night feeds... at my wits end :(

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5.5 month old awake every hour or less between 11 and 6 (wide awake from 4) will only settle when being fed.

This has gone on fir 6 Weeks now and I am truly struggling.

She's BF if that makes any difference.

I'm so tempted to racy for the emergency formula cartoon to see if it'll make any difference but I'd be furred at the sane time :(

Its not much of a help I know but it won't last forever, I breastfed all mine and it was tiring. Just make sure when she sleeps you do even if that is in the day. I co slept with mine and fed them til they fell asleep I know they say don't do it but I found it helped, I slept alone with them DH asleep in another room.

Cheeka, hats off to you. I struggle BFing the one sometimes!

I FF my DS and he was a terrible sleeper so deep down I know it probably won't make any difference but when i'm desperate it seems like a good idea but by the sounds of your 2 it wouldn't make a bit of difference.

Puppy, she is an awful sleeper and only time she sleeps during the say us when she's in the pram or sling (and only when they're moving ) although did manage to get 2 hours on/off today in bed with her.

i'm fine sharing a bed during the day when DP is here at the weekends to keep checking but I don't think I could bring myself to do it all night (although I have done so accidentally) as a relative suffocated her baby whilst Co-sleeping years ago :(

I do take into account though that sadly there were a few contributing factors (smoking, over-tired and on the sofa) but still couldn't bring myself to do it.

No advice, just solidarity. My 4 mo has regressed to sleeping like her newborn self since about 13 weeks. She was sleeping for 9hrs straight and now rarely goes for more than 2.5 hrs in a stretch. I feed her to/back to sleep and am not sure whether I need to stop doing that to see if it helps. I'm hoping it's the 4 month sleep regression and will end soon

What about having the cot to the side of your bed so she's close and maybe she'll settle down without the cosleeping worry?

Also is she getting enough sleep in the day as her waking pattern sound like she is overtired. I would get her to bed at 6.30/7pm, let her nap where she chooses making sure she gets three good ones (although by that age I got my sling loving dd to nap in her pushchair/cot as well as sling and by 6 months she started napping much better in her cot).

Does she have tongue tie? Is she a windy baby? Do you wind her after feeds properly, including night ones? My dd would wake up with the tiniest burps if I didn't wind her. So had to spend at least ten mins with her on my lap while I gently rubbed and patted them out. It also stopped her feeding to sleep as she got used to sleeping in my lap. She likes that even now at 20 months!
Another thing to rule out is silent reflux. Or dairy intolerance.

Op how do you feel today did you get any rest last night

City fingers crossed both our little insomniacs themselves out soon :o

Creature her cot is about a foot away from me so she can see me but doesn't seen to help any. I think she may be constantly overtired add she barely sleeps during the day either unless we're out walking then she can go maybe get 1-2 hours but never anymore.

We've tried leaving her in the cot to settle but she just gets herself into a tearful state :(

Puppy I got a few hours interrupted sleep (better than nothing) between 1 and 3.30 but nothing major.