My DD is 7 months old and will only go down at night if BF. She will only nap if I BF her to sleep in the day too. DH cannot put her down at night and if she cries DH cannot comfort her. Only BF works. I have probably made a rod for my back by BF her on demand for the first 7 months of her life but I went with my instincts and enjoy BF for the most part.
The specific point I need advice on is this: Every night DD goes down like a lamb, she has a bath, a BF and goes in her cot and goes to sleep. And every night she wakes up an hour later crying - invariably when we're about to eat dinner and cries until I go in and BF her.
I find this more disruptive than the 4 am feed - its just when I'm about to have precious quality time with DH. She has gone to sleep beautifully just an hour beforehand, bathed, fed, burped, calpoled if teething - no problem, so why does she wake up again? What can I do?? Please don't suggest controlled crying as I'm not willing to leave her crying for ages. But am contemplating switching to formula feeding.