Comments on: 9 Month Old Baby Schedule

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:51:43 +0000

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

By: Cayleen

Cayleen — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:50:55 +0000

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.

By: Marisa

Marisa — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:34:57 +0000

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!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:44:03 +0000

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!

By: Zoe

Zoe — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:26:23 +0000

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

By: helen

helen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:11:08 +0000

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…..
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 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.

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.

By: Kelly Hancock

Kelly Hancock — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:57:48 +0000

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

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:36:44 +0000

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!!!!!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:25:26 +0000

@Tink You’re welcome!

1) Those are very late naps. What time does he wake up in the morning?
2) I’d need more information to help with this. The whole site is dedicated to solving this problem and the non-napping problem. It is possible the later naps are contributing.
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!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:14:12 +0000

@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!