Sleep regression?help!

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Good morning ladies,
I have a 9 month old who sleeps so bad! She will take 3-4 naps during the day that are 30min long sometimes upto an hour or two if I'm lucky! I give her a bath/ feed her and she's in bed by 8:30. But she wakes up every 2-3 hours. Most the time fussing or wanting to eat. Then back up and ready for the day as early as 3-4 am:( I don't believe in the cry it out method but I'm pretty much at my breaking point. I try to fill her up before bedtime but she refuses solids :( occasionally I can get her to eat a little bit. She's clingy all day long always wanting to be held or me hold her so she can walk but I'm so exhausted. I took her to the doctors yesterday asking about ways to help her sleep better at night and her doctor wasn't concerned and just told me all babies are different and babies shouldnt be sleeping through the night yet( ok cool
Not what I asked) and that she should be taking short naps. Which obv isn't the problem here. She has little cold. ( running nose) not teething. Advice? I'm desperate

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Eliminate those naps! You need to start her on structured  schedule.

When she wakes up bottle and breakfast and afterwards play with her and don't let her nap until maybe 11. Let her nap as long as she wants. If she seems to fall asleep before her structured nap wipe her with a cold rag and keep her entertained. I know it sounds cruel but that's what I did with my son and he has been sleeping through the night since he was 3.5 months old. He would wake up every 2 hours. I had very little help since we have no family nearby and my husband works 12 + hours a day.

Make sure during the day you have the house nice and bright and at night turn down the lights to let her know it's bed time.

Never let her nap after 3 pm that way she is tired. On the last bottle, I like to thicken it for my son. I use those squeeze fruits or stage 2 baby food with a banana. Anything with banana is very smooth and won't clog up the nipple like apple. I make his formula a tad thick so he is full when he goes to bed. Once bed time comes around and he has eaten, do bath, I use burts lavander, wipe gums and bed time classical baby music.

Starting her on a schedule will take time. Be resilient and persistent.

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My baby has always been pretty good with sleeping. She goes to bed between 8pm to 830pm. Wakes up around 7am to 9am and takes 2 naps, one around 1030 that usually lasts 2 hours and one at 230-3 for about an hour. We try to keep her on a strict routine. She is eating solids, dinner is always at 530pm. She gets a snack around 630-7pm and gets into the bath tub at 730pm. I use Johnson's baby soothing bath vapor in her water, and I massage her with the night time lotion. I always have her bottle prepared and as soon as her pjs are on the lights are out I lay her down with her bottle. I always make a 7oz because I'd rather some be left over then her run out when she is about to but full. Of that makes sense. Does your baby have a favorite blanket or stuffed animal that you can have next to them? Also I know this is easier said then done but I would recommend cutting down your baby's naps. Over stimulate him or her and try to not let them sleep so late. We take our daughter on a walk sometimes before her bath or let her watch tv, she loves this show on Hulu called songs and rhymes. Whenever she misses a nap I try whatever to make sure she doesn't take a nap after 4pm

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Check out the wonder weeks app. At 9 months babies go thru a huge developmental leap and sleep regression is a common thing during this time. :-) so is super clingy!

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We have a similar but less drastic problem with our son. He goes to bed around 7:30. If he gets to bed later be wakes up much earlier. That is the one recommendation I'd make, try an earlier bed time. Our son wakes up around 5am and usually wants food (sometimes 1am, sometimes 3am). On weekends he goes back to sleep after eating but on weekdays we just get up since we need to be out the door by 6:30 for work.  He's been teething since 3 months but just started getting teeth in so we sometimes think it's that.

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I had started sleep trainning my son at 5 months old for this particular reason. I used the sleep easy solution (book) its almost like the cry it out method although you go in to reassure them that you are still there to support them but they need to learn to sleep on there own. We do a routine from 6:30 is bath time then lotion, then put on pj's, relax in the rocking chair then around 7:30 i give him a 7 oz bottle while cuddling him and singing to him. He never falls asleep until i put him in his crib at usually 8pm. He usually will sleep for 12 to 14hrs a night and will only take 1-2 naps for maybe 30mins each and i never let him have a nap past 4pm only because i know that he wont want to sleep at 8pm. He also wakes up at night but not to the point that he cries. He has learn to soothe himself back to sleep. (This may help for me and my son but it may not for others)

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I was told 2-3 naps and that's IF they're taking hour or more naps

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I thought they were only supposed to have 2 naps at this age. Maybe their sleeping too much during the day

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We have the same problem! Only my son hasnt wanted to eat in the middle of the night since he was 3 months old. However he's been teething since he as 4 months so we haven't been able to get him to sleep through the night in his crib since. He also only takes 30 min naps ....the ONLY way I've have been able to survive lol is by napping with him or when he wakes up in his crib I bring him to bed with me and he will sleep till 730 it isn't ideal but I refuse to let him cry it out and his bedroom is upstairs so walking up and down those in the middle of the night gets exhausting.  If I nap with him he will nap for an hour or and hour and 30 mins . Our schedule is exactly like yours he gets his bath and I rub nighttime lotion on him read to him and he's in bed by 830 . The way I look at it is you have to do what's right for you and you can't do much if you're exhausted if xander naps for an hour in the morning then and hour or so in the afternoon he  will take a 30 min nap around 5 then he's pretty tired by the time he eats for the night which is a bottle and cereal he will sleep well till around 1 . Maybe try the co sleep thing ? I was very against that too cause it scared me but it has worked .

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Im desperate 😭😭 Almost in the same position as u! My daughter she's 10 months she sleeps perfectly! She takes 2 naps of 1hour each. The 1st one from 12pm-1pm and the next one frome 4pm-5pm I give her a bath at 7:30pm pj's and by 8:30 she is already asleep!! My problem is that she still wakes up every 3 hours to eat I have tried everything she drinks a bottle of 5oz I try to  give her more but she just drinks 5oz Im tired, restless it's so frustrating 😭😭😭 and she wakes up really fresh by arround 7:30am and Im just there watching her like a zombie I just can't please help any advice??

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Did u say u don't give her solids? Q baby at that age refusing it or not she should have solids
And also maybe have your doctor give you advice. My 9 month Olds golden naps 2 times a day and sleeps all night

Sleep regression?help!

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