How do you get a baby to sleep thru the night?

Here's an idea... Try changing beds. Sometimes the kids just dont like the bed they are sleeping in. We've had to do it with our oldest daughter (who is almost 4) twice now. Maybe try using a toddler bed or a air matress. Our daughter has a Dora air matress the she wants to sleep in from time to time. Does she nap durring the day? If shes taken to many naps that could keep her up durring the night. Also if you are waking her up durring her naps (say after 2 hours) you are training her to sleep this way. Of course, it is possible that she could have a sleep disorder. I have one and have passed it down to both my daughters. You would want to talk to your doctor about this however. I wish you the best of luck. I know how it can be. My oldest daughter had crying blocks of 6-12 hours solid when she was a baby. That was insane and the doctors couldnt do anything about it, they just said it was "colic" (yea right, what is colic anyway?).

Have you ever read the book, Babyhood by Paul Reiser? He tells you how to do it but also takes the edge off with humor. Really good book!!!!

Oh I sympathise so much. I had exactly this problem with my son, he got me up every hour and a half quite literally. The one bit of advice I wish I'd been given before he was born is this - Never aid your baby to sleep in any way, for example by rocking, in the pushchair/car etc. If your daughter is helped off to sleep with any method at all, she'll wake in her light phase of sleeping and because the method is no longer there to get her back to sleep, she'll cry for you to sort it out. So how to solve it? It's horribly hard and I hated doing it but in the end I had to because I was walking into walls in the daytime I was that exhausted. Get a good bedtime routine first of all. Make sure it includes very quiet, calm time in a dimly lit room. Do not let her fall asleep in your arms. Put her into her cot and say goodnight. If she cries, go back to her after 1 minute, reassure her quietly but don't pick her up. You keep doing this, with as little conversation and eye contact as possible until she falls asleep. Repeat when she wakes throughout the night. When you want her to get up, if she's asleep, wake her at the time you've chosen and then keep to that time every morning. The first night I did this it took my son 3 hours to go to sleep, second night an hour and third night about 20 minutes. Fourth night I had no fusses at all but the next night he tried again and we had another hour's battle. I cried myself doing it but believe me, it saved both of us in the end and was done within the week. That's the good news. The bad news is this - my son is now 6 yrs old and gets up at around 5 a.m every day. He's wide awake and ready for a new day, even tho' I'm not! So that's my problem now. I've tried later bed time, reward charts, fresh air and exercise, change of diet....nothing's worked! I wish you well. It's horrible being sleep deprived and it's not pleasant doing the sleep training either but you will be giving your daughter a valuable lesson on how to comfort and get back to sleep herself which makes for a happy Mum and a happy child. Wishing you well :)

Oh my she is almost one? I had mine sleeping through the night by 6 months. I gave her a night time bottle with rice in it. It worked her little tummy was full and she slept for 12 hours. Now she wakes up sometimes... you know night terrors and teeth. She may need a little advil before bed because her teeth may hurt. You never know. But the moment she wakes up do not go in there. She needs to learn to be alone. I am also with the white noise. A fan of some sort it helps call them down some. Did she ever sleep the whole night and did this just start? Just curious. .. let me know how it goes GOOD LUCK

Purchase a white noise device. That worked for my friend's baby.

There is a good book called the No Cry Sleep Solution that shows you step by step how to transition your child into getting themself back to sleep. I don't think one that little naturally would sleep all the way through the night with out waking. The trick is teaching them to go back to sleep on their own. One of the things recommended is to have a set schedule you follow everynight so they can start getting used to the fact that this is sleep time. For example a nice warm bath, then a story in the rocking chair before settling them into their bed. Another thing is to create something that the child will associate with sleep like a soft stuffed animal or special blanket that they are given as part of the sleep time routine. I highly recommend checking the book out from your library it has a lot of useful information. I hope that helps some.

Have you ever read the book, Babyhood by Paul Reiser? He tells you how to do it but also takes the edge off with humor. Really good book!!!!