I know that are are lots of threads along these lines already but just wanted to start my own so I can rant. Dd is nearly 7 months old and cannot cannot cannot self soothe at night . Not so bad in day . Basically I dream feed her at 10.00/10.30 ( I had ditched this but saw a sleep nurse who said to reintroduce) then she wakes at about 2.30 and it takes anywhere up to 2 hours to get her to go back to sleep. She isn't screaming the whole 2 hours . I either have to bounce her, or hold her hand in cot or give her the dummy whilst patting her. As soon as I stop any of these things she stirs and starts crying and thrashing around.
On advice of sleep nurse I tried PUPD but only did it for 3 nights as each night it was 3 hours of hell . She has never slept longer than 4 hours at night and was, up until last week waking at 11.30 , 1, then 4.
I was feeding her to sleep so she's definitely developed a bad sleep association . I'm now trying to not feed her unless all else fails . Currently feeding now as it's 5am and I've even up with her since 2.30 am .
How the hell do I get her to get herself back to sleep? Do I preserve with pupd ? Absolutely going out of mind and crying as I'm typing this .
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bellini1 · 26/03/2014 04:55
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