9 Month Old Baby Schedule
Posted by Nicole on September 2nd, 2008
This article outlines the average 9 month old baby schedule, including feedings, solids, naps and night sleep.
9 month old’s sleep
At this age, if you are not lucky enough to have a baby who sleeps through the night, most 9 month olds can sleep all night without a feeding and take two naps. However, some babies, in my experience, do better with one feeding after 4 or 5 a.m. and sleep longer than not feed and get an early wake-time. I would need to know your specific situation to make a recommendation, but just recognize that all babies are different, but by this age I would not expect more than 1 feeding, typically, if any at all. Your 9 month old should be taking 2 naps per day for a total of about 2-3 hours per day plus 11-12 hours at night. If you’re having trouble with naps, you might be interested in helping your baby nap.
All babies vary, but here are some rough schedules you can use to make your own for your unique baby.
I should warn you that I am in the camp that breastmilk or formula should be the primary nutrition for the first year and solids come secondary. Below are the amounts recommended from Super Baby Food, the book I use for reference (as a guide, not as the end-all-be-all because I don’t give my kids nuts before a year or follow other things in the book, but it’s a good reference guide). Another useful reference is Wholesome Baby Food. Although I work full time, I did make most of my baby food (I’d make 1 big batch of something each weekend in 1-2 hours), but even if you don’t, the website is useful as a guide when to introduce what food and other meal ideas.
Amounts per day:
• At least 3-4 nursing sessions per day or 26-32 ounces formula or combination of both
• 2 servings (1 serving = 1-2 Tablespoons dry) baby cereal
• 1-2 servings grain (1 serving = 1/2 slice bread, 2 crackers, 1/2 cup Cheerios, or 1/2 cup whole grain pasta)
• 2 servings (1 serving = 2-4 Tablespoons) fruit
• 2 servings (1 serving = 2-4 Tablespoons) vegetable
• 2-3 servings (1 serving = 1-2 Tablespoons) protein
• 1 serving Dairy (1 serving = 1/2 cup yogurt, 1/3 cup cottage cheese or 1 oz grated cheese)
The first schedule is what I call a “staggered” approach. My first son did better nursing fully and then having solids a bit in between nursing sessions. He was a little hungry but not famished. He just didn’t do well with stopping nursing mid-way to eat solids.
7:00 – Wake and Breast milk or Formula
9:00 – Breakfast
10:00 – Morning Nap (at least 1 hour)
11:00 – Breast milk or Formula
1:00 – Lunch
2:00 – Early Afternoon Nap (at least 1 hour)
3:00 – Breast milk or Formula plus snack
5:00 – Dinner
6:15 – Begin bedtime routine
7:00 – Breastmilk or Formula and Bedtime (goal to be asleep at this time)
If your baby doesn’t mind a more “consolidated” approach to eating, like my second son, here is another type of schedule:
Schedule 2
7:00 – Wake, 1/2 Breast milk / Formula feeding, breakfast and other 1/2 BM / Formula
10:00 – Morning Nap (at least 1 hour)
11:00 – 1/2 BM/Formula, Lunch, and other 1/2 BM/Formula
2:00 – Afternoon Nap (at least 1 hour)
3:00 – BM or Formula Feeding plus snack
5:00 – Dinner and 1/2 BM / Formula feeding
6:15 – Begin bedtime routine
7:00 – Small BM/Formula feeding and Bedtime (goal to be asleep at this time)
Note: When giving any feedings during your bedtime routine, be careful not to create sleep associations.
You may also be interested in tracking your baby’s sleep, feedings, medication doses, immunizations, etc. using online software. You can even use the software on your mobile device for when you’re on the go! Or, you may be interested in more advice about 9 Month olds from Mamasource.
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What is your 9-month old’s schedule?
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July 14th, 2009
Nicole, can you please explain why the nap times change from the 9 month old schedule to the 10 month old schedule? Thanks!
August 7th, 2009
@AJ Sorry, but I don’t know what you mean. Both 9 and 10 month schedules have naps at 10 and 2, so I don’t know what you mean. Sorry!
September 7th, 2009
hi i have a question – my son is 8 months old and sleeps 10 hours a night (since he was 2 months) and has been on a rhythm his whole life! it seems no matter what i try….whatever bed times etc… he wants to sleep 10 hours! so he goes to bed at 7 but rises at 5…i just wanted to ask how that affects the daytime sleep because he still needs 3 naps a day.
September 12th, 2009
Hi Nicole–
My 9 month old has been a GREAT sleeper up until now. We have been following babywise and have set a schedule that pretty much follows what you have. Just this week, my daughter has begun playing in her crib instead of rolling over to sleep. She will play for 2 hours and then finally drift off to sleep for a 1/2 hour and then wake to begin her afternoon schedule. Even night time, she plays for a while before drifting off to sleep. How do I get her back on track? We don’t have anything in her crib (and never have) for her to play with (minus the mobile which has been moved recently) but we never put her in her crib unless it was to sleep.
Thanks for any help/advice you can give.
September 18th, 2009
@Lisa He probably makes up what he needs in his daytime sleep. My son would sleep 11 to 11 1/2 hours (never 12) until he transitioned to one nap and then no naps. If he’s getting enough sleep and happy, I wouldn’t worry about it except if it were me, I’d likely shift his schedule forward so he was sleeping 8pm-6am. 5 is just too early for me!
September 18th, 2009
@Erin This is probably a phase and probably developmental. You might need to bump wake-time a bit to follow more like the 10 or 11 month schedule, but I’d keep offering two naps and she will probably get back to normal very soon. Good luck!
September 28th, 2009
My son is 9 months old and he had a good nightime sleeping pattern up until the last 2 months. He has been waking up 3 to 4 times and wants to eat everytime. I know he doesn’t need to be eating that much and he is doing it out of habbit. We give him a bottle like 20 min before he goes to bed so he would not get into the habbit of having a bottle to go to sleep but i don’t know where i went wrong or what to do. We have tryed to let him cry but we have renters under us and can’t let it go on for to long. if you have any advice that would be helpful
October 8th, 2009
My daughter will be 9 months old on October 14 and she has been sleeping through the night since she was 3 months. But over the past few months I’ve noticed a change. She’s going to sleep between 6:30 and 7:00 and some nights she sleeps all night without waking up and other nights she may wake up at 9:30 pm or 3:00 am. I can’t figure out what to do. She doesn’t seem hungry when she wakes up in the middle of the night. She also takes 1 1/2 hour naps twice a day. I’ve tried to keep her up longer at night because friends said her 6:30 bedtime was too early and that didn’t work and I tried keeping her up in the afternoon so she wouldn’t have a nap but that doesn’t work either. My husband and I trade out so we’re not getting burnt out on getting up but we would really like to figure it out so we can get some rest again. Thanks for any help you can give us!
October 9th, 2009
Regarding Lisa’s comment:
I am in the same situation. Our son has been a pretty good sleeper but generally sleeps about 10 hours at night which means he also needs 3 naps during the day. He will be 9 months next week.
I would like to put him on a 2 naps a day schedule and an earlier bedtime (right now, we put him to bed, just before 9PM and he sleeps till 7-7:30AM) but right now he does not appear ready. For example, the first nap is recommended at 10 AM but I can tell he is still ready to sleep at about 9 AM (2 hrs from wake up). My plan is too keep on observing him over the next couple of weeks and see when he is ready and then try shifting him 10 minutes at a time.
October 10th, 2009
My son has been sleeping going to sleep around 6:30/7:30 at night depending if he took a third nap and waking up around 6:30/7. He has dropped the third nap a few weeks ago but is now waking up at 5:45 each morning (for the last week) and won’t go back to sleep. I have been keeping him up until around 9:9:30 so that he takes a second nap at 2. From the end of the second nap until bed time, how much time should pass? If he wakes up at 4/4:15, what time should I put him back down? Would putting him in bed too early be affecting his morning wake up time? Thanks for your help!
October 15th, 2009
@Whitney Does your son find comfort in your presence? The key is to avoid the feeding and make it “not worth it” to wake up and call out for you. Have you tried staying with him, but NOT giving him the feeding? It might be a few long nights, but once you get past a week or so, it will be worth it in the long run. I recommend talking to your neighbors and maybe taking cookies (or movie tickets and maybe some ear plugs).
October 15th, 2009
@Kendra So, what do you do during these night-wakings if she is not hungry? Does she go right back to sleep? Is she on the verge of a developmental milestone?
October 15th, 2009
@Yasmine Some babies do need 3 naps even at 9 months old. I’d give him a few more weeks and most likely it will change. Good luck!
October 19th, 2009
My daughter is almost 9 months old, and I’ve been lucky enough to have her sleep through from about 15 weeks. She’s always napped well during the day, pretty much after every two – three hours of wakefullness she has a nap. Her major nap time is at about 10 am and then again from around 1pm. The challenge we have been facing for the last two weeks or so, is after her 1 pm nap, which is generally an hour, she is awake until bedtime (around 7pm). So, understandably her mood by 7 is not very good. She’s visibly tired and very cranky. I’ve tried to get to her to nap again in the afternoon, but it turns into a battle of wills.
Do you have any advice for this situation
Thanks
Meagan
October 21st, 2009
My 9 mo old son Graeson has had sleep issues since the beginning. I am starting to wonder if the issue is me.He can have a week of waking up once a night but the next week he will wake for 2-3 times and sometimes stay awake for 1-2 hours.My husband and I work hard to keep on a schedule but it doesn’t seem to work.The funny thing is that getting him to sleep initially is no problem but he soon wakes. I have tried several sleep methods including crying it out which I hated. He never stopped crying and that broke my heart. I have tried the “pick up-put down method” and that didn’t work either.I don’t know what to try next.What are your suggestions?My biggest concern now is that we would like to have more kids but I don’t know if I can handle getting up with two babies at once.HELP!!!
October 23rd, 2009
@Jennifer Actually, the opposite is true, sometimes. During nap transitions when they drop a nap, a too-late bedtime could be causing the too-early wake-up. Make sure no more than 3 hours goes by between the end of the last nap and bedtime, if you can help it. He is probably getting overtired. Good luck!
October 30th, 2009
i am not able to sleep train my baby….mostly because i cant handle it…she sleeps with me but will always wake up 3-4 hours into sleeping…i also feel like a bad mom because i can not get her to sleep until 10…now this is an awful cycle cuz the waking up at midnight or 3 am & she will not sleep for another hour or 2…so we are too tired to get up until later in the morning…i dont mind sleeping with her but how do i get her to sleep thru the night!???? i am going crazy…& yes i know i caused all this!!!
October 31st, 2009
My baby is 9mo old. She has never slept through the night. The longest she has slept is 4hrs. I do have a daily routin and night time/bed time routin. She just will not got to sleep with out breast feeding. So I have now tryed the CIO method. I do go in about every 10min. She will settle down but as soon as I try to leave she gets right up and starts sreaming. She will not stop until I am back as the 10min time. Now since I have started this she seems more frightful and clingy. She now has a harder time falling asleep and staying asleep. It seems like am going backward instead of forward. I just don’t want her to get worse. What should I do now?
November 1st, 2009
I have 9 mo old boy/girl twins. I put them to bed at 7:30pm every night (yes with a bottle filled with a small amount of breast milk) and they wake around 7:30am every morning. They both take two naps a day (my son sleeps a little bit longer than my daughter). They are taking solids, but not nearly as much as is listed on the 9 mo. old schedule. My son wakes at 11pm to be fed, and my daughter wakes up at 1am to be fed, and then my son wakes up at 5am to be fed and my daughter wakes up at 6am to be fed. This means that I am getting up 4 times in the night and it is killing me, but I know I am one to blame, because yes, I am feeding them….and the kicker is with bottles, so they do get ba ba’s in their cribs. Also, neither like binkies.
I need some advice. Do I need to try and force them to take more solids? Should I put them in separate rooms and just have them both cry it out through the night? Should I leave them in the same room? Should I go in to comfort them but not pick them up? Should I just not go in at all to comfort? Should I make them cry through the early night feeding, but go in still at 5 and 6am? Also, when putting them to bed, just start not giving them a bottle to take with them to sleep and again, just have them cry that out, or should I try to re-introduce binkies?
Thank you for your help!
November 6th, 2009
@Toya I understand your concern about having two. I promise it does get better. I’d have to know more details about your son’s personality, his schedule, and what you’ve tried so far to recommend a better method for you and your family. Most of the time a method “doesn’t work” because the parents don’t give it long enough to work. You must be 100% committed and stick with it. I know how hard it is, though! Good luck!
November 13th, 2009
@Ji Don’t feel like this is your “fault” because we all do what we can to help our babies sleep and sometimes it works out and sometimes we find we need a change later. There is a lot in between sleep deprivation and cry it out, so the key is to find the method that works for you and your baby. I hope by utilizing the articles on this website, the books, Members Area or consulting services, you can make a plan that will work for you and your family. Good luck!
November 14th, 2009
@Vanessa A good middle-ground is to stay with your baby, but not nurse her to sleep. There is no reason you can’t be there for support while you change her routine. Reassure her, but stay committed that you aren’t going to nurse her all the way to sleep. You can start with bedtime to keep it more manageable. Hope this helps and good luck!
November 14th, 2009
@Nanette I would not bother trying the binkies again. That will be one less habit to break when they are toddlers and I get just as many parents who replace a binkie / pacifier 10 times per night. Try delaying the feedings and/or reducing the size of the bottles for a slower transition, but compensate by adding more bottles or solids during the day. Good luck!
November 19th, 2009
here is our 9 month old schedule for the most part
wake: 7:30-8:30
breakfast: 9
nurse: 10:30 (falls asleep nursing but wakes when i try to move him)
lunch: 12
nurse: 3:30 (same issue with napping)
dinner: 5
nurse/bed: 8:30
night waking: usually 2-3 times, sometimes more (i try to settle without nursing but when the screaming starts i usually feel so bad and nurse)
he is very happy during the day although sometimes only naps in the car or in my arms, only cries when we try to settle him down, but obviously tired at times when he fights sleep, when we lay next to him at night he thrashes around even coming up to sitting then crashes down over and over until he finally falls asleep, after FINALLY finding your site i think the problem is the nursing association??? neither of us can let him CIO and since he was born he loved to nurse, i have to stop him every time he falls asleep while nursing or he continues suckling. any advice???
November 21st, 2009
I just wanted to start off by saying thanks for your site, it’s nice to find someone that gives advice without charging.
Anyways my 9 month old goes to bed at 8pm, wakes up at 7am (sometimes 6am) and takes her first nap at 930am like clockwork. She usually wakes up at 11 or earlier from her morning nap. My problem is I can’t seem to get the 2nd nap right. I’ve tried all different times but none of them seem to work. I just keep going in to give her bottles until she finally passes out. But when she does pass out she’ll sleep for 3-4 hours sometimes.
Is 930-11 too long of a nap? When would be the best time to put her to sleep and for how long for her afternoon nap? Is 3-4 hrs too long of naps if she sleeps fine at night?
November 24th, 2009
I can’t seem to find the right combination for my 9 mo old. She has slept through the night early on. She is always put down awake and goes right to sleep on her own even at naps. Up until 7 months, she took two 1.5 hour naps at 9am and at 1pm. She had a 30 min afternoon nap around 5pm. Bedtime is 8pm. She will only sleep around 11 hours, rarely any longer than that. We used to have to start our day at 6am when her bedtime was 7pm. We moved the bedtime an hour later, and she slept an hour later in the morning. Now, we just go in at 7am to get her up, she wakes anytime after 6am. She plays until we come in.
Around 7 months, the naps started getting messed up. She now will only sleep an hour for both naps. (sometimes 45 mins.) I have tried to get her on a 10am 2pm schedule, but she just can’t last that long. She is fussy and really tired starting around 9am, she could be forced to stay up, but she is miserable. It’s the same for the 1pm nap. Now, she is more awake in the afternoon, and putting her down at 5 doesn’t always work. I think she is trying to drop that nap. When she does take it, she cries a lot after. She is very fussy and sleepy until bedtime. It’s almost like it makes her feel worse. Last week we decided to try to drop it and shoot for 7pm bedtime. She woke before 6 again. She can go about 4-5 hours in the evening without a lot of fuss, but 6 hours is too much. And now, since she only sleeps an hour, one way or another she is up from the second nap shortly after 2pm.
I am at a loss. Should I “make” her nap at 10 and 2? My husband and I don’t do well with the early wake time. And lately she won’t stay in bed after she wakes, so if she got up a 5:15 again, that would be when we are up too. She is trying really hard to crawl, could that be interfering with her napping? She has gone from sleeping 11 hours at night with 3.5 hours worth of naps, down to 11 hours with MAYBE 2 hours of naps!
November 30th, 2009
My 9 month old has one schedule at daycare, but when she is home with us and we attempt to follow the same schedule, she wants nothing to do with it. Is this normal? Is daycare forcing her into a schedule that doesn’t fit her?
December 4th, 2009
@Lauren There is a lot between sleep deprivation and cry it out, so I urge you to review all your options and find a solution that will work for you and your family. You might want to start by reading a couple of articles here on the site:
http://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/no-cry-sleep/
http://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/sleep-training-from-no-cry-to-cry-series-part-1/
And, I’m always available for a personalized plan via one-on-one consultations.
Good luck!
December 6th, 2009
hi there, i am just wanting to start my son on these schedules. I see for each nap you have a b/f after the nap. and on the other schedule before AND after. Do you think it would be fine if i b/f (both sides) my son before his naps and thats all?? its seems like alot of feeding??
Hope you can help
December 11th, 2009
@Tiffany It would probably help for your daughter to learn to sleep without a bottle, but with a 9:30-11 nap, I’d probably give her another nap at 3pm. If she’s napping 3-4 hours in the afternoon, what time is bedtime? The main “issue” with more nap and less night sleep is that it’s more restorative for them to get 11-12 hours straight and it sounds like she might be making up lost night sleep during the day, but if the schedule is working for you I’m all for families finding what works for them. Good luck!
December 11th, 2009
@Sheri Your daughter sounds overtired. She is probably trying to drop that 3rd nap (which commonly leads to over-tiredness), but I’d probably try her naps early for 2-3 days to get back on track. If she’s waking before 6, I’d give her a nap at 8:30, 12:30 and 4:30 for a few days and see if that helps get her back on track. Good luck!
December 11th, 2009
@Andrea This is very common. It is typical for babies to be able to stay awake longer at daycare due to the activity and such and many babies will “catch up” on sleep at home. Do they have a schedule at daycare? I do find that daycares tend to transition to one nap too early, for example, even if the baby would happily take two naps for many more months, but it’s also not surprising if the activity keeps her up longer than she can do at home. Hope this helps!
December 29th, 2009
@Alice Once a baby is older, I don’t always follow the eat-play-sleep routine, so I typically say to find what works for you and your baby, so before naps is perfectly fine. Just make sure he isn’t associating feeding with sleeping, if he’s having short naps. Babies vary how long they can go between breastfeeds, too. In my Mastering Naps & Schedules book, I give more sample schedules to choose from. Good luck!
January 5th, 2010
This is my 9 month old’s schedule. Please give me feedback etc!!!
6:30am- wake and breastmilk
7:30 breakfast (yogurt and fruit) and juice
8:00 nap for 1-2 hours
10:15 lunch (cereal and fruit) and bottle of breast milk
12:00 nap for 2 hours
2:00 breast milk
5:00 dinner (veggies and protein) and breast milk
7:00 breastmilk
7:15 asleep
Is that an ideal schedule?? I have to get him up early because I nurse him before I go to work. I also wonder if I am getting him enough servings of the various foods. He is well fed and is consistently in the 90 percentiles for weight.
Thanks for your feedback!!!!
January 7th, 2010
I need some help please. I have a 9 month old who I am trying to get him to sleep in his crib. Up until now he has been sleeping in the pack in play in my room. I walk him to get him to sleep. He goes to bed around 8:30-9:00 and wakes up every 3 hours and cries for his “baba”. I have tried not giving him his bottle and rocking him but he is asking for his “baba” so I give it to him. He drinks 4 oz and goes right back to sleep for 3 more hours. We have a good rountine with feeding/playing/naps during the day and have trouble at night. I love to get him sleeping at least more than 3 hours at a time and off the bottle at night.
What can I do?
January 8th, 2010
I just found this website and it has so much great info! Thanks!
Now, I have a few questions:
1) My 9 month old son has two naps: the first around noon, and the second around 5pm. Is the 5pm nap way too late? It lasts for about a half hour to one hour. After he wakes up, he plays, eats, bath, book and back to bed around 8:30 – 9pm.
2) He is still waking up several times a night! Mommy and Daddy are exhausted! He wakes at 1am, 3am, 5am, and finally 7am. We don’t know what to do and we’re not ready for the crying it out method. =(
3) He doesn’t like to drink much breastmilk. At 9 months, the doctor says he’s in the 25% for weight at 18 lbs. On a good day, if I’m lucky, he’ll drink around 20 ounces a day total–but this is usually not the case. I try to offer him the bottle every couple of hours, but he’s just not interested!
Any advice would be wonderful!
January 29th, 2010
@Jamie If he’s sleeping well at night, I’m not sure how you can make that better!
I personally did not give much juice at this age and the pediatric dentist said they are seeing a rise in cavities and they think it’s juice. Just fyi. I’d say you have a great schedule there! Good luck!
January 29th, 2010
@Ashley At 9 months, most babies only need one feeding, so you probably want to night-wean, but first it starts with helping him learn how to fall asleep on his own. When he can fall asleep on his own, he can go BACK to sleep on his own. He just has a sleep association with either walking with you or the bottle. You might want to read up on sleep associations here: http://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/sleep-association Good luck!
January 29th, 2010
@Tink You’re welcome!
1) Those are very late naps. What time does he wake up in the morning?
It is possible the later naps are contributing.
2) I’d need more information to help with this. The whole site is dedicated to solving this problem and the non-napping problem.
3) 20 ounces of breast milk is actually normal. 25%-ile is fine as long as he’s staying on his curve and staying consistent. Is your doctor worried? If you read Kelly Mom, you’ll see that 20 ounces is actually just fine, so I would not worry. A healthy baby will neither undereat or overeat. Here’s the Kelly Mom site: http://www.kellymom.com
Good luck!
February 1st, 2010
Hi there, My son has just turned 9 months. He is on a good schedule of bottles at 8, 12, 3, 6, 7:45 with full meals at 8,12, and 6. He takes two naps a day at 10 and 2 (but they vary in length, at day care from 30 minutes to 1 hour, at home a bit longer). And he gets sleepy around 5 pm, but will rarely take a nap (unless in the car or in a rocking chair). He has no trouble going to sleep at 8pm, and on a good night will sleep until 6:30 or 7am. He has been sleeping pretty well since 3 months. The trouble is for the last month+ he has nights where he wakes up around midnight (not every night, about 3 times a week). And he’s awake. Wide awake for about 2 hours. I get up and rock him, he is calm, just eyes glued open, and if we put him back down he is awake and will cry about 10 minutes later (standing up in his crib). And around 2am when we’re going crazy and certain we’re up all night, he falls into a deep sleep. Other things that might be of interest, he’s in day care and it’s winter, so he’s always got minor snuffles, he’s teething, and he’s active crawler etc during the day. What’s weird about this too is that he usually has a good night, then next night is bad, and say on. So I know he can sleep. Please help. Thanks!!!!!
February 14th, 2010
My 8 month old wakes up from 7:00-9:00. He goes to bed between 7 and 9 at night. He sleeps all night, but I can’t seem to get to him eat every 4 hours.. he is more like 2-3 hours. He has been since he was born. He does not care for water that much. Naps at not the problem either. He takes 2 30 min to an hour naps. He eats cearal and 6 oz formula for breakfast, then has a bottle in there, then lunch 2 jars of food with 6 oz formula. some puffs for snack and some juice in a cup, then a stage 3 jar for dinner with 6 oz forumla, then off to bed. He is not a fat baby. He is on track going by the doctor. but would like to get him ready for table foods, because he has 6 teeth already and cutting 2 more. What can I do it hold him to atleast 3 and half hours.
Thanks,
Kelly
February 17th, 2010
Hi, I have a newly turned 9 month old who sleeps great through the night. 7:30 to 6am. He has dropped his 3 nap a month ago and was fine with his 9:30-11 am nap and his 3-4:30pm nap until a week ago.
At 5/6 months we did CIO with a sleep trainer and he never cried that hard so it was kinda easy.
But…..
and, I dont feel as comfortable with letting him CIO anymore. I know when babes hit fun milestones this tends to be the case but I just dont know what to do.
Now since he started crawling and talking more he screams/cries and plays/talks for an hour or more before sleeping for his naps (not nighttime sleep
When he is visibly tired showing the signs I put him in his crib for his naps.
He eats perfectly and is just perfect except for this. we follow super foods too.
I find myself growing a migraine and clenching my teeth when nap time approaches now.
February 18th, 2010
Hi my son is approaching 9 months old and for the past 2 months we have been experiencing increasing problems with getting him to sleep through the night, he wakes around 8 times each night and will only fall back to sleep if held! I dont like to keep him crying at night as he wakes his 3yr old sister. During the day he will nap if rocked in his pushchair or held but generally only naps around 3 times per day for about 15-20 mins. I gather my problems stem from him being over tired at night and also his constant need of cuddles!! I am begging for some advice on how to deal with this and to changes our learnt behaviours. I am now a complete sleep depreived walking zombie!!! he eats well, and looks like he will soon be attempting to walk, hes very healthy and active he just wont sleep!
Thank you
Zoe
February 19th, 2010
as a first time mama, i’ve bin following your sample schedules since my daughter was 5 months, i share the same views as you so i thought it was appropriate to try them out! she is now 9, and you’ve helped me out so much, and i am at peace of mind with my baby’s health. thanks!
February 20th, 2010
Nicole, I feel like a totally disorganized beginner mom. I accomplished having my baby sleep 8-10hrs at night from 3-5 months until he started teething. Since then he wakes up 1-3 times. He now has 4 teeth and turns 9 mos on March 4th. I’ve been journaling his sleeping and eating patterns for 3 days and have found I have little discipline… this frustrates me and makes me feel guilty for being so disorganized.
My baby wakes up at different hours, ranging from 6-9AM!! Sometimes he wants to drink his formula, sometimes he has no interest at all. Thus, he eats breakfast at diff hrs- from 8-9am. The only routines are an AM and PM snacks at 11AM and 5PM, and going to the baby gym at 10AM 3x per week with mommy.
Daddy comes home at 8PM so we eat dinner at 7PM and start the sleeping routine after dinner, aiming to have him asleep by 8PM, but sometimes this doesn’t happen til 9PM. He sleeps best when he takes 1 long nap (1.5 hrs) and 1 short one (30 min), but I have no idea how to start organizing my life and being disciplined! Please help me on how to take the first step!
March 3rd, 2010
Hi There
My daughter is just over nine months old and no matter if I keep her up a little later at night or skip her 16H00 nap she insists on waking up at 05h00 in the morning. I have also tried changing her napping times during the day but she gets exhuasted if I dont stick to her old routines. She is waking at 05h00, naps from 08h00 to 09h00, again from 12h00 to 13h00 and then has another quick one from 16h00 till 16h45. Her bedtime is inbetween 18h30 and 19h00. So all in all everything is fine apart from that 05h00 wake up call every morning. I also have a 3 year old and she is also woken up at the crack of dawn. Any advice on how I can get her to stretch it out till atleast 06h00.
March 11th, 2010
Hi,
We live in a 1 bedroom apartment and we share a room with our 91/2 month old, since 2 months shes slept through the night. Just over the past month or so shes been waking up 2-3 times a night, and were not sure what to do. she can see us so its harder to let her cry it out, we trired leaving the room and sleeping in our living room, were just not sure what else we can do! can you help us out please?
this is her schedule
6 am wake up & bottle
7 am nap
9 am breakfasat & bottle
12 pm Lunch
1pm nap
2:30 pm bottle
5 pm dinner
6:30 bottle
7pm bedtime
March 18th, 2010
Hi,
I have a 9-month old daughter, she sleeps well but doesn’t eat much. Every bottle feeding takes 1 hour and she only takes about 15 oz of formula/day, my last feeding is usually around midnight to get to 15 oz. When it comes to solids, it is a battle too… she will only eat oatmeal (Beech Nut) with water and a little apple juice and sweet pototoes and either turkey or chicken (Beech Nut 2nd foods), doesn’t like anything else. I have tried other things but she will gag, choke and almost throw up. I can never get her eat enough food even though I spend most of my day feeding. She is only 14 lb, didn’t gain any weight since she was 6 months old. I feel like I don’t have enough hours in a day to try to feed her even more. Until just recently she was on Enfamil Nutramigen formula (for milk protein intollerance) but she didn’t like it at all, every feeding was a huge battle and it got so bad that she would only take 5 – 10 oz/day so I switched to Similac Alimentum and she seems to be doing better but still not too crazy about it… we are at around 15 – 17 oz/day, very good days are closer to 20 oz. I tried to feed her every 3 – 4 hours but it just didn’t work… if she had a few ounces of formula then 3 or 4 hours later she wouldn’t take more or wouldn’t eat solids, I had to wait a few more hours before she would eat more. So it is quite difficult to get to more feedings as she also takes 2 – 3 naps.
Her schedule:
7:15 – 8:00 wake up and bottle (feeding takes 1 hr)
10:00 – 12:00 or 12:30 nap
12:00/12:30 bottle (1 hr)
13:00/13:30 cereal
14:00 nap
16:00 bottle
18:00/18:30 dinner
19:00 bedtime
20:30/21:00 bottle (she will eat better when she is sleeping)
Midnight – bottle (as she only takes so little formula during the day, I try to feed her at night, that’s when she feeds a little better and that’s how I can get to 15 oz or a little more).
If I try to give her more feedings (solids) in between, she will not eat, she just never seems to be hungry. Even if I skip her midnight feeding, she is fine with it and she is still not crazy about her bottle in the morning… if she wakes up earlier, she will just lay in her crib and suck on her thumb until I go to get her. It is great that she sleeps well as my first one would nurse all night and never sleep until she was 16 months old, until then I only got about 1 uninterrupted hour of sleep every night. So my second one is definitely better when it comes to sleep but she doesn’t want to eat much, every feeding takes so long and it is a battle. Specialist, doctors, etc., they all say that she is just a very fussy baby but doesn’t help much as she is not even in the chart at this point and not gaining any weight at all. Until there is some serious problem or it gets too bad, no one seems to do anything… then they just put a baby in a category of “failure to thrive”… it is very frustrating.
I would really appreciate if you could help me with a better schedule that would work for us.
Thank you
March 22nd, 2010
@Josephine- It’s certainly good news that she is sleeping well and not fussing or crying too much when she wakes. Sounds like a tough situation for sure with the feedings and that you’ve tried specialists and doctors. It doesn’t sound so much like a schedule problem as much as it is a feeding/eating problem. Not sure where you are located, but have you tried talking to a Naturopath? They might have some ideas or remedies that you might find helpful. Hang in there!
March 24th, 2010
@ Dawn- I would take a look at the schedule Nicole posted and trying shifting your current schedule to more closely match the ones Nicole has listed here to see if that makes a difference. Also, does she still feed at night? Could it be possible she’s hungry?
@ Cayleen It sounds like she needs help learning to get back to sleep for a while longer when she wakes at 5 am. Most babies are not ready to get up at that time of day but instead need to learn or need help learning how to get back to sleep then. It could also be a schedule issue. You might consider checking out Nicole’s book on Shifting Schedules, which you can read about here: http://www.babysleepsite.com/waking-too-early/
@ Marisa- I would also advise you to really consider Nicole’s ebook on Shifting schedules to get your baby on a consistent schedule throughout the day. Don’t get discouraged and please don’t blame yourself, journaling his sleep and eating patterns, shows you really are an organized mom! Just a tired one! See more about the Schedule e-book here: http://www.babysleepsite.com/waking-too-early/
@ Ashley – YAY! So glad Nicole has been able to help you out.
@ Zoe- Sounds like you have a real go getter! But how tired you must be. I recommend taking a look at Nicole’s series on sleeping training. She does a series of posts where you can find some useful tips and ideas to help you start to sleep train your little guy. You can read the first part here: http://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/sleep-training-from-no-cry-to-cry-series-part-1/
@ Helen- It’s great that he’s sleeping good at night! For naps, I would make sure you have a solid naptime routine and you might consider room darkening shades to help send the sleep message. You can also consider checking out Nicole’s e-book, Mastering Naps: http://www.babynapswell.com/
@ Kelly- Some babies just need or want to eat more often than others. I would just keep feeding him like you have. I don’t see that your current feeding schedule will affect his ability to start eating more solid foods.
@ Liz Are you feeding him when he wakes? He might be going through a growth spurt and a quick feed to fill him up might eliminate the long nighttime wakings. I would also recommend tracking his sleep patterns over the course of two weeks and see if you notice anything that sticks out.
March 31st, 2010
My daughter is 9 months and 3 weeks old. She is not really sleeping through the night yet. Bedtime is 7 p.m. and then she wakes up at 10:30 p.m., 2/3 a.m. to nurse. Sometimes she wakes up at 5 a.m. too but I don’t feed her then, I wait till she wakes up at 7 a.m. to feed her.
She has just recovered from an ear infection and has not cut any teeth yet.
For the past 8 days she has been sleeping very poorly at night. She wakes up every 1.5 – 2 hours. Since I thought this was her 9 month growth spurt, I was feeding her whenever she woke up and she seemed ravenously hungry. For the last couple of nights she does not seem to be as hungry but has been crying/fussing from 4 a.m. to 5:30 a.m.
I am really not sure if this is still her growth spurt going on for more than a week or if it’s something else (teething, separation anxiety?). I am worried that she will get into a habit of waking up frequently.
This is just tiring us out, since I have a very stressful full-time job.
Any suggestions/thoughts?
April 2nd, 2010
Hi Jessy,
It could be teething if she hasn’t cut any teeth yet. She may be using the feedings as comfort either because she got used to doing during the ear infection or because she is teething. Sometimes the sucking helps relieve pressure or helps massage sore gums. Have you checked her front bottom gums to feel for possible new teeth or swollen gums. These are usually the first teeth to come in. I would recommend reading this article for some schedule ideas for your baby’s age and see if there are places you might consider making adjustments during the day to see if that helps with nighttime sleep. Try to make sure she’s getting enough to eat during the day and good naps. http://www.babysleepsite.com/schedules/9-month-old-baby-schedule/
April 14th, 2010
I have a 9 month old girl who hasn’t slept a 5 hour stretch since she was 2 months old. She starts out in her crib , but by the second wake up …i bring her into bed with me, just to get some rest, but after being in bed with us , she still wakes up a few times before actually getting up at 8:30 am. I’m am not willing to let my daughter cry it out …what else can i do . Our typical daily routine consists of
8:30 am – B/M
9:30 breakfast ( 1 tbs cereal maybe some yogurt and fruit)
11:30 B/M and a nap ( i nurse her to sleep)
1:00 lunch ( vegtable…chicken …and some fruit)
3:00 snack ( crackers) and B/M and nap (nursed to sleep again)
6:00 dinner (grain pasta..veg and a fruit)
8:00 snack (cereal)
8:30 bath
9:00 B/M and to bed
**** after this she is up usually after and hour ..i nurse her back to sleep , but am sure she isn’t waking because of hunger..at around 11:30 she is up again….so i end up just going to bed by then and bringing her into bed….then she’ll wake up around 3:30…then 6am and then up at 8:30…..DO you have ANY suggestions…that doesn’t invlolve leaving her to cry ?
April 16th, 2010
Olivia,
In looking over your schedule, a couple of things come to mind. How long is she napping? Naps should be at least an hour long to be restorative. She may be getting overtired if her naps are not long enough. The other thing is that you might consider working on shifting her schedule a bit including moving her afternoon nap to earlier in the day and then working towards a bedtime to sleep between 7:30 and 8. Again, she may be getting overtired and may have an internal body clock that works better with an earlier bedtime. You may also need to work with her to teach her how to fall asleep on her own better. If you are nursing to sleep every time and you are bringing her to bed during the night, the you have create sleep associations where she now believes she needs those things to sleep. If you haven’t already, I’d recommend reading through this series that Nicole wrote on Sleep Training for some additional ideas and tips to create a sleep training plan that works for you (http://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/sleep-training-from-no-cry-to-cry-series-part-1/). Nicole describes a couple of different methods other than crying it out. If you find you need additional help or want help creating a plan that works for you family, I’d highly recommend checking out Nicole’s sleep consultation services. She will help craft a plan that works for you and your baby while taking in to consideration your preferences for how you would like to sleep train. You can find more info on the service by clicking on Products: Consulting Services in the top menu bar.
April 23rd, 2010
My 9 1/2 month old girl slept through the night from 6 weeks-4 months. She goes to bed awesome on her own around 7-8 pm. Just put her to bed she fusses for a few minutes then out. She started getting ear infections around 4 months. She got tubes at 6 months and eats once a night every night since she turned 4 months. Is it to late to get her to sleep through the night. Does she need to eat at night? I am not sleep deprived i am just “tired” of doing it. All the kids i know at her age are sleeping through the night. HELP!
May 7th, 2010
Hi Brandi,
At this age, she just might be a baby that needs a feeding to get through the night. Some babies will need that feeding at night until they are a year old. It’s definitely not too late to get her to sleep through the night, but it just sounds like she may not be ready for it in that she gets hungry at night. I’d recommend reading over this post about nightweaning for an idea of when she might be more ready to give up that feeding: http://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/night-feedings-by-age-when-do-you-night-wean/ You can also check out Nicole’s series of post on Sleep Training for additional tips: http://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/sleep-training-from-no-cry-to-cry-series-part-1/
May 11th, 2010
I have a 9 month old little boy. He has slept through the night since about 10 weeks. His schedule is as follows:
6:30 Wake
7:00 Bottle (8oz) followed by Fruit
8:45 Nap (sleeps for approx. 45 min)
11:00 Bottle (7oz) and Snacks
12:00 Nap (sleeps anywhere from 45 Min – to 2 hrs)
3:00 Bottle (7oz) followed by Veggies
6:30 – 7:00 Bottle (7oz) and Bedtime
He wakes up every morning around 4:30pm crying but goes back to sleep immediately after being consoled (i don’t pick him up…just pat him on the back).
Because he takes his afternoon nap so early, he usually is pretty tired by the time bedtime rolls around. Should I be giving him a 3rd nap on the days that he wakes early from his afternoon nap? If he only sleeps an hour, he is awake for over 5 hours in the evening. He isn’t cranky but I want to make sure he is getting the sleep that he needs. Also, if he does get a nap after his 3pm feeding, wouldn’t this affect his bedtime routine? Thanks!
May 14th, 2010
Vanessa,
It would probably be worth a try to slowly shift his afternoon nap to a little later if you find he’s not napping that long during his afternoon nap more often than not that way maybe he would nap a little longer in the afternoon. A third nap probably wouldn’t work that well as his later sleep into the afternoon can certainly affect his bedtime. Also, as he gets only he will naturally be shifting from two naps to one.
June 16th, 2010
Hi
My nine month old boy still needs to nap every 2/3 hours for half an hour although some days he refuses to and gets so upset and overtired. Now, suddenly he won’t fall asleep at bedtime unless we sit in his room with him. Should I be trying to get him to have two bigger naps a day? He tends to go to bed at 8 through to 5.30. Also, he won’t eat mashed food and is still on puree.
July 3rd, 2010
Hi,
My son is 9 months and naps 4 times a day. His naps range from 40 min to 1.5 hour (sometimes even 2 hours but this is rare). I am worried because babies of his age normally nap twice a day. Why does he need to nap so often? Could he be anemic or something? Or may be he doesn’t nap long enough each time that’s why he is always tired? He wakes up from his nap and after half an hour he starts yawning and soon he starts rubbing his eyes.What are we doing wrong?
July 4th, 2010
Hi! My 8.5 month old is an early riser. We’ve had a problem for about the past month with super early wake times. I’ve tried numerous things to try to ‘fix’ this problem. I believe part of the issue is that he needed to go to 2 naps vs the 3 he had been getting. So, this past week we transitioned. However, we still are dealing with early wake times. I feel that his schedule is so early, however am not sure how to move it back a little. He usually wakes between 5:15 – 6:00. However I leave him in his crib until 6, he is content just blowing raspberries and playing. Here’s his current schedule:
6:00 – out of crib
6:30 – nurse followed by breakfast
8:00 – morning nap (usually 45min to 1.5 hrs)
10:30 – nurse followed by lunch
12:30 – afternoon nap (anywhere from 45 min to 2hr)
2:30 – nurse followed by a super early dinner
6:00 – begin bedtime routine (some days this starts early due to being so tired)
6:30 – in bed
Here’s a couple of questions. Should I be stretching out his morning wake time a bit…aiming to get closer to 9, which would hopefully push back his afternoon nap to 1:30? I’d like to move his wake-up to 6:30, first feeding closer to 7, however it just doesn’t seem to work….any suggestions? If I put him to bed much later he wakes up super early (as early as 4:30am) and won’t go back to sleep. That makes for an extremely overtired baby and a LONG day!
July 5th, 2010
Hi,
My son is right now 9 months old. My concern is mainly his generally-irregular morning wake times, which has a knock-on effect on his naptimes… I have always been cautious about keeping early bedtimes because he was colicky when younger and was always getting overtired by bedtime. Now, most of the time, I put my son to bed about 6 or 615pm (after approx. 3 hrs of waketime), but usually, I find that he wakes up anywhere from 615am to 7am(which is the ideal time). I just wonder WHY there is such a wide variation? I really wish to find the “perfect bedtime” and confidently stick to it, so that I do not have him rise too early (like at 615am) for the day.
Should I gradually try to push bedtime later in 15min increments till I arrive at a consistent (and reasonable waketime of 645am or 7am)? That might mean that I should start putting him to bed 630 or 645pm, instead of the usual 615pm?
Anyway, here’s his schedule – If anyone can offer some advice as to whether it’s worth trying a later bedtime, please do
Between 4 and 530am – Wakeup and nurse. Straight to bed for a snooze.
Between 615am and 7am – Proper wakeup and nurse. (may not drink much depending on time he previously awoke for his last feed).
730am- Breakfast solids
915/930am (but AIMING FOR 10am)- Nurse down to nap1
1015/1030am – awake from nap1
1040am – A little snack, followed by an activity
1215pm – Lunchtime solids
1245-115pm – Activitytime such as splashing around in garden, or having a relaxing bath
130pm (but AIMING FOR 2pm) – nurse down to nap 2
3pm – wake from nap2
315pm – Snacktime followed by activity
515pm – Dinnertime, followed by bedtime routine
6pm – Nurse down to bedtime
615pm – In bed – Goodnight!
Many thanx,
Karen
July 16th, 2010
Hi Milana,
My first recommendation would be to check with your pediatrician about this to rule out any medical issues that might be related. It could be that he just needs that much sleep right now during the day. Alternatively, if he’s shortnapping throughout the day, then he may not be getting enough restorative sleep during those naps which make him tired shortly after waking. You don’t mention how he sleeps at night or how long he sleeps at night but those would be other factors that could be related.
July 16th, 2010
Hi Willa,
I’d really recommend that you check out Nicole’s book on Shifting Schedules. Not only does she address this issue directly in the book, but she goes over the steps to help you come up with a plan for shifting your baby’s schedule. It does sound like working to shift his schedule might help with the daily schedule overall. Here is the link to her book: http://www.babysleepsite.com/waking-too-early/
August 2nd, 2010
Hi
Just after some advice with our feeding and sleeping schedule for our 8 month old. He follows a day as below
6:30ish wakes and bottle
7:30 breakfast
9:30ish bed
11:00ish wakes up
11:30 lunch
1:15 bottle
1:30-2:00 bed
2:30-3:30 wakes
snack
5:00 dinner:
5:30 bath
6:15 bottle
6:30-7:00 bed
Just recently we dropped the fourth bottle and have tried and tried giving him the 2nd bottle closer to lunch but he isn’t interested until after 1:00.
He has also just started waking at night from 12:30 on and off until 3:30 which is a killer. He use to average only 2 hours a day for his day sleeps and would sleep through the night but now he is going longer than 2 and half hours up to 3 and a half hours. Could this be effecting the night sleeping or is it just the whole pattern?
August 2nd, 2010
8am 8:30am – Wakes up
9am Bottle 7oz
10am Nap time
11am Breakfast
12pm ———
1pm Lunch
2pm Nap time
3pm Bottle 7oz
4pm ———
5pm Snack
6pm Nap time
7pm Dinner
8pm 8:30pm – Bath
9pm Bottle 8oz
August 3rd, 2010
My baby is about to turn nine months this Thursday (5th). Last week he learned how to get up on all four and then how to pull himself to standing in his crib. We are now experiencing difficulty when putting him down to nap and at night – he keeps standing and doesn’t know how to get back down. He cries and we go in and help him down, reassure him that all is okay, and then he rolls over and gets right back up on all fours to creep, explore and stand. It takes a minimum of an hour of trying to get him asleep, usually by then he is exhausted and will fall asleep if we rock in the rocking chair. In addition, he’s cutting his top teeth (the first came in Sat.) which isn’t helping the situation. He’s also in the process of dropping his third nap with more awake time between the two naps.
For example, today’s schedule:
6am awake
6:15 bottle
8:30 am breakfast & small bottle
9:15 asleep (he was tired at 8:15)
11:15 awake
12:00 pm lunch
2:30 bottle and attempt at nap but no luck – very tired but won’t sleep
4:30 nap time (after rocking to sleep – see above)
6:15 we woke him up
8:00 bath
8:30 bottle and bed
9:15 asleep (again had to rock to sleep after standing and crying).
He sleeps throughout the night well and is up at 6am (sometimes a bit earlier but plays in his crib) like clockwork. He recently napped every 2-2.5 hours and I noticed that he starts looking and acting tried at that mark. He will fall asleep in the car or stroller after the 2 hour mark but not in his crib.
What can I do to help him fall asleep now that he wants to stand in his crib?
August 18th, 2010
@Christine. My son is doing the EXACT same thing…. would love to know solutions…
August 19th, 2010
My 9 month old gets up at least twice a night and lately, does not go to bed until 10 and up again at 7-8.
Her day goes like this..
7-8 wake up
9ish, cereal and fruit
1030ish, bottle and nap for about an hour
1230ish, lunch (baby food with pieces of whatever I am eating)
4ish, bottle and another nap lasting over an hour
6ish, supper
730ish, bath
830ish, cries for bottle
This is where the trouble seems to begin because that bottle seems to recharge her battery and then she is active until close to 10.
She wakes at 130ish, crying as if she is hurt lol….so there is no consoling and rocking her back to sleep, she neeeeeds the bottle and she always finishes it off (7ounces).
She wakes again around 5, sometimes just needing to be consoled, other times, crying for her bottle again.
I wish I could have a child that has her bottle at 8 and puts herself to sleep in her crib, but she thrives on the attention she is now used to getting!
Please help! Her dad works away so the majority of time it is just me home, combining this with the fact that all she wants to do all day is walk, walk, walk, it`s making it hard on Mommy!
August 20th, 2010
@ Rebecca
A couple weeks have passed and he’s settled down. I think he was just so excited to be able to stand and play and didn’t want to go to sleep! too cute. We tried a number of things but I’m not sure that any of it helped. We worked on teaching him to sit and lie down and then we’d try to let him settle himself (which usually failed). If all else failed we’d walk him in his stroller or rock him to sleep in the end.
Now that he’s able to sit himself and lie down in the crib he can fall asleep on his own. Of course his preference is to have us rock him to sleep but that isn’t a good solution.
For his 1st nap I’m usually able to give him his blanket and put him into bed and he goes to sleep with very LITTLE fussing.
Nap number two he usually has a bottle and then falls asleep with little to some fussing.
Bedtime is another story! After his bath we read a few books, have a bottle, followed by a short cuddle and then into bed. He usually fusses quite a bit but we try to let him fall asleep on his own. This sometimes fails so we resort to the stroller or I give in and rock him to sleep (he’s just way to sweet not too). I have to say he is MUCH better at falling asleep on his own – almost like post 9 months!
The hardest time to get to to sleep is at bedtime – the two naps are quite a bit easier.
Hopefully your babe adjusts soon. It isn’t easy to get through but when you do it’s great. GL!
August 25th, 2010
Hi there. My Nine month old Wakes anywhere from 2-4 times a night. Its not every night, But its pretty close. His bedtime routine hasent changed very much since he was 4 weeks old. His schedule is like this:
8-8:30am – Wake, and bottle
9am- Breakfast
10:30am- Bottle
11 – 11:30am- Nap Time Story and Nap – *45mins- 1 1/2 Hours*
12:30pm-1pm- Lunch
1:45-2pm- Juice & Light Snack
4pm- Naptime Story & Bottle & Nap – *2 hours*
6pm- Juice & Supper
7:15pm- 7:30pm- Light Snack & Juice
8pm- Bath
8:30pm- Bottle, Brush Teeth, & Bedtime Story, and He Usually falls asleep during the story, and stays asleep until around 3am. And the odd night hes wide awake at 3-3:30am for at least an hour. And NOTHING I’ve tried helps… Gripe Water, Tylenol, Baby Orajel.. Nothing helps. And Its not just Being Awake. Its Screaming Like hes in pain. Hes never been Colicky or anything. And we’re not sure what to try or what might help… He’s been teething on and off since he was 3 1/2 months old. We dont give him a bottle of formula/milk unless its been more then 45 mins of screaming. We somtimes give him water in his bottle just to make sure hes not just thirsty and to make sure his throat doesnt get dry/sore. We’ve tried the cry-it-out Method. But it doesnt work. We tried ti for 2 hours (checking on him and trying to comfort him every 5-10 mins) but he just continues to scream until he either comes to sleep in our bed, or we rock him to sleep… Any Ideas would be great. Exspecially is they work!!