My son is 10 months and has been waking at 4 a.m. for a bottle for several months now. He simply will not fall back to sleep without it. If he wakes at midnight or 2 a.m., I can give him a pacifier and he will go back to sleep. However, when 4 - 4:30 a.m. rolls around, he wants a bottle.
He eats dinner and I still give him cereal with fruit right before bed. He also gets a bottle. He goes to bed between 7:30-8:00 p.m. without any problems. However, 8 hours later, he is awake and won't go back to sleep without a bottle. He takes the entire bottle so he must be hungry.
I have tried letting him cry and fuss until 5 a.m. and have even tried water, but it doesn't work.
I am hoping that he will soon sleep to 6 or 7 a.m. without a feeding. The 4 a.m. wakings have become a habit and are wearing on me. I fear that I am going to be doing this for many months.
Has anyone else gone through this with their baby? I hope you can give me some encouragement.
He eats dinner and I still give him cereal with fruit right before bed. He also gets a bottle. He goes to bed between 7:30-8:00 p.m. without any problems. However, 8 hours later, he is awake and won't go back to sleep without a bottle. He takes the entire bottle so he must be hungry.
I have tried letting him cry and fuss until 5 a.m. and have even tried water, but it doesn't work.
I am hoping that he will soon sleep to 6 or 7 a.m. without a feeding. The 4 a.m. wakings have become a habit and are wearing on me. I fear that I am going to be doing this for many months.
Has anyone else gone through this with their baby? I hope you can give me some encouragement.
I don't have any advice for you because I didn't do anything to get my DS to sleep through. He's in bed at 7 and sleeps til 6:30/7am.
