My 7-month-old boy has changed his pattern of sleeping. He used to get up once at 3 am for his feed and at 6 for feed. But now he has changed to every 2hrs. I have gone thru all the messages here and have suggested let him cry to sleep. But how?? First I feel terrible. Secondly, He holds his breath and turns black. It really scares me> I have to break this habit of his. I m totally confused. He is not hungry as I give him ragi at 8 and breast milk before going to sleep. IS he thirsty?? Any suggestions or ideas cld b of great help. Thanks. Parul replied. Hi Pia
My son is now 13 months old and when he was younger I went thru the exact same thing. I know it sounds cruel, but I stopped jumping out of bed as soon as he cried. I'd wait for 3-4 mins to see if he'd settle himself. And what I found was that if he didn't wake up out of hunger/thirst, merely out of habit, he kind of began to get the idea that mommy won't be entertaining him at 2 in the morning. So try the following:Stuff him silly with food around 8ish, before you go to bed give him milk, don't respond immediately to his cries (but never let him cry till he's hoarse), if he's not settling offer him water.If he's reaaly mad try to soothe him by rubbing his back, head etc. Do not get into the habit of lullabys unless you fancy doing it night after night at some ungodly hour. And ofcourse if you end up offering him breastmilk, the whole execise would've been in futile. And do remember when you start to go crazy, that he won't be doing it for the rest of your life, so it really isn't the end of the world afterall!!!
Hope this helps,
Parul. ruchi replied. Hi Pia,
My Baby, Arnav has now started creating another kind of trouble. he just dosent want to have milk now. even at around 10:30, he just has half his feed. no he dosent get up at night but i feel that he is hungry.

I am from Delhi. he is now having milk from the mother dairy (dont know if it exist sin B'glore) na dat times, suji ki kheer, custard, Khichri, vege soup, nestum, cerelac. he only prefers sweet stuff, so it is a pain to get him to eat salty food.

Arnav has statred sitting and crawling. and ya i agree it is a pleasure to see him grow up. at times i dont want him to grow. since i ma working i feel i'm hardly spending time with him.

anyways, do keep in touch..
about the sleeeping prob, try giving a little more than waht u feed him normally before he sleeps at night. i give my baby roohafza water at night. try that. probably water has a flat taste and that is why he dosent like it.

keep in touch, Ruchi
bhavana replied. hi pia

even i too am facing the same problem with ny 10 mth baby..i figure out she must be hungry..it's always better when they have belly full for a sound sleep.
are u frm india? if yes, it could be the heat..water does help. good luck to u.
hope things fall into place soon for all of us.