I have an 8-month-old.....Help Please!?

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I have an 8 month old who still wont sleep through the night, She will get up every 6 hours at most, usually around 4 to 4 1/2 hours at a time. She is breastfed. She eats plenty during the day. when she gets up in the morning she nurses for a bit. She then has a size 2 jar of fruit. Nursing mid-morning(not EVERYday) then 1 jar of veggis and one of fruit for lunch. sometimes she has a couple ritz crackers with lunch. Maybe a nursing in the afternoon, and a jar of veggis and a jar of fruit again for supper, possbily with crackers again. After supper she usually will nurse for a bit. Then is nursed before bed. She usually falls asleep around 830pm, will be back up around 1230-130pm, for about an hour, then back up around 5-6. I am just tired of constantly getting up. All she wants to do is nurse when she gets up. How can I break her of this constant getting up????

Update:

She dosent nap too much during the day...she'll take about an 30-45min nap in the morning and about the same in the afternoon. I also end up bringing her into bed with me in the wee hours of the morning so I can get a little extra sleep before she is up for the day...I also have a 2 1/2 year old

♥ღαмαиdα♥ღ · Accepted Answer

you cant shes still really young and needs that milk at night, its not a habit that shes getting up, my little one is 13 months and just started sleeping through the night, after I figured out that he needed less nap time in the day.

Anonymous · Answer

At 8 months old, most of her calories should be from breast milk. At this point, solids are still mostly for her 'practice,' and not to be relied on as a major part of her diet. She needs those  feedings that she is waking for. She should also have milk as often as she wants it during the day. 

I also have an 8 month old daughter who wakes to nurse. Co-sleeping has really helped me feel rested despite the night nursing.

Anonymous · Answer

Just learn to ignore it in the night, there are two or more reasons why she's doing this.  She might be doing this for your attention, so that she can be fed.(Don't let her be a fatty).  Or she might be napping to much in the day, it is true that babies need constant rest because of their body structure and brain growth.  But if your baby naps to much then she will not be able to sleep as well thruought the night.

Hellz Bellz · Answer

Maybe through the day try keeping bub awake longer an then putting her to sleep after lunch and also maybe baby food is not satisfying her... I used to cook extra mash an veggies at dinner time and puree them then freeze much more filling than jar's of processed baby food and also you know exactly what is in your baby's food

girl next door · Answer

first of all you should try to get her away from nursing she is getting a little to old for that the longer you wait the harder it will take. As far as getting up at night it is just something that she is going to have to grow out of. My son starting sleeping through the night after he was one. There is nothing you can do right now

Anonymous · Answer

She won't just yet. My oldest son was still waking up like 3 times a night at 8 months. Every child is different. You may try giving her solids right before bed. Other than that no clue.

Hasan M · Answer

one of the problems could be she is teething  and  or it could be you are putting her to bed early some times it happen to me to she get up in at night when i am trying to sleep but normal for her  age  to get up and what to eat again sleeping habit are the same with my daughter we try to keep up to about 10pm or 11pm than she will sleep for most of the night if not all also play with her so she will get tired you cant just lay down  her also let the swing before bed help to and keep in mind all baby's are diffrent

Kai&#39;s Mommy · Answer

put her in bed with you. that way she can nurse as much as she wants and you can get some much needed sleep. you can't "break her" of being hungry!!

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I have an 8-month-old.....Help Please!?

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