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Help my baby sleep (and us keep our sanity).
This is what our developmental therapist had us do when our daughter just wouldn’t sleep regularly (she would get up, scream herself to vomiting, etc., etc..) However, these were at the year and a half old range, so you’re probably going to have to be a little more flexible with an 8 month old child. (She said for babies under 4 months, that this was not recommended at all.)
1) Create a strict bedtime routine and stick to it, no matter what. At 7.30 there is a bath. At 7.45 there is a story. At 7.55 mommy kisses, baby bear kisses, at 8.00, turn out the lights. Do not deviate. Not even by five minutes.
2) Put a radio on between stations, getting a good white noise, and leave it on, only during sleeping hours. Turn it off during waking hours.