Hi,
My son is 18 months old and still not sleeping through the night. He was weaned off night feeds many months ago and I am very sure that he does not expect a feed in the middle of the night anymore. We' ve also tried changing the temperature of his room - colder, hotter - but nothing seems to work. We' ve tried both milk and porridge as the last feed at night, but either way he still wakes up 3-4 times and cries loudly. And he' s very active so he is very tired by the time he goes to bed. So if its not hunger, cold, heat, restlessness.... WHAT IS IT? Why doen' t he sleep? Can anyone pleas tell me what is the latest age by which children finally DO start sleeping? shanti replied. Hi Tina, It is not any of these things. Your toddler is teething. My son is going through exactly the same thing. In the middle of the night he wakes up screaming and that' s because his sleep breaks and he feels the pain of the teeth. Have you checked how many teeth he has? If the molars are in then the second molars must be coming in. The only thing you can do is give him some teething relief and it should last at the most for 2 weeks.

Mel replied. Hi Tina,
It could be one of three things:
1. As Mandeep said, his body could be aching from all the running that they do.
2. You said it cannot be hunger. Is it possible that he is hungry, and wakes up repeatedly since you are restricitng his night bottle ? Give him a bottle and see if he goes back to sleep. My son is 15 months old and still wakes up once or twice a night as he is ravenous. If I give him the bottle, he goes back to sleep. SOME CHILDREN HAVE A HIGHER METABOLIC RATE. LIKE MY SON, HE EATS VERY SMALL FREQUENT MEALS. S ince he is active and his tummy is so small, his body digests the dinner quickly leaving him hungry in the night. Let them have a night feed for as long as they need it.
3. It could be gas. Sometimes my son wakes up and doesn' t want the bottle, but cries loudly. So, I rub his back from up to down, and it eases the pain. They can be in a LOT of pain with gas. robin replied. Hi Tina- you did not mention how you put your son to sleep. Are you still rocking him or laying down with him until he falls asleep? If so your problem could be that he is just missing that attention. if not, maybe he ishaving night terrors. mandeep replied. try giving bath then bottle( if u dont mind as what i think he is still too young to weaned off his night bottle) n try to do mild massage on your son' s legs while your son go into land of zzzzzzzzzz, after playing or jumping whole day here n there they r very tired spl. the legs n feets so if u massage then that will relex him.I do same with my son 16 months old son n he goes to bed between 9 or 10 n sleep through 8 - 8.30 in morning n will also have couple of hours to 3 hours nap in day also. sonia replied. My son is 20 months old now...same was with him also....after dinner I give him milk ...i mean his tummy is full and he was weaned off also...but he used to wake up 2-3 times but Thank God from last 2 weeks he has started sleeping whole nite :) so dear may be ur baby will also start in coming months :) thoda or wait )
all the very best to u ...i 9 its very difficult period....we mothers just wait for the nite they will start sleeping for teh whole nite :)