10 Month Old sleeping Issues!

[MissSparkle]

My 10month old has been breastfed to go to bed since birth! Its a sure way to put him to sleep and if he wakes up during the night i get him out of his cot, feed him and put him back in his own bed. Only now ive realised he won't go to sleep without his breastfeed and I have to stop feeding him because his bitten me so much ive bled. Now Im unsure about how to get him to go to sleep on his own because i tried controlled crying but he stands up in his cot making it impossible to fall asleep standing up!
He won't take a bottle wthout a HUGE fuss if he'll take it at all and im getting pretty stressed wondering how do i get him to sleep without breastfeeding. I need all the suggestions i can get!
Thanks guys!
xxx

[BJelly]

Hi, I don't really have any advice seeing as the cc didn't work. My bub is nearly 10 months and she also tends to go to sleep on the breast. I recently decided to bight the bullet and do the cc thing to get her to go to sleep in her cot, and it's been hard.

The first few times she would stand up and cry - and it took nearly an hour the first few times before she fell asleep. The only thing that made me persevere, was the thought that soon she might be able to climb over the cot and I don't want her doing that. Lately she has been going to sleep (touch wood) a bit easier. I'm trying to put in more of a regular wind down night routine to help her.

My routine is to give her dinner, give her a bath, give her a breast feed, clean up toys, tell her we are going to brush her teeth and read her a book, and then it's bedtime. She won't sit still for her books, so I've just turned off the light and rocked her in my arms for anything up to half an hour - so she's relaxed, and then tell her it's bed time and put her to bed. It's been so hard to hear her cry, but it is starting to get better.

You probably are doing all these things, but I thought I'd share just in case something could be of help.

[draught]

Hi Steph
I did cc for the first time with my eldest daughter when she was 10 months and standing as well. They do eventually lie down and go to sleep - I promise!

I don't really have any other solutions, but I know that JanetF will have some helpful references in other threads even if she doesn't pop her head into this one - some alternatives to cc that might work for you so maybe look for some of her posts for advice?

[poshBecks]

It's true about cc...it does work eventually :o

Ds ALWAYS starts off standing but he gets exhausted & lies down. He's pretty good now though. Most times it only takes 5 mins at the most :rolleyes: .

I found at first that if I turned the t.v or radio up loud Then checked him after 10 mins I could handle it more coz i couldn't hear him crying so much!!

I think it's actually more traumatic for us mums that the little ones!! :o
After a while they learn when it's bed time & it becomes heaps easier to hear them "protest"!!

Hang in there....

[ToTeenyTots]

Hi Steph
I fell into the habit of BF Tashie to sleep aswell , well actually at some point in her 11 Months of life I have fallen into every bad habit until it stopped working so I developed another one. Tash was waking every 2 hours till midnight then hourly after that and I was feeding her back to sleep as it was easier and it worked. Then she stared to cut me a bit. I started to cut out a few of the ridiculous amount of feeds/human dummy sucks I was giving her through the night. I comforted her back to sleep anyway I could without BF. By this time she was cutting me really badly and I had tp stop BF as I couldnt express without pain and blood either. I used the Avent trainee sippy cup spouts on the 125 bottles with the handles as Tash would not take a bottle.
I spoke to Ngala and they recommended to let the baby cry it out to sleep. The suggested to not do a CC program of going in after time etc but to listen to the babies cry and only go in when they become distressed. I believed it would never work as Tashie just stood up in the cot and would never lie down to sleep. Well I was wrong. I started on her morning sleep as that was always her best sleep it took 45 mins the first time and decreased really rapidly after that.
It is hard to listen to them cry but it works.
Good luck

[Foxy]

As well as the strict "bedtime" routine and CC as already mentioned, have you considered a comfort teddy or something along those lines? If you don't think he's hungry and he is wanting comfort, a "security" something might work.

Good Luck :)