11 month not sleeping

[Venditto]

This is my first child and she is not sleeping through the night.  She wakes up maybe once or twice in the night and I try to avoid feeding her but she sometimes will not go down without a bottle?  She takes one 2 hour nap during the day and is up around 5:30 or 6 in the morning so I know she is tired but I don't know what to do I just need sleep.  When should I try giving her milk?  please help any advice will be helpful.

thank you,
ryan

[Katet]

My first thought is 2 hours of day sleep in a 11month old...she isn't sleeping as she is OVERTRIED... unless she starts her night sleep about 5.00pm, I think she isn't getting enough sleep.

Most babies under 12-15months are still on 2 naps/day & have an awake time of about 3.5 hours (maybe 4). I would try putting her down for about 3.5 hours after she wakes up & then another 3.5 hours after that.

Don't let her scream it out, you will create other problems there... have a look at the Pick up/Put down (PU/PD) boards as that is a much better way to deal with the wakings... but if she won't settle with out feeding then she may need it

How does she fall asleep for naps/night... if it is with a bottle then it is an association & you need to help her learn to fall asleep on her own (with PU/PD if needed) to break that association.

HTH