4 month old and sleeping through the night problems, please advise!

Question

I have a 4 month old that is waking up during the night more often than I would like. She actually did better when she was younger. She is on formula and I've even already started mixing rice cereal in hopes she would sleep longer. What can I do to get her to sleep through the night? She takes a long nap during the afternoon (it's about 2 hrs) and catnaps in late morning for about an hour and around 5pm as well. Should I try to keep her up more of the day so she'll sleep longer at night? She just gets so crabby when she's tired, so I let her catnap. Will she grow out of this and start sleeping through the night at an older age? (Bedtime is usually around 9-9:30pm.) Any suggestions are welcomed and much appreciated.

Answer 1

My girls 2.5 yr old and 4 months old both started to sleep through the night from four weeks of age. i always tried to make sure they were having most of their feeds during the day.(they skipped their 2am bottle.. last bottle given at 10pm and wake up round 7am)

Is she having enough??? Maybe she is waking up hungry due to not having enough during the day! or is she waking up for any other reasons like wind or too cold, too hot etc??? U could try wrapping her still(although being 4 months she'll just get out of it.. like my daughter)

Another thing maybe try a bedtime routine such as bath, massage and bottle and story..

Good luck with it

P.S Babies thrive on routine establish yours!!!

Answer 2

My youngest was 16 months before he slept all night! All babies are different and 4 months is pretty young to be sleeping all night anyway. She will grow out of it and start sleeping through, don't worry. Just takes time i'm afraid!

Answer 3

The no cry sleep solution

Answer 4

Well, my baby is only 7 weeks old and he already sleeps through the night with only about 15 minutes awake at about 3 o clock for changing, eating and burping... so obviously cmc is wrong... and mixing a little bit of rice cereal in their bottles at night is actually a thing that makes them sleep longer because it puts more food in their belly that takes longer to digest, making them feel less hungry for longer periods of time... and it is very rare to become allergic to rice from rice cereal at a young age, which is why it is recommended as one of the soonest foods to feed a young child.

I recommend asking your pediatrician about it... they always have good solutions... i looked it up in my baby encyclopedia and apparently at around 4-6 months the baby will start waking up more often for feedings because it is a usual time for growth spurts in infancy... so it is normal, and you will just have to wait it through... sorry, i know it sucks not being able to sleep.

Answer 5

cut down/out the 5pm nap and put her to bed a bit earlier! shes still very young, will do it when shes ready!

good luck

Answer 6

First off i would try and cut out some of her daytime napping.  At that age my son was having a morning nap at around 10-11am, an afternoon nap at around 2-4pm, but then was staying up and going to bed at around 7pm.  He had a bedtime routine which was exactly the same every night.  Bath, kick time on his change mat, pj's on, milk, story and bed.  At 4 months he kept on waking up in the night but one night i tried ignoring him.  I found that he fell back to sleep and after three nights of doing this he stopped waking up in the night.  He was also sleeping at least 10-11hrs which was lovely!  I know some mothers don't like to leave their babies to cry, thinking that it is cruel, but at that age they don't remember and its only for a few nights to get them into a new routine.  My son is perfectly happy and secure now, and doesn't have any abandonment issues from the three nights where mummy ignored him so in my opinion this is the best method to use!  Good luck in whatever you decide to do!

Answer 7

My Goddaughter is doing the exact same thing, my cousin has tried many things, none of which have worked. She sleeps very little through the day but still wakes up during the night, it's just the kind of baby she is. Try keeping her up a bit more during the day, and see if that works for you. If not i'm afraid she'll be like that until she gets quite a bit older i guess! GOOD LUCK!

Answer 8

Sorry i guess you have to get used to it! My mom had the same problem but with twins and here is what she used to do:

Allow baby to have only 1hr of napping but 2 times a day so that she gets more tiered.

Ok this might seem stupid  but I'll say it works:

Put garlic next to/under baby's pillow and try warming her stomach, her stomach is the cause of her up at night.

Answer 9

who cares.

Answer 10

Giving rice cereal to make your baby sleep better is an old wives tale and really won't help. Also the american academy of pediatricians recommends starting solids at 6 mo to reduce the chance of food allergies.

As for sleeping through the night, 4 mo is too young. Hopefully she'll start sleeping for longer stretches at night, but that might mean 5 hours (not 8). They say the best thing for sleeping is sleep. You should have a good schedule for sleep (naps at regular times) and also a good bedtime routine so your baby knows when it is time to sleep. There is a good book The No-cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley that talks a lot about sleep habits, and there are other books too. Young babies need a lot of sleep. 9 or 9:30 may be too late to put your baby to bed. You can also try moving the time earlier to see if that helps. You don't want to keep her up during the day, because it will likely make her sleep at night worse instead of better.

Answer 11

My dear,  None of my 4 children slept through the night

and walked early because they were as Loonie Toonie as a two

dollar bill.. ( However they are great/ intelligent and  perfect now

Real..Treasures. KNOCK ON WOOD.

I know how you feel.  My children woke up until ONE

My mother would scold me and tell me there

was something wrong with me .and how I am bringing them up.. and I would go home and cry

I just adjusted to wake up and  rock them etc. ( Mine would wake up until they were one) and were and still are in PERFECT HEALTH.. I don't know why. ( Perhaps they were just hyper)

However, they walked fast etc. and did everything fast, excelled in school and were excellent in Sports. I would be crying in the

the doctors office and he would say, your kids will be stars , look they are walking at 9 mths and so active.

They were breastfed and thriving... .. I put them in swimming in baby swimming ( and found that calmed them a bit  not much, Slept a little longer

Check out the formula,.. Some kids are allergic to it. I breast fed

until six months and then on formula.. However they cried when I breast fed and cried on formula too.  ( just endure.) Taking them fora ride in a car helps ( calms them) but at night who can do that ( get the baby outdoors as much as possible0

Look forward to time. Soon your child will be bigger and hopefully will be better.. ( I bet you are feeding and doing all

100 PERCENT.. I JUST THINK SOME BABIES ARE DEFINITELY

FINICKY  MORE SO THAN OTHERS

Check with your doctor too.  ( for tips) Maybe they know more today re studies.

TIME GOES BY /  GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BABY..