Advice on getting 7 month old to sleep through the night????

My DS has been waking up ever since he was a wee one and now at 7 going on 8 months - I thought it would stop.

He still wakes up six hours after he goes to sleep and he will actually eat 4-6 ounces. I feel him at 7 pm. ie. tonight he ate one jar of stage two green beans / 1/2 jar of fruit and 1/2 jar of fruit mixed with cereal. After his bath about 8:30 p.m. he'll have a bottle of 6 onces and then I bet he'll wake up at 2:30 am - 3:30 am.

Any advice? I'm tired and pregnant again.

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Congrats on being pregnant again! Did I miss an announcement?

Have you tried to soothe him back to sleep without feeding him when he wakes up in the night? He's probably just doing it out of habit. I don't think he needs to eat during the night at this age. If he won't go back to sleep you could try CIO if that's something you're open to. Good luck! I can only imagine how much you need that extra sleep!

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We used CIO method around 5 1/2 months and it worked.

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Don't feed him

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Try to soothe him without feeding him. I also think he is doing it out of habit.
Good luck!

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I agree --- sooth him without feeding him. His body is used to getting that food.

You can start by weaning him down...

6 oz first night or two
then 4
then 2
then just comfort him back to sleep.

I also stuck by the rule of not taking her out of the crib when she woke up -- just would rub her back, give her the paci, turn on her mobile and tell her it was nite nite time.

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i agree. stop feeding him in the middle of the night. if you have to... offer him water maybe he'll get bored of it!

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Congrats on your pregnancy!

With DD I just stopped giving her that midnight bottle. When she woke up, I comforted her, but I also let her cry a little. It was a matter of days before she stopped needing that bottle.

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I would also stop the feeding in the middle of the night but if he really wants something then I would prolbably give him water. I also noticed that my DS slept better when he put himself to sleep, meaning I didnt rock him to sleep. Right after his bottle I put him in his crib away with the mobile and he is usually asleep before the music finishes which lasts 15 minutes. Also is he crying or just fussing. I do not pick DS up when he fusses unless it goes on for more than 1/2 hour.

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Thank you everyone. It's just so hard not to feed him because he cries for so long. But if you are all saying then I would have to say that I have to try it. This might sound silly but what is CIO??

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Posted by BabyInMarch

Congrats on being pregnant again! Did I miss an announcement?

Have you tried to soothe him back to sleep without feeding him when he wakes up in the night? He's probably just doing it out of habit. I don't think he needs to eat during the night at this age. If he won't go back to sleep you could try CIO if that's something you're open to. Good luck! I can only imagine how much you need that extra sleep!