My nearly 8 mo DD has generally been an okay sleeper (goes to sleep easily, wakes a few times each night, usually for a BF) but since being poorly last week things have changed. Most of the night is okay, but she wakes around 4am and then takes up to 2 hours to get back to sleep! Most of this time she is crying, which is so unusual for her. I feed her and check if she needs a nappy change. I hold her and rock her in the rocking chair, which usually helps get to sleep, but it doesn't at this time of the morning. I've tried playing, reading, singing, but she doesn't want any of that - she just wants to sleep. This morning we walked around the house and she eventually got drowsy and dropped off.
Most mornings, she has then slept till 8 or 9 (thankfully, really, as I can too) whereas she used to get up at 7ish. This always worked well as it meant we could be ready to leave the house at 9 if we needed to, or she would have a nap at 9.30 ish.
I'm sure this will pass, and now it's written down it doesn't seem so bad, but it did at 4.30 this morning! Any ideas to help, or how to ride it out without burnout? Thanks.
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belindarose · 15/04/2010 09:02
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