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Our 17 month old baby won’t sleep through the night. What can we do?

Since he was about 10 months old and up until last month, he’d been sleeping in his own bed and in his own room through the night without any problems. Recently, it’s just been a nightmare. He gets up almost every hour crying and screaming for us to hold him until he falls asleep. I’ve tried moving him into our room and into our bed, but it hasn’t solved the problem. He still wants to be cuddled to sleep. He’s perfectly fine – it’s not what we feed him, not teething, not illness, not a growth spurt…We just can’t figure it out! We need our sleep! Advice anyone?

5 months baby won’t sleep or take bottle?

I know this is asked a lot and I read any other posting about it, to no avail. we have a 5 month old baby who has a very strong will of his own. We do not believe in the cry-it-out strategy (I actually think it’s cruel and teaches him nothing but the fact that he’s helpless. I think it breaks their spirit rather than educate them). he was always hard to fall asleep and needed rocking, singing, nursing etc. A couple of weeks ago he stopped nursing gradually and now gets pumped milk from a bottle due to silent reflux combined with the fact that I have strong and fast flow. So nursing to sleep is no longer an option, nor will he fall asleep in the stroller, car, being rocked…he would only fall asleep when my husband carries him around in the car seat. Needless to say, it’s heavy and difficult and takes longer and longer, no up to 30 minutes af walking around with him complaining and fussing. He also started to refuse the bottle, he would take it if he’s half asleep or occasionally when he’s in his stroller. We spoke to 3 lactation consultants, went to the doctor several times, he’s gaining ok, there are no apparent problems or teething. He also used to sleep from 8pm to 6am with 2 nursings in between. Now he will wake up every 30 minutes to 2 hours, will have us walk him in his car seat to sleep and will have us and him up 4-5 times a night for hours. I would appreciate any suggestions, we’re exhausted.
Thanks to everyone who answered so far. Some additional details… he does not fall asleep in the car, he has a swing and bouncer which he doesn’t care for and he takes Mylicon for gas…

Baby won’t sleep through the night?

My son is 6.5 months old and still not sleeping his nghts. He wakes up crying and no settling him until he gets his bottle. Its not because he’s teething since it’s been ongoing since he’s born. Anyone have suggestions on how to get him to sleep thorugh the night.

My mom suggested I give him water at night instead of formula ?

Help my Baby just won’t sleep?

My baby girl is six months old and is teething, she used to be a pretty good sleeper, still waking once a night though. but recently she just won’t sleep more than two hours during the day. i put her down when she is tired – normally she puts herself to sleep, but now she just lies there talking and being awake. She is pretty grumpy because of the lack of sleep. I tried the controlled crying method which hasn’t really worked. i go into her room, tuck her back in and tell her it is sleep time. Last night she went to bed at 8.40pm, woke 3 hours later and was up for 3 hours. I don’t know what to do, we have a good sleep routine for her and all that, she eats well, breastfed and solids. Maybe it is just because she is teething. anyone got any ideas?

My 7 month old baby won’t sleep in her crib anymore- help?

Up until now, my husband and I have been co-sleeping with our baby part of the time and putting her in her crib part of the time as well. I’d put her down to sleep at night, sometimes she would sleep through the night, other times she’d wake up, I’d nurse her and sleep through the rest of the night with her. Sometimes I’d nap with her, sometimes she’d nap in her crib. this had been working well for us, However, she started teething this month, and in attempt to give her some extra TLC (and us a little extra sleep) she’s been spending more and more time in our bed– and we’ve somehow gotten to the point where I can’t get her to sleep in her crib anymore. Even if she’s in a dead sleep now, the minute she hits the crib her eyes open and she starts screaming. I’ve tried consoling her, rubbing her back, etc with no luck. Usually she stops crying the minute I pick her up. I really don’t want to make her ‘cry it out’ in her crib, but I’m not sure what else to do at this point. She knows that if she cries long enough, I’ll take her back to the bed. I really love sleeping with my baby, but I just don’t think we can do it anymore- she is so fidgety in her sleep, I keep waking up every hour when she is in the bed with me. Any advice? Thanks!