Hi all,
My little girl has just turned one, she has her molars striking through & is waking in the night. She was down to 2 breast feeds in the day morning & night & now won't go to sleep day or night with out breast feeding. I know she goes to sleep ok at nursery tho.
She feeds/suckles for ages it now feels uncomfortable & over sensitive to feed at times & if I take her off she goes mental ? i think she is in pain from teething & she has to fall asleep feeding otherwise I can't put her down.
I used to be able to put her in her cot & comfort her with my hand until she fell asleep. But now she can move about she throws herself all over the place & bangs her head on the cot :( so I am scared she will hurt herself.
I have tried calpol, ibuprofen, ambersol, bonjela, nelsons teething granules. She seems to be waking more & more & I think it's because she needs breast for ? comfort or ? teething pain.
I don't mind feeding her but I am back to work now & can barley function am so tired & I am a nurse so need to be on the ball.
I can't bring myself to do controlled crying, especially as she is in pain from teething.
I just wondered if people have had similar experiences.. Will she naturally drop the day & night feeds when her teething pain goes? My husband works away so I can't get him to go in at night..
Any tips or story's of when it gets better would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks