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I have a question; my little one will not eat solids or sleep at night! He is 8 months old; at 4 months he did great with his cereal, around 6 months he stoped eating solids now all he will eat are cookies. At least that is something! He goes through about 6 8oz. bottles a day. I don't mind the food consumption but I realy wish I could get him to sleep through the night. right now he goes to bed between 8:30 and 9:30 he is up at 12, 2, 5, and sometimes 6. I know he would sleep better if he would eat better, Does any one have any ideas? - Shannon

Answer
Shannon --- what do you do when he wakes up? Do you give him a bottle, does he need his diaper changed? Do you have any idea why he is waking up? --- personally when we encountered the sleeping problem we went for the family bed --- but I do know this solution is not for EVERYONE but it is something to consider we just felt heck we needed sleep and it worked so rather than be nonfunctional we went for it --- but it is a personal choice. - Surfnmomma

Maybe you could try waking him a little earlier from his day time naps, he may be sleeping too much then. Plus that way he could also get you to himself for a little bit. - Aubra

My middle son didn't eat solids until he was 14 months old and he nursed until he was 20 months old. He continued to wake up every 1 to 2 hours until we had it at 19 months and finally let him cry it out. We felt terrible but enough was enough and he was so cranky during the day. He didn't like sleeping with me or his dad and after 2 nights of crying was able to sleep well in his crib. Noone has the answer when it comes to sleeping. You just have to do what you can. Another thing that always helped my son was a sound machine set to the ocean setting. I don't know what we would have done without it. - BethN1

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