My little monster wont sleep!

[Reborn]

Normally he's a great sleeper but last night was murder. He wouldnt sleep til about 9pm and then he was up at midnight for a feed. Then again at 5 and again at 7. Now he's just a feed and would normally have a nap but that not happening. He rubbing his eyes and really looks tired but he wont sleep. I've tried rocking, cuddling, leaving him in his cot. Most of the time I can put him down with a bottle and he's asleep with in 15mins. Plus he has 3 solid feeds a day and 5 formula feeds.

What wrong with him?????

[~clover~]

Maybe he's just going through a growth spurt. He could also be teething, or maybe coming down with something.
If he is just unsettled, he should get past it soon. If he seems to be in pain, you could try some panadol.

[Reborn]

I've given him panadol and colic relief but nothing seems to be helping.

[NannyC]

I've given him panadol and colic relief but nothing seems to be helping.

I'm unsure if you are feeding him solids, but have you changed anything in that area, it may be upsetting him.

I have a 10mth old, and she's teething, I have put her into a routine where she has something to eat, then a bath, a little play, then off to bed, I lay down with her with the lights off so she knows that's it's bed time, and sometimes I need to rock her to sleep on my chest, it seems to be working. I make sure she's in bed by 7.30pm and start the routine at 6pm, earlier if she seems tired. Some Bonjelia before the bottle seems to do the trick LOL

I feel your pain...

[amberj]

9-10 months is a really classic and normal time to have sleep problems. Its a difficult time in their lives- learning to crawl (and practising in sleep!), the start of separation anxiety, really getting into solids, teething. There is heaps happening for them and it is really common to have sleep difficulties at this time. I have lots of sympathy!

My only advice is do what you need to get through it, and it will eventually pass. You can try not to create too many bad habits, but don't beat yourself up about doing what you need to in order to get him to sleep. If you need to feed to sleep or rock or lie down with your bubs, then do it. Once the difficult time is passed you can break those habits.

You are not alone! I put up a very similar post around this time and found out sooooo many others had gone through the same thing.

[Chocaholic]

Both my boys have been pretty good sleepers but 10 months to about 11 and a half months they both went pear-shaped. After a few weeks, they went back to sleeping through again.

As a last resort for the sleep deprivation, I would take DS for a walk in the pram. He would be asleep by the end of the block. I would find a park and sit down and just let him sleep. Once he had one sleep it seemed easier to get him to go back down later.

Another option that worked for us was the car. Thankfully we live in a beautiful area and would just drive for an hour or more. Always worked (even at 3am when I was ready to kill anyone as I hadn't got to bed yet!! DH would go for the drive then and let me sleep).