Parenting Newborns & Infants (0-1) Support Group

Feeding your infant and ensuring they are getting enough nutrition is one of the most important aspects of parenting during that first year. This community is dedicated to those who are nurturing a baby, whether breastfed or formula-fed.

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amandahofner121 12/06/2010

I have twins and one of them is still not sleeping through the night. He wakes up usually between 1 and 3 in the morning. Because his twin brother is in the same room and we don't want them both to be up we go and get him and take him down stairs to give him a bottle and rock him back to sleep. Sometimes like last night he was up twice. Which means I'm exhausted!!! I know this is pretty much our fault for letting this go for so long but how do I reverse this? I really need help!!! I will take any advice I can get! Thanks so much in advance!

deleted_user 12/06/2010

I don't think your done anything wrong
My DD slept 12 hours straight from 8 weeks to 7 months then started waking. It wasn't until the last month that she started sleeping 11 hours, and for us it was all teething related.
I have a very close friend who's son just now at 16 months started sleeping through the night
Every kid is different it could be this twin just needs that extra feeding even though his brother doesn't
Just my thoughts

deleted_user 12/06/2010

You could try to wait it out. They do get a lof teeth until 14 mo or so and they also learn lots of new skills that they "practice" at night like standing, walking, etc. The only other "fix" I know is not giving the bottle. I nursed so at 14 mo I stopped night nursing and sang to the baby instead. We had some cring but after a few days he started sleeping through.

joleneLS 12/06/2010

My daughter didn't sleep through the night until she was almost a year. She would wake up at two and want her bottle. But I was lucky, I could put an ounce in a bottle and give it to her in her crib, she would take a sip, then let it fall and go back to sleep. I worried about her not sleeping through the night and people always told me it would happen when it happened, and it did! Waiting it out was the hardest part.

deleted_user 12/07/2010

My DD is 9 months and has never slept through the night. SHe still wakes up at least twice a night 11pm and 2am. It is exhausting!!! I am just keeping my fingers crossed that it ends soon.

deleted_user 12/07/2010

You havent done anything wrong! I dont have any solid advice on how to get him to sleep thru the night b/c Im still working on that with my 22 month old. My 10 month old will sleep thru the night but my 22 month old seems to be more needy then my 10 mo old.

deleted_user 12/08/2010

my only advice is to give him some baby cereal along with his bedtime bottle that should keep his little tummy fuller longer and possibly a full nights sleep

i had a problem with my sons nighttime feeding schedule so i just increased his bottle by about an ounce, he is only a week old and already eating 4 ounces every 4 hours. im unsure if that is normal but i feel pretty good about it and he is still getting his little fat rolls like normal

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