My 7 month old won't sleep thur the night: please read

[teris583]

Ok, I know most of you are going to say DDDUUHHH he is only 7 months old, but please read first...then duhh me. LOL.
  My son is 7 months and I have tried everything to help him sleep thur the night.  He goes to bed between 7-8 every nite.  I have the same night time routine and dinner time routine.  He wakes up about 10-10:30, he isn't wet, or want to eat he just wants me to give him back his binki and he goes off to sleep and we repeat his thur the night 2:30,3:00,3:30 and usually 4.  I have tried the "tough love and let him cry it out"  well anyone who has done that will tell you IT SUCKS.  He cried for an hour and became really grumpy, he was cranky the whole entire next day and did not calm down that night like people say they will.  I will NOT try that again.  I have tried to feed him again just before i go to bed and nothing changes.  He doesn't seem to be in pain (teething) or anything.  Tylenol makes him hyper.  And I have tried the teething tablets(oral Gel) makes him throw up.  I am very very tired and will be so happy for any advise.  Please I need sleep!!!!

[LRM1021]

My son did not sleep through the night until he was 2.5 years old. You are describing my child, I tell you. And I let him cry -- for about 4 weeks- until the dr who originally told me to let him cry told me -- ok then, well, that's not working.

You know what finally made him sleep? I put him in my bed, and then turned the TV on. He sleeps with the TV on -- without it he can't sleep. I can't either, so I don't blame him.

When he got a bit older, I put him in his own room, turned the TV on, and let him sleep there.

I wish I had turned the TV on when he was 4 months old... and I don't care what any dr says about it:) I did not get ANY sleep for 3 years... and I am not willing to go back, I tell you:)

Not sure this will work for you, but it was the only thing that worked for me.

[Agiesmom]

I agree with LRM--I think you need to find what works for you.

I would never, ever, ever let my child cry it out.  I don't have it in me to do it even if I wanted to, but I just view it as a sad, unneccessary thing to do--babies cry for a reason and wanting to be with you or wanting a binkie are reasons.

My baby girl is 13 months and she still sleeps in my arms, in our bed.  I did this with my son (now 11) and if I hadn't, none of us would have ever gotten any sleep.  But I'm not suggesting you do this--I'm just suggesting that you find something that works for you and your family.  Would a portacrib next to your bed help?  At least then you could just reach down and put his binkie back in instead of getting up and going into his room.

[SL345]

I agree with the idea of trying different things, including if necessary temporarily having him in bed with you until he begins to fall back to sleep and then trying to get him back into his crib as soon as possible. If that helps, try it for a while and then try him back in his crib. I don't recommend using television. Television viewing time almost always increases as kids get older. There is increasing research that shows it negatively affects growing infants' brains. We all usually wake up during the night and have to learn to put ourselves back to sleep. Whatever habits you're trying to help him develop now will last for many years to come.

[Agiesmom]

You might also try a white noise machine--I bought one at BabiesRUs and have it set to "rain" (it's a consistent sound compared to some of the others) and it is helpful.

[RockRose]

What is his daytime nap schedule like?

I think you're probably putting him to bed for the night  around 3 hours too early.  

My 3 boys,  at that age,  had about a two hour daytime nap,  and went to bed around 10:30 p.m. and woke up around 7 a.m.