I have a 11m old little girl and I'm going threw this at the monent,  I was at my wits ends until minti mums gave me some great ideas, change nappy, make sure she is warm or not to cold, dummy,  panadol, bath before bed, tea latter , and bed at 7pm, as she was having milk threw the night  up to 3 bottles I was feeling so drained and tired.

I tried all this and it kept on happening so I am now trying to shorten her cap naps threw the day as she would sleep all day if i let her.  Maybe if you havent tried any of these you could give it a go .

Good luck

Is he going to bed overtired?  We have learned that our girls will have more dramas going to bed if they are overtired and try to avoid later bed times.

You don't mention any thing about times and naps etc, so hard to know, but lack of noise can be a problem too.  At night, having a background noise like a radio or tv will help, and can be gradually turned down.  You see, noise travels better at night and any loud or sharp noises will disturb him more easily, having the background noise muffles these other sounds.

The other thing is he might be teething, so that would cause disturbed sleep too.

Its always difficult when your are exhausted and running on empty. My suggestion is the same as the others eliminate the obvious and then try panadol.

My grandson like my kids were good at going to sleep but were woken by wet nappies my suggestion was to double nappy (cloth) and that saw mine and now my grandson through the night. with a larger sized pilcher over the top. If you are using disposable ones you may need to be creative and use a super sanitary pad as well as the nappy because if they are wet they are likely to be uncomfortable and cold. That may sound odd but I suggested it to a friend of my daughters who has a daughter and she has had success.

If you have eliminated the usual, hot, cold, teething. Have you tried giving him a little panadol to see if he is feeling under the weather? Also might he be hungry? Maybe giving him a little more food during the day. Or even 2 bottles before bed. Also maybe shortening his day sleeps.

Thats probably what I would do. Go through the list and hope something works. I have no idea :(

I know how you feel. At this age I took Zak (my oldest) to Tresillian a he just wasn't sleeping, it was made worse by me rocking him to sleep. But I was beside myself with exhaustion. 

Before you do something like this try doing a process of elimination......I know your exhausted but it will be easier in the long run. Make sure he's not cold, either add an extra blanket of a night or put him in a sleep bag to go to bed. What time does he go to bed? Do you give him a bottle or breastfeed before bed? Maybe you could try a top up feed when he wakes the first time but just try some water, you may have to try this for about a week though. How many sleeps is he having during the day? Maybe you could try and keep him up for an extra 30-45 mins, as long as he isn't totally tired of course.

But you know your child better than anyone else and only you can know if he's just got a sleeping problem or if it's because he's cold or hungry.

If you think he's just got trouble settling himself after waking then talk to your Community nurse about Tresillian.

I hope he settles for you.

Amanda xxx

Hi Cass,

I'm sorry to hear that you are having a hard time of it.    My bubs has always been a good sleeper but still wakes a couple of times during the night.

Anyway maybe try tiring him out before you put him to bed.  Or increasing how much he eats.  He he eating 3 meals yet?   My bubs has 3 good meals and also 4 bottles, during the day. 

Go to the local supermarket and get some johnson's bedtime bath stuff.  They say that it is proven to help baby sleep better.   Just put a bit in his bath at night and it should help him sleep.  I don't know how good it is but worth a shot!

I hope he is not teething again!  If he is maybe give some bonjella b4 he goes to sleep.  

Is he waking 'cause he is too cold/hot??  My bubs sometimes wakes during the night 'cause of this.  He always kicks his blankets off.

I hope this is some help and he gets to sleeping real soon.  The last straw would be sleep school.

Does he have any teeth coming in?  It could be teething.  That is one possibility.  The other might be he needs more to eat?  My son woke frequently around this age, so we increased his food intake and it seemed to help.  Good luck to you :)

Hi I had the same problem with my son and he didnt sleep through until about 18mths old. I was like the walking dead had no energy cranky and depressed. Im now pregnant with my second child and hopefully wont have the same issues as I have learnt there is help out there.

If you can talk to your doctor first to rule out any medical issues and they can refer you to community organisations that can help with getting your baby to sleep in some places you can even stay and they will help you work out the sleeping issues, dont suffer with it anymore get help as soon as you can,