My 1 Year Old Won't Sleep Through the Night.

My little girl did that for a while but I found that a lot of times she just wanted to snuggle. So maybe try putting a rocking chair in his room or try laying in the bed with him. My doctor told me with the bottle thing could be harmful for her since she was actually eating a meal at night time instead of bottles. But than again that was my doctor saying that, it might be fine for him. Good luck!

HI, I got my first to sleep all night at 6 weeks old and second to sleep all night at 11 weeks old. I used the techniques taught in the book 'On becoming Baby Wise' by Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam, MD. IT WORKS!!! You basically put your child on a regular routine involving, eat, wake time and sleep time. FOr some magincal reason if you do that during hte day , they will start sleeping all night-- I PROMISE!! I did it and so have friends of mine. One of my close friend's husnband is a MD and they did it with all 5 of their children. He always said "pay now or pay later" Meaning, put the work in early and you will sleep later... or don't put the wok in early and you won't sleep for years! GOOD LUCK AND GET THIS BOOK! :- )

He may be going through a growth/developmental spurt right now....and the night wakings can be a sign of that. Is he getting enough to eat during the day?? If not he could be trying to get in more calories at night. Try to feed him more during the day to 'tank him up' so to speak. If you know he is getting enough to eat during the day, you could try a bottle of water instead of milk/formula to discourage the waking...but I would only do that if you are sure he is getting enough calories during the day. Another thought is to plug up a bottle nipple with cotton and seal off the end and let him use it as a pacifier (plugged and sealed to prevent him from sucking air)....he may not like the other pacifiers.

Try to be consistent with your routine (it's hard to do with house guests)...and make sure his daytime naps are consistent as well. Overtired babies wake more during the night.

Hang in there....if nothing works, it's probably just a phase and 'this too shall pass.'

how long exactly are you expecting him to sleep? sounds like he needs a snack between dinnertime and bedtime maybe after the bath but before you brush his teeth. be it an extra bottle or some solid food. maybe he needs to be waking up for breakfast earlier as well. please don't cry it out even after your guests leave, it can be dangerous for your baby and it seems pretty clear that he's waking up because he is hungry.

My best bet would be stomach pains. For my experience with 3 kids, I would suggest you to pat his back after every feeding. He cried during the night, he has been accumulated all the gas inside of his little tommy all day long that's why. He may be just like my oldest daughter always woke up every couple hours crying, sucking just a tiny bit of milk and went right back to sleep the next minutes. It repeated all night long. I believe he's a colic baby. Try to burp, pat his back or whenever hold him on your shoulder against his tommy. It should help to get rid most of those gas, then, he should be OK. Try a few days. May be you still don't know what is the best position to hold him to help him to get rid of gases. If nothing accomplishs I would suggest that you talk to his pediatrician. And good luck!

it seems as though he may be useing the bottle as a security at night, you might try putting him to bed a little later and maybe find a small fake baby bottle like the ones for dolls that are similar to the real ones to give him to keep with him at night.

I have a 22 month old and we went through the same thing when she was about 1. She would cry, I would check and make sure that everything was o.k. with her, and she would still cry. She wanted me to pick her up everytime. My Dr. said that it was a phase and when she cried, go in, pick her up, tell her you love her,tell her it's night night time, give her a kiss and put her back in the bed . Let her cry and after 10 min.(which is long to me, we usually waited 7 min. or so) go back in and do the same thing over. Eventually, the Dr. said that she would stop and start sleeping through the night again. Amazingly, it worked! And it worked in 2 night's. As far as having company, I know how you feel b/c you never want to disturb anyone, but depending on how long they stay, I would tell them what's happening. It may be rough for everyone the first few night's but it's definitly worth it when they start sleeping again. Hope this helps, good luck!

Is there a reason you don't want to give him a bottle? Sounds like he is hungry if he stops crying when you give him a bottle.

Hello T., my name is E.. My little girl is now 4 1/2 years old. I had the same problem (mine would take and couldn't live without her pacifier)with Linzi when she was that age. I would put her to bed with a water bottle instead of milk or juice. It's worth a shot. He may just want the option of the bottle being there not exactly what is in it. Linzi prefered to have milk or juice, but they go bad over night and she didn't need all that sugar. Eventually she didn't even want the water bottle cause she didn't want the water. We didn't actually take her bottle away until she was almost 2, when we did take the bottle from her that ment no more bottle at bed time either. You might want to try this, it's worth a shot. Good luck hun!

I agree with the other moms, he may not be getting enough to eat before he goes to bed. I wouldn't do the "cry out method" either.

Hello T.,
I know how you feel. When i had my first child, she cried a little, but my second child never cried i mean never cried. Probably because i kept him in front of the T.V. and till this day foward he loves the television. So try leaving the television on.