Hi
My dd (5.5months old)has always woken up somwhere between 4.30 and 5.30 and is usually fairly easy to get back to sleep (dummy in, and wrap up) but the last 3 morning she won't settle at all but was still tired (she's in bed by about 7.30 at night). I could only assume that she was hungry and ended up giving her 4oz of milk - she then settled down again for an hour or so. She's on solids for all 3 meals now (has always been a hungry baby) and I split her evening meal to give her a dessert (usually cereal) with her bedtime milk). She has been eating more in the day too so could this be a growth spurt?? Any thoughts anyone?
I'm worried about her getting into a habit of waking and not settling without milk even if she's not hungry. I'm afraid I can't really tell if her cry is a a hungry cry (sorry if this makes me a rubbish mum). All I know is that she'll usually settle down fairly easily and now she won't.
Do I need to find a way of increasing her food intake during the day?
SHould I reintroduce a dream feed (not sure about this as she slept better when we stopped doing this when she was about 3-4months old)
any tips for a tired mum!
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5.5 month old waking at 5am hungry - any tips?
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jay9 · 12/01/2007 10:34
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