My answer.... let baby learn to fall asleep on their own from day one. Cuddles are nice but when you know baby is tired, just put baby down.

My 2 were both sleeping through the night from 6 and 7 weeks as they simply learned how to do it.

And when they woke in the night for a feed they went straight back to sleep. I am know horrible Mummy who deny's their baby of love and cuddles, but they managed to always go to sleep on their own from a young age.

thanks very much, will try not to rock him back to sleep, although it mite take longer, it's worth it.

good luck to you all, if you manage to find the amswer to sleeping probs, let me know!

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My two have always been good, but I have been quite firm since a young age.>>

When they woke in the night for a feed I would make sure they were winded and back down before they fell asleep, that way they learned from a young age how to settle themselves back to sleep.>>

If a child is cuddled/rocked/fed to sleep then they will want that again when they wake in the night. A child wakes approximately 20 times a night, but not always surfaces to being completly awake. But if they do wake fully several times they then need YOU to cuddle/rock/feed them back to sleep.>>

When this has been done for many months it is a hard thing to change as a baby needs its reassurance in order to feel safe to sleep.>>

Controlled crying is what some people suggest. But if you slowly teach lo to fall asleep alone starting in the day, the the night time will soon get better as well.>>

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your not alone lo has been doing this for weeks now she makes her self very sick as she works her self up! that is when doing cc so im total against doing it now its just not for us!!  At the mo were having to bounce hr or rock her then when shes asleep move her into her cot. when she wakes during the night we have to do it to, i no weve made it harder for our selfs but nothing else works so we will have to live with it till she undertands!!

i dnt think theres much u can do about them sitting up ect in there cot bar keep puting her down weve tried all sorts just hasnt worked.

i hope its just a faze there going through, my hv said if it gets worse we maybe able to give her drops that just knock her out? xxxxx

Anyone else in the same boat?

My DS is a nightmare at the moment. He's waking probably every two hours or so.  I'm working full time also and am becoming very irritable from lack of sleep.  We've tried everything - he's also in a great routine.  I know I can't possibly do anything different, other than stop cuddling him to sleep before putting him in his cot.

I have tried and let him cry it out but he winds up so badly from crying he actually makes himself sick!!

Just writing this to say your not alone - although I know it can feel like it.  From one tired mum to another.  Good luck tonight.  I'm just waiting for the first cry - probably half an hour after closing my eyes!! x x

Hi there, we do the bath, feed, bed routine. That was implemented easily. We had more problems getting him back down if he woke - but after 3 days of crying he is now much better.

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Poor you, you must be exhausted especially as you’re working too. 

My lo isn’t a brilliant sleeper but we have a set routine in an evening of tea 4.30, bath 5.30, play til 6.30 then up to bed with a bottle.  She generally has 7oz then I cuddle her to sleep and put her in her cot.  (I haven’t taught her to go to sleep herself yet and shes a year old now!!   She then sleeps til 11ish then has another 7oz milk then sleeps til 5 or 6 if we’re lucky. On a bad night she will wake up 3-4 times for her dummy, on a good night she doesn’t wake for her dummy.

I think having a fairly set routine is important and also getting lo to fall asleep without being cuddled probably is good too then they can get themselves back to sleep if they wake in the night - I don’t have the answer to that one!! lol

Have you tried giving tea earlier? May be then your lo will take a full bottle at bedtime.

Hope I’ve been some help.

Good luck xx

hi.

My Lo has never got into a proper bedtime routine, he's up and down every couple of weeks.

He used to go to sleep around 8, and wake up at five for a bottle, now it's changed again. He wont sleep til about 9.30/10, and am having to rock him to sleep for an hour, and he wakes about 3/4ish, then again about 5/6ish.

He wont always have his bottle before bed, no matter how hard i try. Am a full time working mum, and am finding this bedtime routine awful at the moment as its making me tired and irritable. Any ideas for successful bedtime routines?