To wish my baby slept a bit better?

[Iworeniceclothesonce]

I know it’s normal but it’s so knackering. 7 and a half month DD, wakes 3/4 times a night.

Like I say I know it’s normal. It’s just it takes ages to get her back down again so I am generally up between 1-3 and sometimes then takes me ages to go to sleep.

I don’t regret her but I miss the days I went to bed, and slept!

@TheGoogleMum

The nastiest comment I ever saw to someone who was seeking advice on helping their baby to sleep for longer stretches overnight was this:

‘Parenting is a 24/7 thing. You shouldn’t have kids if you can’t be arsed to parent them overnight’

@Monday26July

Are you rocking or feeding her to sleep by the way?

If so that’s the issue. When she wakes she expects the same help to get back to sleep that you gave her to fall asleep. It’s only fair after all.

All babies and toddlers wake in the night but until she learns how to fall asleep independently she’ll continue to need you to help her every time she wakes. Sometimes they grow out of it eventually but personally I wasn’t able to take that gamble and keep going a day longer.

Nonsense

[quote Monday26July]@TheGoogleMum

The nastiest comment I ever saw to someone who was seeking advice on helping their baby to sleep for longer stretches overnight was this:

‘Parenting is a 24/7 thing. You shouldn’t have kids if you can’t be arsed to parent them overnight’[/quote]
That's awful. I've seen it too.

Along with toddlers aren't meant to sleep, even when they are 2 or 3. Why do some sleep, if that's the case?

Regarding the feeding/rocking causing night wakings, it can be that but I've had the opposite with one baby who went to sleep independently and still woke until night weaned at one.