Hi. My 7.5month old is still waking so many times during the night, I dont bother couting. She is BF, so I am not expecting her to sleep through or anything, but this is just getting silly. I posted here a couple of months ago but still no success.
She will generally settle herself to sleep, with her comforter, as long as she has had a BF before I put her down (doesnt sleep at breast). But just wont stay asleep. Often she has woken 3-4 times before we have gone to bed even!
She is not hungry, but does want to BF for comfort. She might well be hungry for one maybe 2 feeds during te night, but not 10 or more that she is getting now!
We have trie co-sleeping and often on a bad night, end up with her in our bed by morning. But she rolls so much and takes up so much space, me and DH end up sqaushed and I end up with a sore back the next day.
We put her to bed anytime from 7 onwards, depending on how much she has slept in the day. The last few nights she has been up late as she just doesnt want to sleep at that time. Last night she was up till about 9.30ish. She was then up at 6am, crawling around on our bed, scratching my face to wake me up! I couldnt tell you how many times she woke in the night.
Now at 6am, like this morning, she is still tired, but there is no way she is going back to bed. She is grumpy and rubs her eyes so wont sit and play, which is hard when you are so tired and have a wingey baby!
She has now just gone down for her morning nap, after breakfast, some fresh air and nappy change etc. She will probably sleep for maybe an hour? Her sleep patterns during the day are very unpredictable though, but done seem to make much effect on the night.
I amm very tempted not to let her sleep this afternoon, to hope she will sleep tonight, but I know she will just cry all day if she doesnt sleep!
Any ideas? I need to get this sorted soon as I am so tired, and am working so much nowadays (from home so look after DD too).
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chloemegjess · 17/08/2008 08:13
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