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[anotherrainydays]

My DD is 15 month old and still waking for formula in the night. And it's never just once, it can be up to 3 times. Her big sister was also a terrible sleeper.

DD is up from anywhere between 30 minutes and 3 hours at a time to the point where I've had to bring her down at 4:30 this morning because I gave in.

I'm at my wits end. I'm exhausted, I'm surviving on maybe 2 hours of sleep a night. I'm a single parent so haven't got any help at all, my oldest also gets up between half 3 and 5 for the day. I can't keep going on like this.

Please help, how do I get her off the bottles. How do I get her to sleep through? I know how to tackle my oldest, she needs to go to bed later but I can't get her past 6pm because we're all absolutely exhausted. She's ready for bed time and I don't have the energy to try to keep her awake. I'm losing my mind. Please help me ☹️

Oh you poor thing. I remember that year and a half of hell.
Honestly, we decided when DC got their teeth that we would offer only water at night.
You could try either offering water or diluting down the formula over a few weeks.

At this point I'd be doing whatever to get done sleep. Can you go to bed when the DC do for a week? What happens if you bring them to your bed at 4? Do they doze off?

I had trouble with my second. Also single parent at the time. I had to bring her in with me.

The water and diluting the formula is a good idea, I'll start there!

With my oldest I have to give her the tablet to go back to bed or else she'll scream until the youngest is awake and sometimes I've literally just got her back to sleep by that time so by giving oldest the tablet I can sometimes get another hour.

I've tried bringing youngest in with me, she just gets up and plays.

It's hard!