Bethany
bethanyjade
Bethany·Мама сына (9 лет)

Hi :) my son is nearly 6 months old and he is going to bed about 11pm at the moment waking up through the night still, does anyone have any advice on how we can get him to sleep longer through the night??? thank you 😊😊😊

25.10.2016

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sara-lou86
Sara-Louise·Мама двоих (9 лет, 11 лет)

I'd start by introducing a bedtime routine. Slowly bring it forward an hour earlier gradually. I always let Morgan and Max sleep as much as they needed at that age but never past 4/5pm so they were ready to go to bed as a reasonable time. After a week or so you should start to see a difference if you stick to a bedtime routine. He'll start to become tired around that time.

With regards to waking during the night I guess it depends why he's waking. Is he hungry or just waking out of habit now? If his nappy refreshed and your sure it's not hunger than maybe try a method your happy with getting him back to sleep. It takes consistency and some babies generally just take a bit longer to sleep through than others. Limit the interaction and keep it quiet during the night though. So he learns the difference between day time being a time we're up playing and chatting and night time is for quiet time and sleeping 😊

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winterbaby95
Bethany·Мама дочки (9 лет)

and is on 3 meals :) xx

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winterbaby95
Bethany·Мама дочки (9 лет)

Maya has 1-2, 20 min naps aday xx

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gabilicious
Gabi·Мама двоих (8 лет, 10 лет)

Maybe also try to stimulate him more during the day and try and reduce nap time a little bit xx

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winterbaby95
Bethany·Мама дочки (9 лет)

But she still wakes a few times...they can wake for a number of reasons..hungry...cold. .too hot xxx

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winterbaby95
Bethany·Мама дочки (9 лет)

Maya was the same until about 3-4 months old...But I took her to bed between 8-9pm...Minimise play...have dinner at 6:00..give him a bath at 6:30....do massage...reading....turn the lights off or have a night light on... Singing to him...give him the last feed...and he should drift off between 7-9pm xxx Maya without fail is asleep before 8pm now

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bethanyjade
Bethany·Мама сына (9 лет)

@gabilicious, thank you! and @winterbaby95 he has about 6 ounces of milk every 4-5 hours, sometimes we give him the odd meal of baby food just to get him used to solids and he sleeps around about 4 - 5 hours a day having about 2 naps, he wakes up about 9am but also wakes up through the night for his bottle Xx

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winterbaby95
Bethany·Мама дочки (9 лет)

How often does be nap in the day? how many meals is he on? xx

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gabilicious
Gabi·Мама двоих (8 лет, 10 лет)

I found that bringing bedtime earlier help as well, also routine is the key, maybe try a relaxing bath, bedtime story, book, bottle and then bed xx

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