Sleeping help...

Would it be different to the techniques for a newborn? I dunnno? But here are some of the things we tried.

Once we were told that everything we were doing was wrong (don't ya love that!) we tried all of these and are still doing most "just in case":

- Warm/cool enough so not to wake him
- Wrapping/not wrapping (Caitlin would wake herself up fighting to get out of the wrap)
- Putting to bed awake
- Musical mobile (have had to remove this as she can grab it now), replaced with a radio
- Night light
- Warm wheat bag wrapped in a worn t-shirt (something with your smell on it)
- Dummy (not all babies will take one)
- Really big feed before bed
- Warm relaxing bath before bed

Caitlin knows now when bedtime is coming as we always do exactly the same thing every night, no matter where we are.
Play, bath, dinner, cuddles, bed - She's been sleeping through from 8 weeks old and very rarley wakes in the night now.

Good luck

Okay I nightweaned McKayla and got her to sleep through the night in one week when she was 11 months old.

Take into consideration however she is still co-sleeping with us however. But the method should be more or less the same just a bit different.

Make sure they have a decent meal. Start looking backwards at their sleeping patterns and count the amount of hours they sleep in 24 hours. According to that work out when you want him asleep at night ect and then work out how much naptime he can have. Maybe it means he can only have 2 short naps or one long nap. Depending on your childs needs.

With that sorted you can slightly change his nighttime routine. Bath, bottle, story, cuddle, hug and bedtime. Or what work for you guys.

Then if he is a baby that needs to be cuddled that is okay but try and put him down when he isnt fast asleep yet. Then sit in a chair right there with him. If he whimpers a bit then that is fine. Put your hand on his chest and rock him without picking him up. If he gets really worked up, pick him up and rock him untill he starts calming down but   put him back in the cot before he falls asleep on you.

Continue doing this for a couple of nights. Then over the next couple once he is settled in the cot put yourself over at the door in a chair and talk to him while he is still awake. Do it when he wakes up at night as well. Try and talk him to sleep without picking him up.

slowly but surely he will not wake up anymore. Hope it helps.

I am however not that concern with them sleeping through that quickly as I feel it is a developmental milestone and depends on each child. But that is just my opinion.

Teething made this one wake up again at 4 for a feed so not sleeping straight through anymore.

Jacob still wakes most nights, and has only just started not always wanting a bottle, sometimes he just wants a cuddle or help finding teddy, so i feel we are getting somewhere at last. I used to (up until about 6 weeks ago) stress out about it, now I think he'll do it when he's ready. I know he can do it, and will again (he did it last night), but as I am getting up once a night to a baby, it make sno real difference for me at the moment. I have tried it all, cry it out, sush and pat, even phenergan. My biggest tip, which I have found to ring true is somehting Plunket told me, which is "the more sleep they get, the more they want". I find he sleeps best if he has had a good afternoon nap. Also, routine is a big thing as well, bath, bottle and bed by 7pm, he always goes down awake, has never been allowed to sleep anywhere but bed (well, not on purpose. He goes down every afternoon at the same time as well. Good luck!