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it's totally my own fault but my dd's routine has gone bottoms up! help, please!

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olivo · 07/09/2007 11:31

ok, so i admit that my dd's sleeping problems have been totally encouraged by me as i selfishly needed some sleep myself but now i have a big problem. dd is 12 mo, and in the summer holidays, began waking anywhere between 4 and 5.30 and would not be settled with any of our usual methods, only with milk. i realised that if i fed her with her 'breakfast bottle' she would go back to sleep till 6.30 / 7 and i too could sleep. this was exacerbated when we went to stay with various relatives and i was terrified her shouting would wake everyone up.
now, she is still wanting to be fed and then will sleep again till around 6.15 but i am exhausted with these night feeds and know she shouldnt have them. can anyone offer any help?
i have tried leaving her but she will grumble on and on till i get her. i managed 6 am one mornibng but then she was shattered as she had been awake since 5. also, now back at nursery,she rarely sleeps in the day for more than half an hour so is past herself at bedtime.
any suggestions? (sorry for the essay )

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singyswife · 07/09/2007 11:36

does she get supper? Porrige maybe would keep her going longer and see her through

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tracyk · 07/09/2007 11:42

I used to grab ds and bring him and milk into my bed and we'd all go back to sleep. Or just leave him with the bottle.

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Mumpbump · 07/09/2007 11:46

Ds used to wake up around 5/5.30 so we gave him yogurt when he got home from nursery and then his bedtime bottle. I think that helped him go a bit longer. Or home-made rice pudding to really fill them up overnight...

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mummymagic · 07/09/2007 11:54

Funny! I was just going to post wondering how many people give a bottle at 5ish to encourage their dc to sleep longer...

Dd is 16mth and gets a bottle at 5-6ish and will then sleep til 7-8ish. Sometimes I bring her with me like Tracy. Was wondering when it would stop. Alternative is prob getting up at 5 or 6 which I know lots of my friends do.

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tracyk · 07/09/2007 12:14

Have you got blackout blinds up - maybe the darker mornings will help? or I used to still dream feed at around 11pm ish - can't remember when that stopped.

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olivo · 07/09/2007 17:25

sorry, first chance i've had to egt back to this - work will keep getting in the way thanks for your suggestions.
she doesnt have supper - no time really as she has her tea at about 5ish (having had a snack at nursery at about 3) and then bath, milk and bed at 6.15.i have got blackout blinds, blackout curtains and normal curtains in there so it definitely isnt the light!i wouldnt actually mind getting up at 6 if i didnt have to get up earlier as well as i have to get up anyway at 6.15 for work. oh, and she just wont sleep in with us have tried and tried but she just wants to play!
am reassured i'm not the only one giving a bottel at this time but i will burn out if we carry on like this! am wondering whether to give her more stodge for her tea so she'll sleep? the porridge sounds a good idea but too close to tea time.

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olivo · 07/09/2007 17:27

apologies for awful typos - am sitting on the kitchen floor while dd finishes her tea!

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