18 month baby won't sleep through night, keeps waking up around 4 HELP!?

Honestly, the only way that will stop is to keep her in her room, don't go in and let her cry it out. If you keep going in there, she'll know you'll come get her and that's what she wants. Leave her in, she'll know it's not play time and over time, she'll stay put. It's painful, but it will get better.

Our kids doctor is an expert in sleep, sleep methods and has written a bunch of books on the subject. I was going to post a link by my internet is jacked up. Look up Dr. Marc Wiessbluth online -- he has some articles and things that could help you out.

I would try to slowly move her bedtime a little later, maybe in fifteen minute increments. She is sleeping a good amount at night, it just isn't on the schedule you'd like which is understandable.

Try putting her down at 7:15 for a couple of days, then 7:30, and so on. See if that has any affect on her wake-up time. If you got her to do 8:30 - 5:30, that might make for a little more normal day for you.

Also look at how much she is sleeping during the day and if you can cut out some nap which might (emphasis on might) help her sleep longer at nighttime.

Good luck to you!

What is her nap schedule like? At 18 months, most babies are at one to two naps a day. I know it sounds contradictory, but the better her naps are during the day, the more likely she'll sleep longer at night. I'd make sure she's getting adequate total sleep during a day (12-14 hours total).

What I've read is to start getting her out of bed later and later, so her body slowly readjusts to a later wake up time. If she usually gets up at 4, for the next few days wait until 4:15 to actually get her out of bed, even if she's mad. Then make it 4:30 for the next few days, and so on. This should help.

First of all you need to keep her busy during the day & don't let her sleep so much during the day I will say it will be good to sleep 11/2 - 2hrs. after lunch or no later then 4:00p.m...

Give her dinner around 7:00 and keep her busy at least until 8:30pm or 9:00 that way she will be ready & tired to sleep the hole nigth.. I did the same with my daugther she is 1 and she used to go to sleep by 7 and wake up really early but I change her habbit plus keep her active so she can be tired..Hope this help so you can get plenty sleep .. Good luck & best wishes... :)

Try changing her routine so she stays up later. My 20 month old often stays up till after 10pm because i know that if i put her to bed earlier she will also wake up at about 4 in the morning.

OK what time or times during the day does she nap? and how long of a nap does she take? i have a 3 yr old and a 1 yr old and they take there naps around 3p and i wake them up no later than 5 then i try to keep them up and playing feed them bathe them then around 8:30 i put them to bed. that way they dont get up so early they usually get up around 7. so you could try to keep your baby up and put her to bed alittle later. besides i know at 7 your probably far from ready for bed. so you probably go to bed just guessing around 10 and then getting up at 4 not much sleep for mom.

Have you tried bringing her into bed with you and giving her a warm bottle?

People will say its a bad idea but we do it when our daughter wakes up anytime between 2-5am, then again she won't go to sleep much before 9-10pm not as early as your lil girl.

Does she day nap? My daughter doesn't really nap in the day as she gets up between 7-8am, were trying to get her to bed early, up early and then hopefully get the day naps back- it never goes to plan though lol

Very dark curtains so no light comes in - keep baby confined in room or preferably in a bed with a guard - do not put on any lights and do not talk to her. Good luck - hopefully she will then go through till 7am.

If nothing you have tried helps then put her down an hour later - you need her to fit into your lifestyle.

Best of luck !!

Generally the main things that would cause this are bladder or nappy issues, illness or hunger. The time of night indicates hunger, especially the time she goes down.

So make sure she is getting enough nourishment and bulk in her diet, make sure her room is comfortable and make she she is not running your lives, take control back.

It gets better very quickly and its not long until they are 16 and keeping you up at night for other reasons!

No sleep during the day, make sure she is not hungry. Her body clock has got upset so you need to put it right.

When she wakes go to her and lie her down, don't switch on the light, soothe her but don't actually speak. You will need to do this for a few nights until she understands there won't be any playing or chatting.