Hi, I have a 5.5 month old lovely baby girl. The longest stretch that she has ever slept is 3 hours since she was born. She is exclusively BF and not on solids yet.
I always have to carry her with white noise for her to fall asleep. My back and neck really hurt. She is 16 lbs and getting heavier. She can't sleep on her own at all. If I put her in the cot, she will roll over and get stuck on her tummy and yell out for me. If I don't respond she will whine and fuss and eventually cry a lot. Tried sleep training and it didn't work for us.
She will wake up almost every night at the same time and every 1.5 to 2 hours. I have tried to wait a few mins to see if she quietens down and she never does. She always wants to go on my breast. I pick her out of the cot and bring her to me for a small breastfeed. She will feed, fall asleep and I put her back in the cot. She doesn't need a bounce or rock in the middle of the night. Recently, she wakes up 5-6 times a night, but each time for a short while.
So my question is, is she quite normal or is she a particularly bad sleeper? Am I actually lucky in that every time she wakes up, she falls asleep pretty quickly after a feed? Could it be worse? I often feel very sleep deprived and low in morale especially when I have to carry her for ages.
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Is my 5 month old normal or is she a terrible sleeper?
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Peridotty · 15/11/2020 19:48
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