My 14 Month Old Won't Sleep Through the Night

There is a book called the No Cry Sleep Solution that I really liked - it is a bit gentler than just letting them cry it out. Basically the same method but not so harsh - it just tkaes a little longer because you're easing them into the change in habit rather than changing the pattern overnight. My daughter di the same thing at 9 months and is now so much better (although she still wakes a couple times a night, she doesn't wake up screaming ot be held anymore).

It sounds like the teething might be the culprit here. Especially if it is her upper back teeth. That will cause pressure on her jaw bone and her sinuses. Try giving her some Tylonel (or Motrin) before bed too if that has helped her before with teething discomfort. Or try Little Teethers teething tablets, my son really responds well to them. She just might need something a little stronger than the orajel at bed time.

Good luck!!

S.

Orajel washes right off, so the benefits of it are very short-lived. Our ped told us not to use it basically. When our son is teething, we give him infant Tylenol and that usually does the trick. Also, if she's not sleeping through the night usually, she might not be getting enough calories during the day. Try feeding her more - or "heavier" stuff (like putting butter on her bread, things like that). Hope this helps. God bless.

I hear ya! My daughter is 16 months old and has been going through the same thing. There were alot of things I didn't know about getting babies to sleep properly until my doctor recommended this book "the sleepeasy solution" to me.

I read the whole thing 3 days ago, implemented the ideas in the book the next night, and my daughter can not only put herself to bed now, but sleeps for 11.5-12 hours at night and takes a full 2.5 hour nap during the day. No waking up after the first half hour of check ins. It's nuts.

But, I think that reading about this subject is important now because there are alot of things chemically that go on with babies that you just can't know with your instincts so it's good to educate yourself on it. I feel bad that I didn't buy this earlier.

Good luck!

Have you tried a sound machine in her room? Sometimes it is just too quiet for them, I know this is how my children were. Let me know if this helps!

a good book that helped me out was The Baby Whisperer. Her tactics seemed to make sense to me. If you follow them in about a week or so, you'll be back on track!

Ok i have two idea's. First, though it may hurt you to hear, crying it out is the most effective approach. If you can't deal with it (believe me, I know) then after thirty minute go back in, but don't pick her up or even speak to her. She'll see your there and calm down some, but that way she sees your not going to baby her, that its sleep time. And you could always buy headphone so you can block her crying out. It won't take long!

Honestly, I do not believe in letting a baby "Cry it out"..before they have speach, the only way they have to tell us something is wrong is to cry. I have a two year old. She didn't sleep through the night while teething either,,,we gave motrin before bed which helped ALOT. The baby orajel did nothing for my Sophie. Is your baby normally a good sleeper? If she is, and she is suddenly up again, I do not feel there is anything wrong with picking her up to comfort her in her time of discomfort. Especially if she goes right back to sleep. That just prooves she is fussing because something is bothering her and your comfort puts her back to sleep. When her period of discomfort passes ( teething) she will sleep again? My Sophie did. Motrin is great cause it lasts 8hours. So give right before bedtime...it worked wonders with Sophie and teething. Tylenol did nothing for my Sophie either. Hope this helps.

Purchase and read 'No cry sleep solution' by Elizabeth Pantley.

It does NOT include the cry it out method. Worked for our son :) as well as gave us a very easy and gentle approach. The book addresses various ages/stages.

Hi C.,

After trying just about everything else, we tried the "cry it out" method (doing everything we were supposed to). After 3 hours of crying and screaming. My son was hysterical and NEVER went back into his crib again. He would start screaming and grabbing the door frame when I headed for his room. We ended up having to put him in a toddler bed in his brother's room. "Cry it out" doesn't work for every child.

If it is teething, the motrin/tylenol should help.

Good luck!!

My boys are 13 months...has this just started? Usually my boys go down between 6-7pm and sleep until 5. When my one started getting up we would go up and just rub his back to settle him, if it was the reall panicky cry we'd pick him up in the dark and rock him. We did have one night where they wouldn't sleep so I gave them a stuffed animal and book and let them cry, I only went up if it was a distressed cry.
Also Craig he went through getting up every hour just whimpering so we we settled him quietly by not talking to him, just comforting him, and after about a week he stopped. I hope this helps...

tylonol or motrin will help better than oragel at night. if you dont like the idea of giving her medicine every night, try homeopathic teething tablets. we use those for our 15 month old and the chamomile relax's her so she can sleep. good luck.

My daughter has a fisher price lullabye birdy soother hung on the side of her crib. It has little birds that fly around inside of it, projects pictures on the ceiling and plays soothing music. We would always put her to bed while she was awake and turn it on. From a young age she figured out how to hit the big blue button on the front with her foot to turn it back on. We would wake up in the middle of the night and her birds would be playing. It was enough distraction I guess to get her back to sleep because she would never cry for us. She is 2 now and still turns it on when she wakes up in the middle of the night. Maybe something like that would help.
Good luck! From a mommy who loves to sleep! :)
Steph
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