..She is BF and I have always just tried to feed her whenever she wakes - I'll try and gently shush her first but if she starts working up to a cry I'll feed her. She is in our room.
Family - sister,mum, etc - keeps telling me "she should be sleeping through by now!" and that I "need to be firmer with her".
I did try letting her cry once to see if she would self settle whilst I sat by her cot talking to her and stroking her the whole time and she just got more and more upset so I ended up feeding her. It was horrible.
I've been told by one sister I am teaching her to be over attached and that's a bad thing. She CAN go to sleep without me - she's usually asleep when I put her down but sometimes isn't and just gurgles then goes to sleep.
I just feel I've tried to be as responsive to her needs as I can and have ended up messing everything up whilst everyone else's babies are sleeping through.
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to feel a failure that 6mo DD is nowhere near sleeping through the night
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sonostanca · 19/07/2010 09:48
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