Not sleeping through the night at 6months old

Question

My 6 month old is up every 3 hours sometimes, other times she can sleep an 8 hour stretch. I don't know how to keep her sleeping. She wakes up to eat, not because of anything else. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Have you tried starting a bed time routine? I found this worked very well for my 5 m/o son.  Everyday around the time for his last bottle (between 7-9pm) he gets a nice warm bath (splashing around and having fun wears him out!) Then he gets in some clean pajamas and gets a nice warm bottle.  After that, he is out like a light!! I wake him up at 530 in the morning to feed him before I go to work (something we do) But on my off days he sleeps from 7-9pm till about 7-8am. Right now he is teething so he MIGHT wake up in the middle of the night looking for his paci, but other then that he is an awsome sleeper!

Answer 2

One of my twins was the same way.

I used to have her in my bed almost every night because I found it helped her sleep a lot better, and if she did wake up she'd be comforted by my touch and go back to sleep.

Their cribs were attached to either side of our bed also, so that they'd be used to their cribs but if they needed more comfort they could have it.

Good luck!

Answer 3

We bought a voice activated crib rocker.  As soon as the baby makes a peep it starts this rhythmic crib rocking.  It attaches to the bars of the crib.  We didn't get it until my daughter was over 2 years old and still waking every night.  It was a live saver.

Answer 4

bedtime routine, and a bottle of something to eat.  Like rice, and water.

Answer 5

May be going through a growth spurt...my daughter would eat more at night when she was having one.  And then other times go to long stretches of sleep...ahhh...that was nice.  Now she sleeps 10-12 hours at 13 months... It's wonderfull...but it feels like it took forever to get to this point.  She may not have been sleeping through the night until about 10 months.  I may have still been getting up once during the night.  

But don't worry...she will eventually sleep for you.  But she's just not ready yet it seems.  

God bless...good luck!

Answer 6

Well, my son USED to sleep for 6-8 hours straight all of the time, but he hasn't done that for over 1.5 months. He is almost 7 months now. I wouldn't necessarily say growth spurt, but... what I've noticed with my son is that he barely eats during the day, because he is too interested in the world around him. It doesn't matter if we sit in a dark, quiet room with no distractions.. he's still fighting to get off of my lap and explore. I'm pretty sure that is why he's waking so much at night, but it's not like I can force him to eat during the day.

Answer 7

What are you feeding your little one? How much is she napping during the day? When does she take her last nap for the day? Do you have a bedtime routine? Are you sure she isn't teething?

Your little one may need some more substance in her diet, she may not be getting enough. Have you introduced solids? If you haven't I would maybe start. Also don't let her nap for really long periods during the day, and set a time where you don't want her to take a nap anymore. Do you have a routine? My 6.5 month old son gets a bottle, a bath, and then lays on our bed with mom and dad until he goes to sleep. It works like a charm. He is going through a bit of a growth spurt right now so he wakes up once at 2am to eat, but goes right back to sleep. She could be teething. Try and develop some regular routines with her for bedtime, play with her and wear her out a bit. Hope that helps.