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in not wanting to leave my baby to cry?

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TheArmadillo · 01/02/2011 16:09

Dd is 6 months old this week. She still wakes to be fed at least twice during the night. SHe also sometimes wakes for her dummy - her record beign 15 times in one night. Added to my insomnia I am a little sleep deprived.

Everyone keeps telling me to let her cry and it will be over in a couple of nights and she'll be sleeping through. Everyone who knowss that she is still up at night has told me thats what I need to do to get her to sleep.

But I don't want to
a) I did it with ds and althoguh it improved his sleeping he still woke in the night till he was 4
b)she's still feeding a lot so must be hungry imo she's not a huge baby (25 percentile)

We've tried putting her on solids but she ahsn't really taken to them so we're taking a break for a bit. Except rusks which she loves adn has occassionally. SO that hasn't helped. Someone suggested moving her onto hungry baby milk but I have a feeling that is more bulk but less calories and she's not a huge baby.

It doesn't help that all the other babies I know have been sleeping through for months.

AIBU to carry on as we are and to still beleive that she needs a couple of feeds during the night

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Alibabaandthe40nappies · 01/02/2011 20:31

YANBU.

Tatty - I don't think the OP describes it as a problem, I certainly didn't think that it was a problem that DS didn't sleep through at 6 months.
Other people thought it was a problem on my behalf though and offered all sorts of unwanted advice.

One of my best friend's DD sleeps through - until 5am at which point she is awake for the day. Which to me would be disastrous.

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