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Sleeping FAQ: 9-12 months – Night Waking
Having had a cold two months ago, my baby still has mucus and wakes at night My son had a cold 2 months ago. Since then he has not slept fully through the night. He wakes up 2-3 times per night, usually suffering from a blocked nose or phlegm in his throat. We have tried Olbas Oil & Karvol, but they seem to have little effect. We have tipped up the head of his cot, to elevate his head and that hasn’t helped. He struggles to settle himself if left, so we have to settle him ourselves. He suffers from infantile eczema but I don’t think the two problems are…
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Sleeping FAQ: 9-12 months – Night Waking
My nearly 1-year-old still wakes and needs resettling in the night My daughter was a totally contented baby until solids were introduced. Since then we have had periods of sleeping through the night and periods of regular night time waking. She is a dedicated breast feeder, who from day one rejected a bottle. She initially refused but using the books and case studies (esp. Daniel), I now have a baby who eats well. At 11 months I decided to get tough. Together with my partner I stopped feeding in the night and he settled her back to sleep with cuddles or just by tucking her in and turning on her…
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Sleeping FAQ: 9-12 months – Night Waking
My 11mth daughter has begun to wake at night. I am not really sure why or what I should do to stop it My daughter has slept through from 10pm untill6.30-7am since 9 weeks old. She then slept well after dropping the 10pm feed. During the day she also slept well although not always for 2.5 or 2 hrs recommended. She had gastro -enteritis in September followed by a bad cold. Her daytime sleep continued to be alright but at night time we had to help her. Since then she wakes erratically in the night, eg 3.30am for 1.5hrs or 11.30pm for 2 hrs. We cannot settle her despite controlled…
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Sleeping FAQ: 6-9 months – Other
My 8.5 month baby won’t settle for naps away from home My problem is a small one really compared to others, but my 8.5mth old son Ben is a little angel when he is at home with me, a true Gina baby from day one, goes to sleep by himself, no help from me, laughing and giggling all day, plays by himself when I have to do the housework, totally content, loves meeting new people, etc. My problem arose when I had to go back to work. My mother-in-law kindly offered to look after him for me. As she used to run a creche for 20 yrs I thought this…
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Sleeping FAQ: 6-9 months – Daytime Sleep
Where should my 7 month baby spend his daytime sleep? I have a seven-month-old son who has gone into his own room to sleep. It’s not going at all well…! Once an hour he starts crying, so I go in and give him a dummy. If that doesn’t work, I give him a bottle feed while he’s still in the cot. Then, if he still cries, I pick him up, comfort him and breastfeed him, which does the trick in the end. But he keeps waking, some times as soon as I’ve put him sound asleep from my arms into the cot. He has routine day sleeps although I use…
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Sleeping FAQ: 6-9 months – Daytime Sleep
My 7.5-month-old has started to cut back on her daytime sleep My daughter has recently started cutting back on her daytime naps and is having about 30 minutes from 9am and an hour from about 12.15. She settles well each time and goes to sleep quickly. There is no reason for her waking that I can see: i.e. no dirty nappy or noise etc. She now has no established afternoon nap although may doze in car or pram at this time. She still sleeps well from 7pm to 7am. There has been no change in her routine but I need her to sleep longer particularly at lunchtime. I have tried…
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Sleeping FAQ: 6-9 months – Settling/Sleep Associations
I don’t want to start the wrong associations when settling my 6.5-month-old baby My son has been a good sleeper (with exception to common problems in the lunchtime nap). He has a skin problem which we are seeing a specialist for very soon, but although it is not gone I don’t think it is the cause of the problem. He has just dropped his late afternoon nap (except days like today when he only slept 1 hour at lunch), as sleeping generally seems to have gone out of the window. He feeds at the times stated in book and is not on meat protein yet as I want to keep…
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Sleeping FAQ: 6-9 months – Settling/Sleep Associations
At 8.5-months-old my son is taking time to settle because he keeps standing up My son was never a really good sleeper; I went to him 3/4 times a night from early on. The problem now is that he very active and before I could always put him down and leave the room. Now though, because he can turn over, sit up and get up, he does just that. So I lie him down and he just turns over and cries as he can’t get comfy, then just stands at the end of the bed. This can go on for ages; up to 1/2 hour. I have even started to…
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Sleeping FAQ: 6-9 months – Settling/Sleep Associations
There could be many reasons causing my 7.5 month son to wake but now he won’t settle back in the early morning even with his dummy I don’t really know where to start! I am that confused about what the potential problem could be. I thought I had resolved it one night but I haven’t. My son has always had a dummy – but not for sleeping. However whenever he awoke during his lunchtime nap he wouldn’t settle unless given it so he has always had it for then and also he was given it for his early morning waking. He has never really slept until 7 am since I…
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Sleeping FAQ: 6-9 months – Settling/Sleep Associations
Since a recent illness my 8.5mth daughter has started to wake several times in the evenings and takes a while to settle For a week my 8.5mth daughter was very sick with urine track infection. Loss of appetite, fever for five days, vomiting though nose and mouth, convulsing when temperature spiked. At her worst, she spent almost three solid days in my arms. After 10 days her appetite returned, she no longer had a fever and her urine sample was all clear. Since then she wakes 1 to 3 times during the time slot 8.30pm-10.30pm, cries, is not hungry, doesn’t need a nappy change but I have to resettle her…