Hi Hetal,
My son is now 7.5 months. He still doesnt sleep on his own...it takes a long time to make him sleep....we have to rock and rock the cradle for a long time then he sleeps....i use both cloth cradle & wooden cradle to make him sleep....he gets up atleast 3 - 4 times in the night and has BM...but if becomes difficult to make him sleep again....coz of this my night sleep gets totally affected...am not able to sleep in the day also as he is awake most of the times and when he sleeps i have other work at home...i do not give him formula milk...he is on BM only....but now i have a feeling my BM has also reduced coz he drinks from one side only and totally avoids the other side.....we have started solids as per dr. advice and he takes dal rice in the morning(but very fussy), one fruit/vegie in the afternoon, 2 biscuits with milk in the evening and rice cereal in the night(abt 7:00 pm)....how to make him sleep on his own or how to get him a full night's sleep?i am getting totaly stressed.....pls suggest some solution....Thanks Hetal replied. at first, at 7.5month,most babies neeed moms hand to give them a good sleep..best age to start teaching your baby to sleep on his own is once he comes to complete solid feed and takes bm only as a part of feed...which is by 9-10mnths and onwards...

he gets up at night because he is not getting complete feed of either : solidss or total feeds of bm from you,,the other is less or inadequate liquid intake thru the day ( apart from mealtime water and your bm feeds or formula feeds).
this is also the month when most babies start to have their teething process on a peak,,ths may be the reason that to soothe himself to sleep,,he will ask for breast nipples to suck on,,and sleep with it.
since has stopped latching on the otherr side, it clearly means that he knows that bm is going off there,,,so now its high time for you to start full meals of solids and formula..ask your dr about formula brand or type,,he will recmnd you one which is right for your baby,,,various formula gives almost same nutrients but dependng on baby prefernces and needs, the brands are recmnded by dr..
at 7months,a healthy baby is expected to eat approx or around below :
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when you say that he is very fussy with dal and rice,,,how should i understand that ??? is it that he is gassy, or is it that he doesnt accept it or eat it all or makes meal time hard time ?? or is it that he vomits ??
what do you mean by fussy please explain...
how often you bm, whats his daily food schedule/diet chart..let me know if we can work out something good out of it...

some really good tips on making your baby sleep on his own :
1.give your baby an environment which he prefers to sleep.
2.avoid using the cry-it-out methods..they will make your and your baby life miserable,,and to add it will make your baby get mentally distressed.
3.night feedings are normal for upto almost 8months,,so after thn try other ways to make him sleep,,like,,1.ask your dh or neone else to make him sleep.2.ensure a good activity levels so that he gets into a good healthy routine of meals, stools and sleeping hours.3. now that he will be no more infant,,you can try that he doesnt sleep from 7evening and onwards,,at the same time try to get him into a schedule that from the time he wakes up to his meals, and all activity levels,,,just make sure that he doesnt get overtired and takes a nap whenever you see him getting tired,,he is going thru alot at this time and the only thing you can do is make sure he doesnt get overtired and remains hungry,,,,
if a baby is full, has regular bowels, gets a good exercise/playtime thru the day,and before sleep takes a good feed of formula/bm thn,,there are chances for him to get into a good sound sleep...
4.other ways,,now that he is 8months, he will listen to you,,,start introducing him to words,,speak to him as if you are actually talking to him,///actually talk to him,,,with lots of love, soft voice and calm him before sleep,,make that a rountine,,read books to him big pictures,,babies this young love to see big colourful pictures,,,,read them the contents of the books,,settle him,,,once settled,,him rock a while and make him sleep...
he is habituated to cradle,,so leave that habit,,try other ways to rock him and let the cradle disappear from the place so that he cant see it...talk to him, soothe him with gentle rub on his head,as if your massaging with finger tips,,or take him to your shoulder and rub his back gently with your fingers and palm, gently from top to bottom,,this will relax him,,,give a massage in his legs,,it will help him get rid of sore legs, that babies start gettting from 6months onwards,,when their legs starts kicking alot when placed on back,,,
also, giving a good bath, before a good night feed, with light music,,or mother singing sweet songs with lots of melodies irrespective of voice tone :),,,,soothes a tired baby...
feed him well and make sure his surroundings hv dim light and all these factors often sooth a baby and helps him sleep better !!!
a good luck to you.

take care,,,