this little baby just won't sleep!

You said that you put an air purifier in her room for white noise to see if that will help her sleep, have you tried a small radio with music playing? It does not have to play loud, just noise in the background. My daughter did the same thing and when I put a radio in her room she started sleeping longer and was not disturbed as easily by noise coming from the other room or traffic outside. Bpth of my children now sleep with radios goin in their room and sleep through the night. Good Luck

i had some problems similar too when my son was small but it was not as serious as this. i think the others might have got it. it could be because she's teething. like someone suggested, try getting her to sleep on a full stomach. and after eating, pat her back until she lets out a burp. they say that the food will go down the throat or something properly if you get her to burp after her feeding of milk. also, if she's teething, i heard that grape juice or ribena is good for the gums too. so you can get her to drink those. you can try and massage her at night too with oil or lotion. it's calming and soothing and relaxes the baby. i never bathed my son at night that young as i was afraid he would catch a a cold. but like someone also said, each child is different. maybe she's just not the type to sleep for long. my son didn't sleep much during the day but around that age, he also woke up time to time, sometimes crying, sometimes eyes just wide and blinking. used to give me the creeps at times. i hope everything goes ok with your daughter. best of luck.

First I would make sure she is not waking up because she is hungry. If that is not the case this simple trick may help, try and find a lavender linen spray and spray her sheets and blankets. Its helped me beat insomnia in the past and when my neice wasn't sleeping a bought a bottle for my sister and it did the trick.

From asking many questions on mylot when mine was that small, i know that every baby is different, and does things differently, sounds like you have tried everything that i could suggest! If she is not crying and upset, then its not likely that she's got teeth coming in that are bothering her.. or not likely that its gas problems.. Do you nurse or feed her rightbefore she sleeps ? i guess if she was hungry she'd be waking up upset as well though.. I'm stumped, but i hope that she grows out of this for you so that you can get some sleep! an 8 min nap isn't really a nap is it?! heheh Will she sleep longer in the car during car rides ? or out for a walk in the stroller ? mine used to sleep that way too around that age, but i think was because she was teething... :/

fresh air!...lol I know that sounds silly, but dont knock it till you try it. both of my children had colic and both of them wouldnt sleep more than 20 mins a night then were up all night either throwing everything back up or just being cranky. One night I was so overstressed that I thought I was going to loose it. So I actually desided I needed a cup of coffee and a 5 min break, I put my daughter in her play pen went to grab the coffee and found out I didnt have any left.lol There was a coffee shop about a 1/2 a block away from my house, so I got my daughter ready and put her in the stoller, I knocked on my next door neighbours door and asked her if she wanted to go for the walk. we walked down to the coffee shop (this was about 7 pm) and when we got there my daughter was sound asleep. So I got my girlfriend to go in get the coffees and we sat outside having them. (bye the way it was in the summer..lol) and about an hr later we walked back home, I took my daughter up two flights of stairs, carried her into her room and put her too bed, she slept for 90% of the night. I got so I did that almost every night, lol it gave me a much needed break and helped her get her much needed sleep.

I know all babies are different,my two are the opposites of eachother...but,it sounds like your little angel is teething,maybe?If she chews on everything and anything then that is a good sighn that she probably is.Just a drop of Lavender oil on the corners of the bed sheets work well,especially after the bath method...If its only teething it'll be over soon.Stick in there!I hope you get some sleep soon.

As long as she's not sick, teething, etc. leave her alone. If she cries a little, don't go in. Keep that mother's ear open for the crying that signals something wrong, not distress. I'm telling you this because I didn't do this for my first three. When I got into foster care and the babies kept on coming in a steady stream, I wouldn't have been able to function during the day without sleep. I got better sleep even with listening all night, and those little babies did great after just a few nights. ..Whit

My oldest daughter went through a period of about 2 months that started when she was 2 months old that she wouldn't sleep either. She would go to sleep around 8 p.m and would wake up crying around 10 p.m almost non stop until 5 or 6 in the morning. The only thing that worked with her was one of those baby swings. I think almost every night for those two months I slept on the couch with her next to that in the swing. As long as the swing was moving she slept and so did I. I stayed jst awake enough that I could hear when was the swing was starting to slow down and without even opening my eyes would turn the crank on it to get it started again.

are you a first time mom? my guess might be right. if you have noticed when your girl is still in your tummy, she always moves more on the evening and when you feel hungry and full after eating, she moves a lot, right? that could explain the reason why,,,maybe she is hungry. and mind you babies metabolized their food very fast that's why you have to feed them every 3-4 hrs. another thing is she might having an abdominal colic which is common to babies even they reached the age of 2. i suggest you let her sleep in the day in prone position rather than lying on her back, to enable her to expel the excess air in her tummy by farting, and move her bowel daily. and lastly, why don't you sing to her while she was about to sleep. im doing that to my 3 kids even my voice is not that good, but it assures them that they are loved and cared. you dont need a mariah carey song, a humming is even enough to soothe them to sleep.....

O, I really feel for you with that one. It could be that she is ready for solids, althouh government guidelines recommend waiting until they are 6 months, some need it a bit earlier - my son was sleeping through then stopped at 3 months, as he was obviously getting ready to start solids. He was a big baby and was about 19 pounds by five months.