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Hi I am new to this site. My almost 8-month old son has just recently started sleeping in his crib at night. He had been sleeping in a swing since he was a month or so old due to acid reflux and needing to sleep somewhat upright. We have been trying the "Ferber" method for about 7 days now. We put him in the crib awake and if he starts crying we go in every now and then and check on him and comfort him. He has been doing pretty good with going to sleep on his own when I first put him down at around 7:30, but the main problem is he wakes up between 11:00 and 12:00 and cries and cries and won't go back to sleep. The last couple of nights I have gone in to get him after about an hour of crying and given him a bottle because I feel like  maybe he's hungry and that's why he won't go back to sleep. But I don't know if he's really hungry or if he is crying because he wants me to come get him out of the crib. I feel like I'm giving in by getting him up and giving him a bottle, but I don't want him to be hungry either! Doesn't it confuse him by getting him up and giving him a bottle in the middle of the night but not getting him up when he cries at other times? Once he gets his bottle I lay him back in his crib awake and he typically sleeps the rest of the night…although he might wake up every now and then tossing and turning but he goes back to sleep quickly and easily.