Seven month old wanting to play at night

[tholeon]

i don't mind a quick breast feed and back.. But hours of chatting to herself and moving around investigating the cot bars and what it feels like when she bangs the mattress.. Twice last night, bed at seven thirty, woke at eleven, fed, didn't settle till twelve thirty, up again at four thirty, fed but wouldn't go back till sleep till now, for a nap, at seven thirty... My three year old greets the day with joyful energy at six a.m. He is currently parked in front of beebies and I am ranting on here. Have read lots of sleep books but don't know whether we need to bite the bullet and stop feeding to sleep/ in the night now, knowing that this will make it harder before it gets easier, or grin and bear it till she's a bit bigger..

Ps I am so jealous of the lady on the previous thread with the all night sleeping three month old.. You don't know you are born love...

Having said that mine was great as a newborn. It all went wrong at about four months when the world got interesting.. I

I think they all do this at some point-grin and bear. Not what you wanted to hear i'm sure but it's a phase and it does pass.

It sounds like the 8month old regression, which my ds also started at 7 months. I think nothing works, we just bit the bullet as you say, but he is an only and I was still on ml so could nap with him

I don't mind a quick feed and back to bed either, but agree with you that being awake and singing and kicking around at night is a total pain! Cute, but annoying. Is she in her own room yet?

If you don't already, try a 'dream feed' at 10.30pm instead of waiting for baby to wake for a feed. It may convince her to last longer for sleeps?

Good luck.

Also, (and you probably know this so I may be telling you to suck eggs) make sure that nothing you do is contributing to her thinking it's daytime playtime. It sounds harsh, but, no smiling at her, playing with her, turning on lights, singing etc between the hours of 7.30pm and say, 6.30am.

Ha, the irony. I'm killing time here because my 7mo is trying to crawl over me to pull her sister's hair. When I say no she giggles. It's been over an hour now