will do fine if you just stick to it. It will be really hard and it might take a while...like a month or more. Get the book Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child... it will change your life!
He can pretty much eat anything but I found with my daughter she had a hard time eating pureed chicken so I switched to ground chicken and just cooked it with a little oil and salt and pepper and soy sauce. My little one was very easy to feed we could give her what we ate just cut up really small. Try him on pasta, peas, really soft cooked carrots(NOT RAW), ground beef, cut up grapes, bananas, soft peaches really any soft fruit. We would buy frozen fruit and thaw it either in the microwave or the fridge and she loved that. Get a jar or two of the later stage baby foods (stage 3) and take a look at the texture it will give you a good idea of what he can eat. Good luck!