Hope you can help! My 61/2 month old dd initially did 'sleep through' some nights (til 5ish) and still does occasionally - which makes it all the more upsetting. She has a bedtime routine (bath, feed, in her cot awake but sleepy by 7.30ish)and is mostly asleep in minutes without a peep. When she wakes in the night it's a different story. She cries and cries and can't go to sleep by herself like she does in the evening. When she cries it's not inconsolable sobbing, it's more like 'wah wah' without tears, which stops as soon as I pick her up. She will fall asleep in minutes if she has a nipple in her mouth, which is what I do most nights, because we are exhausted and / or dh's other kids are staying in same room and I don't want to keep them awake.
We have tried controlled crying (this worked well with the initial going to bed routine a few months ago)but she can outlast us - going once for 3 hours (horror of horrors) till I gave in and picked her up. Have tried picking up and cuddling, but not feeding - this does not do the trick.
She has always spat dummies out and although sucked her thumb until 4 months (maybe coinciding with this waking up and not going back to sleep)she got a cold and stopped.
She is not very into food though generally eats more in the evening. Also does not sleep much in the day - 2x 30 minute naps if I'm lucky.
Is she hungry? Is she overtired? How on earth can we teach her that magic skill of going back to sleep in the middle of the night???????
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Baby goes to sleep OK but when wakes, can't go back to sleep
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Cha · 12/05/2002 16:51
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