9 Month Old Not Sleeping Through the Night - Tinley Park,IL

Some kids just don't sleep through the night as early/easily. I believe they are all different and have different needs. You could try to go to him in the night and hold him vs. feed him and see if there is another way to soothe him. Also, once you have moved to milk and if you aren't breastfeeding, he will not get that same comfort from eating so may not want to be up. In fact, if you do ever give him bottles of breastmilk, you could try togive him a bottle in the night to see if he is really hungry or wants mommy.

I am on the " kids sleep all night when they are ready" team.
My very active daughter didn't sleep all night until she was 3 yrs old , later to be found ADHD. My son slept all night at around a year.
I didn't do anything different with either one. He will grow it. At 9 months there is a growth spurt ,and milestones will keep him up at night as well. For an infant " sleeping through the night" refers to a 5-6hr span of sleep.
There is no rule that says he can't breastfeed and have whole milk. If he is still waking to eat after a year then just continue what you're doing.
Sounds like you are doing an awesome job with him!

I could have written your question! I also have a 9 month old boy who wakes up twice a night to nurse (but he sleeps from 7pm to 7am, so him waking up at midnight and 4am isn't too bad)...I think some babies are just hungrier. Go with your gut. I've tried not feeding him when he wakes up, but he ends up crying so hard and then being up for hours. So now I just feed him and hope he outgrows it. It sounds like you're doing everything right, don't listen to the lady who says her dr. says babies don't need to nurse at night once they are 10 days old, that is crazy!!

Well, I have 4 girls and NONE of them slept through the night until they were between 3 and 4 years old. My baby is 15 months old and she still wakes up at least once a night. The pediatrician said it is not a big deal and is up to us how we wanted to handle it. When she was 10 months old, she did still get up to eat and the doctor wasn't concerned about that either. I am also not a fan of CIO. My suggestion would be to try to comfort first, either by rocking or a pacifier. If your baby still fusses and you feel as though he needs to eat, then by all means feed him. It all comes down to what you are comfortable with. No child was ever damaged by getting a feeding in the middle of the night. When you are tired of getting up at night, then I would say work on breaking the habit.
Good luck . . . . . from a mom who has been in your shoes for the last 13 years!

I agree with DM.

Each child is going to have their own sleep patterns and natural circadian rhythms (what makes some of us night owls and others early birds). Neither of my children slept through the night until after their 1st birthday.

Our daughter (just turned 2) is a great sleeper 9/10 nights. Our son (almost 4) is an awful sleeper. We're currently bribing him to get him to sleep in his room all night.

I know the lack of sleep is tough - we worked through it where we were able to get back to sleep almost immediately (either by nursing by bed or putting bottles prefilled w/water and pre-dispensed formula next to our beds).

As a working Mom who used to travel up to 200 miles/day, sleep was a precious commodity, but because my safety was more important at that point in time, I probably gave into them more than most people would recommend. In the end, it was their own biology, not my training that developed them into the sleepers they are.

My son is 8.5 months old and has also never slept through the night. I suspect he is going through a growth spurt right now b/c it has increased to two bottles overnight, rather than just a 3am feeding. My now 2yo daughter has always been a super sleeper, but around 10 months, she started waking up for a bottle. I asked the pediatrician about it and she told me to try giving her a bottle of water instead. She said the reasoning behind it was that with her eating both baby food and table food, there was no reason she should be up and hungry. The ped attributed it to her wanting the comfort of the bottle, not the actual milk and once she figured out all she was getting was water, she would realize it wasn't worth it. Surprisingly enough, it worked. 4 nights of just water and she would just put herself back to sleep if she woke up.
Once this growth spurt is over, I will be trying the same thing on my son. GL!

My doctor told me that babies do not need to night feed after the first 10 days of life, and that they eat at night because we train them to. Following this advice my boys both started sleeping through the nigh by 1 month old. I never just let them cry, if the fussed for more than 5 minutes I would go in and comfort them, but I did not use food as a comfort tool. I would rub their tummy or back and sing softly till they calmed. Since they never got in the habit of eating in the middle of the night, when they did wake they would almost always just go right back to sleep.

Ear plugs. He'll be fine.