My I ask if you are breast feeding him? If you are, at 4.00pm every afternoon eat a peanut butter sandwich. I don't know how it works but it does. There is something in the peanut butter that makes babies sleep.

If he is having a day nap, he could be sleeping too long, which would cause him to stay awake at night.  Either cut back on his day naps or cut them out altogether and see what happens. Oh and babies love to be touched. When my daughter couldn't sleep I would gently massage her back and she would go back to sleep.

Just have a go and see what happens. Best of luck.

Hi there,

Stop beating yourself up!!! There is nothing wrong with nursing your baby to sleep.

I've done it with my two eldest and am now doing it again and Sumara is nine months old.

They are only babies for so long and comforting them and making them feel safe is part of parenting and therefore nursing your son to sleep should not be an issue!

However - the fact that he is waking so much through the night is worrisome as this is not a habit that is usually formed from nursing your child to sleep. I would suggest a talk to your local GP or clinic sister as there maybe another reason for his waking.

I would be concerned about the fact that he may be feeling some uncomfort while asleep. Maybe you could try placing his cot on a slight angle so that he is not laying completely flat! Some babies really don't like being flat as it upsets their tummies. Also try playing some really soft gentle music while nursing him to sleep and have it playing in his room soflty while he is asleep. This may help.

Cheers

I got into the habit of getting up and giving my 11mth old up to 3 bottles a night, which saw me up at 12pm, 2am and 4am. It took about a week of absolute torture to get over this.
In the end I just let him cry, (up to 20 minutes at a time) he would eventually cry himself to sleep - as the week wore on, he would wake fewer time and cry for shorter time.
I would defiantly suggest that you walk out of the room if it gets too much for you. Let you baby stand in the cot if he wants – if you are concerned he will fall out keep an eye on him from his door where he cant see you.. When he gets tired enough he will sit down or lie down and go to sleep. If it makes you feel better start small – try getting him to put himself to sleep only for daytime naps, if that works then you can move onto night time sleeps.
Whatever you try keep going for about a week before you decide if it doesn’t work.  I agree every baby is different – the one thing they do all have in common (apart from being the same species) is that they can all be more stubborn than most adults I know. Good Luck.

HAve you tried leaving the room? ie. putting him down for his nap and then leaving the room so that he can settle himself?  This worked for our daughter.  They will still get upset, but if you can stay out of the room (unless they get distressed) they will learn that being put in their cot means that it is time to have a rest.

Goodluck!!!!!!  This worked with our daughter, hope it helps you