my baby is of nine and a half months old,he use to sleep inly for 4-5 hours in a day time, but at night she keeps up waking till 12 in the night , and get up 6-7 times in between, sometimes at 2 o clock he want s to play. that moment i just wanto cry,
dont no waht to do, i give him bottle feed , earlier i thought that he might be hungry , but some times he just refuses to feed, dont know how to improve his sleeping habit. till 6 mnths he use to get up10-11 in the morning and have a sound sleep since 6 in the morning till 10 am, but now days he started getting up early also, as he is a healthy baby, so dr says not to worry, but i just want to increase his sleeping hours Kate replied. it sounds silly but babies do not know how to go to sleep,i was taught that teaching baby to sleep also its important to give them a routine... i will tell you my routine and i hope you can make it suit you by changing it in a useful way.my child was the same age as your baby so i am hoping this will help to suit you sweet child.

6am- baby wakes and is fed, bathed and some play time with momma. baby should only be awake for approx 1-2 hours.
10am- again baby is awake and fed, play time and within an hour or 2 should be back in bed.
2pm-same as before
10pm- more of the same....

people often dont recognise the symptoms of a tired baby... baby will begin clenching fists, grimacing and waving arms in the air... babies sometimes disply irritability. do not rock your baby to sleep as it does not teach them to learn to sleep on their own. they need to learn to settle themselves for their own benifit.
make sure baby's room is comfortable and tuck baby in... pat baby for 3 min on the back while making soothing sounds like shush-shhhh (its impotant you do not speak to baby) then leave the room. if baby wakes wait around 2-5 mins before going back and repeating the patting and soothing sounds. it will take sometime for baby to learn, about a week. please be diligent and strong while you are teaching baby to sleep , but i promise you that if you stick to this then your baby will soon be so easy that all you need do is kiss your precious child and tuck him and and he shall sleep. good luck with everything you are indeed blessed to be a mother. Altonica replied. Hey Ritu,
Try keeping him active during the day. try giving him some stimulating toys so that he keeps occupied playing with it and his brain also gets tired too.... and just before the bed time give him a good infant body massage with baby oil or olive oil for atleast half an hour, while doing so also give him a little streach to his arms and legs like excercise,later give him nice and warm water bath in the baby tub. In this way they will get mind and body excercise and will be too tired. Dry him up and Feed him to full and see how they dont sleep well... They dont wake up for 3 hrs minimum. Atleast you will get sleep for few hours at a streach. This trick really works for me. ofcourse every baby is different. what works for you may not work for me....but give it a try it might work for you too... shobha replied. Hi,
I think at this babies wanna play more,Anyway, try keepingher awake inthe evening. what i mean is, if she is taking a nap around 7pm-8pm that time make her play and make her sleep around 9-10 pm. try this and lemme know.

shobha shobha replied. Hi,
I think at this babies wanna play more. Anyway, try keepingher awake inthe evening. what i mean is, if she is taking a nap around 7pm-8pm that time make her play and make her sleep around 9-10 pm. try this and lemme know.

shobha
ila replied. Hi ritu, if there's anyone on this earth who knows what u're going thru, it's me. Except that my son wanted to nurse everytime he woke up(10-12 times at night) and i knew he was not hungry. He didn't sleep much during the day also so \";don't let them sleep during the day\"; didn't work for me either. Finally what worked for me was something I never wanted to do...let him cry to sleep. At around 10 months, at bedtime, I would put him in his crib, change his diaper and clothes there, sponge his hands, face and feet to get him ready for bed, then play with him there, tickle him all over so that he would get too tired by laughing, then lay him down, pat him for sometime if he's willing to lie down, otherwise if he keeps getting up, then say goodnight and leave him there to cry to sleep. When he woke up at night, I would let him cry, and don't go to him. Even this worked after I put his crib in another room. Till his crib was in my room, he would see me at night, and continue crying forever. But if he didn't see me, he would cry for some time, and then go back to sleep. Sounds heartless, but I'd gotten to a point where I had to do it, and now I think I should have done it much earlier, around 5-6 months, when it's said to work best. And don't listen to the people who say \";how can u do it with your own child!\"; because they are not the ones who are going through this.