Sorry this is long but I'm getting desperate.
My 5 month old is just rubbish at every aspect of sleeping. Since being about 1-2 weeks old she just hasn't slept in the day at all. In the last month we have finally got her into having 1 or if we're lucky 2 20min naps in the day, usually by walking in the buggy or driving in the car, but it takes her 20-30 mins of driving/pushing before she goes and wakes at the slightest thing.
At night she has finally, in the last couple of weeks started being able to be put down in her cot between 8.30 - 9.30 which is an improvement on 1am, but she then wakes every 2 hours demanding a feed and won't go back in her cot. She usually goes to sleep at the breast but then needs to be rocked for 30 minutes if she is to sleep for more than quarter of an hour and then actually putting her down is a a military procedure that more than often goes wrong. She does settle more if put down in our bed but still wakes the same and we don't sleep.
So far we have tried the bedtime routine, baby rice at night, a bottle of formula at night, just putting her down and letting her cry - but not for long, and generally losing my temper and shouting, none of which seem to be working. I am just about surviving on 5 hours of broken sleep a night but how long is this going to last? Any ideas please?
She is of course happy and gorgeous all day long despite no sleep, unlike her Mum.
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My 5 month old is so rubbish at sleeping - help!
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ZabM · 20/09/2009 19:09
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