How can i make my baby sleep all night ?
That sounds exhausting! My son was (is) breastfed but he was the same at that age.
What is he doing when he wakes up? Is he hungry? Thirsty? Cold/hot? Wanting to play? Needing a diaper change? Is he teething or gassy and in need of some pain relieving baby meds?
It sounds like he has not learned to soothe himself back to sleep, so when he goes through the normal cycles of deep and light sleep, he wakes up and then can’t go back to sleep again without your help.
I think you need to totally overhaul your routine to correct this. First – make sure he doesn’t nap too late in the day. No sleeping after 4pm. Two naps is fine at this age as long as they add up to around 2 hours in length.
Make sure he has a good dinner of his milk and a decent solids meal at around 5.30 or 6pm. If he gets hungry, he’ll wake up. He may even need a top up of some cereal (spoon, not bottle) right before bed.
Then, have a good bedtime routine – he needs to learn the cues or signals that now is sleep time. A warm bath, dim lighting, speak softly to him. No exciting play, everything very calm and quiet. Read him a bedtime story and/or play some soothing music. Rock him or do whatever you normally do at bedtime. Then lights out and goodnight.
If he wakes during the night, try giving him water instead of formula. Again keep everything dim and quiet – no bright lights on, don’t speak to him or get him out of the cot, just pat him gently until he goes back to sleep. You will probably find that after a few nights he doesn’t bother to wake up if there’s no “reward” of food or attention.
If it still doesn’t work, you could try one of the various cry-it-out or controlled crying methods. You can find a lot of books in the library that will give you ideas.
Best of luck! I have to confess that my LO gradually cut down until he was waking to nurse only once or twice a night, but he didn’t sleep right through until he started crawling at 14 mo – he was a late crawler. Now it’s usually 12 hours straight though!
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