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Comfort feeding in night getting ridiculous now!

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baddyfreckleface · 10/06/2012 09:45

I am currently surviving on around 4 hours sleep a night. I don't know exactly why but dd2 is extremely squirmy at night. She scratches and hits her face, screams, cries, writhes around, often resulting in a trump.

She does settle well for the first 2-3 hours from around 7pm in her cot. I don't bf feed her to sleep but she does need rocking/walking round to sleep.

But once she wakes after that she will only manage an hours sleep altogether at the most. I feed her again and try to make it a good feed, so if she drops off after a couple of minutes I try to stir her a little to continue.

After about half an hour the squirming starts and will continue all night. She will calm down sometimes with a dummy and rocking but we co sleep once she has woken and she mostly wants to feed. She will fall asleep again but only if she is using me as a dummy.

But then it's like she is having tummy ache from feeding on and off a lot. She won't stay asleep, although she clearly wants to.

I am very tempted to move to ff just to see if this constant comfort sucking will stop.

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baddyfreckleface · 10/06/2012 09:45

Dd is 4 months by the way

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tunnocksteacake · 10/06/2012 09:54

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Wheresmycaffeinedrip · 10/06/2012 10:18

Your baby really doesn't sound comfortable perhaps it would be worth keeping a diary if what you eat to see
If it's worse or better after eating certain things. I would also spend a long time making sure she is really well winded too. It might also be worth propping up her cot or matteress at one end slightly so she's not flat as that can be quite an unvomfortable position for babies. Would recommend baby massage too as that xan do wonders to relax and make more restful and comfortable .

Sioda · 10/06/2012 10:56

Maybe she's waking herself up by hitting herself during the active, squirmy phase of sleep. Have you tried swaddling? She's not too old for it.

baddyfreckleface · 10/06/2012 11:07

Thanks for your replies. Sorry on my phone do can't see your names now.
I was thinking it might be an allergy thing but then wouldn't that be all day too? She is fine in the day. Although not good at naps unless put and about.

We tried swaddling early on and it didn't seem to work for her but I will try it again.

And I will try tipping the mattress. Although we co sleep part of the night so not as easy. Also if I hold her to me chest in quite an uptight position she still struggles at night

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Wheresmycaffeinedrip · 10/06/2012 11:19

Allergy or silent reflux could be a possibility. :( my dd was a bit like that she squirmed and a difficulty in farting and pooing was one of the signs for her. A prescription formular solved it all for us and so did letting her sleep on her tummy although obviously that's not recommended. Was always worse at night too as obviously they go to bed full. I also gave the evening feed at six then gave her a bath so she wasn't full and bloated at bedtime at seven

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