Need Help/Advice with my 9month old!?

My daughter is 9 months old and still wont sleep through the night. She still wakes up every couple of hours to feed which is fine, but she also wakes up crying usually for her pacifier but when given to her she wont go back to sleep. When she is sleeping (at night) she is constantly moving around and rubbing her eyes which just wakes her up again. She really doesnt sleep much at all not even during the day, she may sleep a total of 1hour in 10 to 20 min spurts. She has also started with waking up at around 3 or 4 a.m. wanting to play and crawl around.





What should I do. . .Any advice will help and be greatly appreciated.





P.S....


She is eating foods from gerber 3 times a day.


She is on Soy milk since birth do to reflux.


Cereal isnt an option she starts to spit up or even throw up.Need Help/Advice with my 9month old!?
sleep with her thats how i got both my boys to sleep through the nightNeed Help/Advice with my 9month old!?
My son is nine months old as well and he still isn't sleeping through the night yet. He wakes up 1-4x a night depending on the night, last night was a 4x night! Mostly he's down to once a night.





Right now is the PRIME time for separation anxiety, where they only want to be with mommy, daddy and other VERY familiar people. Going to sleep is a scary for them because it means -- separation! That is why they aren't sleeping very well during the day either. Mine is suddenly napping very poorly too, little cat naps.





Just ride it out, smile and reassure your baby and remember -- this too will pass!
when your baby wakes up at make sure you keep the lights low or off if possible. talk as little and as softly as you can to her. help her understand that night is for sleeping not for play. lay her down when she's tired, before she's asleep so she learns to fall asleep on her own. try not to lay the baby down with a bottle it's bad for the teeth and becomes dependant upon it to fall asleep. try a warm bath too, they make baby sleepy.





in the morning/ during the day make the room bright play and have fun. also try less naps, yes the baby will be cranky until she gets used to the change but if it works in the long run it's totally worth it! good luck!
Is she sleeping in her own room or still with you? I found that when we put my daughter in her own room she slept longer. I had the same issue with the pacifier one night...that was the last time she had it! She's old enough to pick it up herself and if she's not looking for it on her own then maybe she just doesn't need it. Try just leaving her...it will be harder on you than her, believe me!! After 2 nights she might surprise you...good luck!!
Keep her up most of the day and try a bath every night with that soothing bath I think it is by Johnson and Johnson. Good Luck
Oh I feel for you. My daughter started in with colic at 2 months and it stayed around for 9 months. Every morning she would start crying IN HER SLEEP at around 4am. She would cry herself awake (actually scream bloody murder) until she was fed. She would not go back to sleep after that. It was terrible. My daughters days were divided up like this: Out of 24 hours she would sleep 6-8 hours, eat a combined total of an hour, and scream her head off for 10 or more hours. It was, by far, the most difficult time in my life. Nothing worked to calm her or get her to sleep properly. We even paid big bucks to specialty doctors, with no results. Day care refused to take her. Babysitters refused to watch her. In laws even refused. My wife had to quit work in order to stay home with her. Many days I came home from work and my wife would be on the front porch crying from the stress.


Then at around her first birthday, it quickly stopped. Just like that. That's my advise to you, just hold tough, she'll grow out of it. I know that not much consolation when you get only a few hours of sleep a night.
i know how you feel my son will be 9 months on mothers day.


try giving her a bath before bed if you dont already. hes been in his crib for a couple months and just started being fussy about being in it. could she be getting teeth or getting sick?


check to see if her gums are swollen.
My daughter woke me up twice a night, for 18 months. The little ';darling'; would not accept a pacifier, right from day one. Driving her around in the car (worked for the first one) did nothing. Strolls in the pram did nothing. Then, after 18 months, it all just fixed itself. I presume you have checked for an eye infection.
you say she is rubbing her eyes. i wonder if she may be allergic to something in the room. could be dust, mold, laundry products, shampoo or soap, fabrics, pets. good luck to you both :)
It sounds like your little one just isn't getting enough rest and is so over-tired she can't settle down for a good sleep. If you haven't already, try to establish a good bedtime routine and teach her to fall asleep by herself. (You can use a mini version at naps.)





This is also the prime time for separation anxiety, and she could just be missing you when she wakes up at night and you're not there. You could try introducing a ';lovey'; blanket or stuffed toy that she can cuddle when she's lonely. Use it as part of your bedtime routine, and leave it in her crib so it's there when she wakes at night.





Finally, I'm not a fan of cry-it-out, but your situation sounds very similar to mine, and that's what finally worked for us. Over the past few months, my 8-month-old was waking every other hour, and I had started co-sleeping and offering 2-3 night feedings just to get her back to sleep. But neither of us (or my husband) was getting enough rest, so I decided to let her cry it out. When she woke up the first time, I stood by her crib, patted her back, shushed her and said soothing things, and offered the pacifier over and over, but I did not pick her up. And she cried for a while, but finally she went back to sleep. (And then I cried about letting her cry, but that's another story.) But she's slept through the night ever since. She's been happier and more rested, and it turns out she wasn't really hungry, but just wanted Mommy.





At 9 months, she should be able to go 10-12 hours without eating, unless she's just gotten used to having a mealtime at midnight! Make sure she's eating enough calories during the day, and then you don't have to worry about not feeding her at night.