Baby's First Year

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

ZivasMommy41712 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:51:20 GMT

she loves her teething toys. she has a thing of beads and then 4 different ones that i put in the freezer. the only one she dont really take to is the pink one that massages the front teeth.

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

AnswerDad03 — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:34:02 GMT

They always do Zivas! Sorry your little one is under the weather... I hope that she is feeling better!

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

ZivasMommy41712 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:29:02 GMT

Sounds like your girls are quiet a handful answerdad. yea mine just gave me the biggest loop of odd sleeping since its been about 4 mos since she was sick last. just went to the er last night early this morning and found out my poor girl is dealing with the flu and strep throat at the same time, but thank god the flu shot she got this year will help with how severe and how long the flu will last. now to get back home or gas to go to a kansas walmart to get her antibiotic filled for the strep throat.

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

AnswerDad03 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:14:29 GMT

I think what this thread proves is that nobody has all the answers. I think keeping your pediatrician aware of your baby's bedtime routine, diet and other factors surrounding sleep issues is key. As happened here, the doc may have discovered a breathing issue. My experience is that every child is different when it comes to sleep time, and my three girls have taught me that the hard way!

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

ZivasMommy41712 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:51:25 GMT

yep 2 bottom front teeth that are almost through thank god and three top teeth all of which are side by side and those are hell but thankfully her pediatrician gave her a form of lidocaine to num her gums and its better and every once in a while she will use one of her teething toys. other than that its alot of tylonal and ibuprofen. thats expecially at night other wise forget the sleeping all night like she needs. shes doing better and probably once she gets these done a new set will start. yay me. lol

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

PediNurseJulie1 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:38:30 GMT

Oh my, one tooth is bad enough but 5 is not fun!! I hope you get some relief soon! My little one loves to chew on a cold washcloth when he is teething. The nubby feel of the cloth is kind of soothing, along with the chill to numb his gums a little. Good luck!

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

ZivasMommy41712 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 04:18:25 GMT

yea jess its wonderful though i wish it worked better when she has a fussy day like she did yesterday LOL. plus she is teething like crazy. she has like 5 teeth working on comming in right now if not started to be completely in and its hard.

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

Jess_BabyRN — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:18:00 GMT

I LOVE your idea about music Zivasmommy! When I work in the nursery I often play classical music for the babies that are a bit restless. I just love how peaceful and positive it feels in their rooms with the music on and the babies respond beautifully.

Keep us posted merc636,

Jess

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

ZivasMommy41712 — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:11:35 GMT

another thought i just had is maybe have some music he likes turned on when you lay him down to bed before you walk out of the room and he should be ok. My girl likes her wiccan lullaby or pandora disney music.

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

ZivasMommy41712 — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:09:38 GMT

my baby girl has many toys for almost every area of the bed she sleeps in that she attaches to plus her blankies. i also have her on sippy cups now so she goes to bed with them. she drinks mostly juice during the day with a few sippy cups of formula in the mix and eats about 1 to 1.5 jars of baby food to keep her belly full at nap times. she sleeps for about 2 hrs per nap one around noonish and another about 4:30 pm. at bedtime i put her food in her sippy that she goes to bed with unless she still wants a bottle then i make her bottle with a jar of food and cereal and she sleeps mostly through the night with sippy cups standing by for the slight wake up whine of empty belly then i just give her one of the backups and she goes right back to sleep and sleeps from about 9pm or so till about 11 hrs later including the slight wake ups.

also watch the diapers because i know part of her problem was extreme constipation and gas even with the formula changes so now she has gas drops during the day and before bed; she also when she gets constipated or goes back toward that she gets one sippy with prune juice in it and bye bye constipation.

another thing to consider might also be teething. if the freezer teething tricks arnt working or the teething tablets talk to your pediatrician about getting a lidocaine for him to use on his teeth. it works like a charm. all it is is a jell that you rub on the gums and bye bye pain as well as maybe a 4ml dose of ibuprofen to help with the inflamation of the gums and pain as well.

My baby girl also eats finger food stuff during the day in her walker to help with using her teeth and such and she does good.

hope this display of our routine works to help you some.

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

PediNurseJulie1 — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 07:43:12 GMT

Sounds like you have a few suggestions that may help a bit. I hope that he starts to give you a bit of a break. The only thing I can also think of is making sure he has a comforting object in the crib with him that he starts to attach to rather than the bottle. My son has a little stuffed moose that he loves. Good luck!

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

Jess_BabyRN — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 05:39:46 GMT

Merc-

So glad that you were able to get in to see the doctor and that you have some tools which are helping with sleep! Be sure to keep his regular well child exams so that they can continue to monitor his growth and development and follow up on the breathing. Keep us posted!

-Jess

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

merc636 — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:07:11 GMT

we went to the doctor sorry it has been so long sense i wrote. they think that it may be due to his breathing. ive been giving him routine nebulizer treatments before bed and then agian in 4 hours when he wakes. seems to be helping alittle. he is sleeping longer periods now but still wakes up.faithsmom he is on a steady day routine with meals and regular naps one at 10 am and another at 2pm then bed at 7pm. his bedtime is the same both at my house and when my mother watches him. me and her try to work together to keep him on a steady routine. when he wakes at night expecting a bottle i now give him a diluted bottle of formula. i was told that when he wakes for a bottle formula is sweet so they like it. was told to give him water instead now. they told me that that should lesson his bottle wake ups.. thank you all for your advice and support please if you have any ideas please let me know

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

PediNurseJulie1 — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:56:45 GMT

I hope your pediatrician had some advice and help for you. Did they discuss sleep training? If you need help knowing what to do, let me know. I can try to give you a few guidelines.

Re: 9 month old still cant sleep

Faithsmom29 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:56:25 GMT

Hi Merc, I know it's hard to be away from your kid but since your mom is watching him while you're at work? I want to know your routine and her routine.