Minti - Recent Comments on Question "How do you get a 9 month old out of the habit of waking every 2 hours at night?" http://www.minti.com/questions-and-answers/discussion/662503/how-do-you-get-a-9-month-old-out-of-the-habit-of-waking-every-2-hours-at-night/ Minti - Recent Comments on Question "How do you get a 9 month old out of the habit of waking every 2 hours at night?" Copyright 2008 Minti en-uk Re: How do you get a 9 month old out of the habit of waking every 2 hours at night? Kristen mine is now 13 months and we had this same problem.  Part of it was his teething and part of it was a growth spurt.  I started to feed him ridiculously large amounts of food before bed and then I kept a bottle with water in it for the middle of the night.  I found that he was just thirsty ... mine is now 13 months and we had this same problem.  Part of it was his teething and part of it was a growth spurt.  I started to feed him ridiculously large amounts of food before bed and then I kept a bottle with water in it for the middle of the night.  I found that he was just thirsty and that the breastmilk, for whatever reason, wasn't quenching his thirst.  I backed down to one nursing a night.  Feeding him just before bed really helped a lot. 

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For the past two days, I've only been offering her breastmilk from a bottle. The first night she woke about 1.15am, but by the time I heated up the bottle she had gone back to sleep and didn't wake up again till 4.15am! Then last night, the same thing happened.. she woke at 12.15am, went back to sleep by the time I'd boiled the kettle and it's now 8.30am and I'm STILL waiting for her to wake up!

(Have a read of my blog for the funny story that goes with this!!!)

So it seems like the answer is... when she wakes up... boil the kettle (and have a cuppa - might as well since the kettles boiled and a HOT cup of tea is a rare thing when you have a baby!) and she goes back to sleep!!!

Thanks to everyone for their advice and suggestions!!! Finally... sleep!!! Oh, how I've missed you!!!

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You could try taking her somewhere quiet every 3-4 hours and offering her the breast. If you can convince her to satisfy herself during the day, you should find that she sleeps longer stretches at night.

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Luv, Winnie.xxxx

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