One Year Old Wont Sleep Though the Night

HI, I have a 4 yr old and went through it too. I tried warm milk in a sippie cup and then went to a "big boy" cup soon after. I tried to make it a huge deal and made him feel like he was growing up. I hope this helps. Good luck :-)

Is she drinking formula or milk? Mine did the same thing. I always gave her a bottle when she woke up early morning & back down - I figured if she's hungry - feed her (doesn't really hurt, does it?). I mean if she wouldn't go back, etc...but to me, after I tried to see if even comforting her in our bed was what she ultimately was trying to get, she didn't want just comfort - she cried for the bottle - she wanted to eat!! I didn't mind giving it to her because one day she just stopped and was eating more solids during the day and didn't need anything else. She will wake up between 6:30 and 8:00, depending on her activity the day before, nap time, if she was up teething, etc. And if yours is having 3 bottles - one more won't hurt (or whatever out of it she drinks).

However, you're supposed to have them off of the bottle/formula by 15-18 mo. Mine luckily transitioned very fast and I was surprised because she LOVED her bottles. But I had to use the bottle with 1/2 milk and 1/2 formula and then eventually more milk until full milk (warmed a bit, as mine was used to room temp. formula) and then I went to a sippy cup and then eventually cold milk in the sippy. This ALL went down within 2 weeks or less - I was shocked! Now she eats more food and sleeps pretty well (other than teething).

Try feeding her more baby food/snacks and give her the last bottle right before bed time. Maybe she won't wake hungry?? Good luck!!

At one year old your baby should be taken off of the bottle completely. I have three children all were off by the one year mark and I will tell you it isn't easy. The only way to do it is cold turkey. Let her see you throwing the bottles in the garbage can and tell them bye-bye. Let her know she is a big girl now and big girls use sippy cups. When she wakes up at night she may have a sip of water out of her cup then back to bed. Absolutely no cup in bed with her. At her age she is not waking up due to hunger, she is waking up because it is her established routine. Make sure you do this at a time when you can afford to lose sleep like on a Friday so you have the weekend to help her adjust. It will be a couple of nights of temper tantrums but you may be surprised at how quickly she adapts to her new routine. What ever you do DON'T GIVE IN. That would be the worst thing you can do. A little bit of nightime hell will be so worth your restful nights to come. Oh, one more suggestion, you may want to set up a little bed in the playroom temporarily for the two year old. Hope this helps!

Good Morning Collen, I have 4 children, 4yr, 2 1/2yr and 8 month twin boys.... One of my suggestions would be that when she wakes up at 6-6:30 to give her a sippy cup.. she might resist but don't give in, she will either go back to sleep or be up for the morning, but I assure you, if you are consistent and continue to give her the sippy cup (all 3 times durning the day)she will eventually (within a wk) realize that she will not be getting a bottle, I am sure you might already give her a sippy cup but she has to know that if she wants somthing to drink she will only get it in her sippy cup...It takes patients and consistence because usually it gets harder before it gets better because they will raise the bar to see if you give in and if you do the next time will be even harder... Good luck, she will stop the bottele. 3 times a day for a 1yro isn't really that bad.. she is still a baby!!! Again good luck and if you have any questions etc. feel free to contact me..
____@____.com
Make it a blessed day!!!!

You are going to have to wean her from the bottle..when she wakes up give her water instead. eventually she will stop. she just does it for comfort. My son goes down at 8 and wakes up between 430-530 and does not go back to sleep so be grateful you baby sleeps until 6. LOL

You could try giving her a bottle of water instead of a bottle of milk/formula. She might decide that waking up for water is not worth it. Or she might decide that it's worth it just for snuggles. :)

Really, though, sleeping 10+ hours is great for a one year old! My daughter woke up to nurse in the early morning (around 6:00) until she was 3, and even now both of my kids (7 and 5) often wake up at 6:30. Some kids need less sleep than others. Your second daughter just might not need the same amount of sleep as her sister.

No need to go cold turkey on the bottle or anything else... by the time she's in kindergarten it won't matter whether she had the bottle for 11 months or 14 months or 22 months. Those arbitrary age guidelines are guidelines only... some kids are ready for sippy cups at 8 months and some not until 18 months. Don't stress out about it!

Good luck! :)

I would try water too, but some kids are just famished after going that long without food and may wake up 1/2 hour later. My 1 year-old son does the same thing, so I am anxious to know the outcome. He also tries to make it earlier and earlier, but I read not to feed until after 4am. So I have to let him put himself back to sleep and that's not always easy.

I just switched from a bottle to a sippy cup this week. I went from formula in a bottle to very vanilla soy milk (milk allergy)in a cup. Apparently, it was no contest that the soy milk tasted better. Then he stopped wanting an evening bottle, so I decided to experiment with the early morning feeding. At first he was looking for the bottle and seemed somewhat distressed, but took the cup and sucked it dry. Now he is off the bottles completely.

The AAPA recommends that you START weaning babies from bottles by one year, but that they should be completely weaned by 18 months. Don't stress yourself out with this and don't do anything that will completely traumatize your child or cause them to regress. Try to be crafty, not blatant. Good luck!

Hi,

I agree with the previous posts that you are in a great position sleep-wise with a 12-month-old... I wouldn't worry about a single feeding at this time in the morning at all!

I don't have any advice,except to say that sleeping from 8p-6a IS sleeping through the night. I think they say at that age 5-6 hours of sleep is considered 'sleeping through the night'. Maybe she just needs less sleep than her sister. Not everyone needs the same amount of sleep. While I too hate waking that early, 6am is a perfectly reasonable time to wake up.

Hello C., Congrats with 2 girls, you are so Lucky! Your little girl is perfectly fine. It seems like she only needs the much sleep though the night (and that's plenty) Possibly she naps longer during the day? If one hour in AM makes a significant differnce to you, maybe putting her down an hr later or so for the night bedtime will make up the difference.

Wow - Sleeping all the was from 8:30 until 6-6:30 the next morning without even asking for a drink or cuddle for a 1 year old is EXCELLENT! My opinion is that you have a wonderful situation that I would not change or mess with....if you try altering her desire for something to fill her belly at 6:30am, then you never know what other problems it will create. That is a long time for a 1 year old to go with no nourishment, so it's natural for her to make the request after 10 hours without. I would just continue giving her a drink and letting her doze back off...if you are totally against offering her the milk anymore, you could always leave her some water in her room and tell her to drink that when she wakes up in the am, but I really think her request is to see you (the comfort of knowing you are there) and getting some milk (which probably fills her for the next couple hours, while water wont).... You might not realize what a blessing you already have....I wouldn't change it!