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Is giving up breastfeeding the only way to get her to sleep?

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LottyLikesWindows · 30/12/2014 19:45

Evening all. My nearly one year old DD is a terrible sleeper. We co-slept until 9 months and then with a bit of help she got used to sleeping in her cot at night only. I no longer feed her to sleep, but she wakes every night, normally every hour or so and screams blue murder until I put her on the boob. She won't go to DP and won't settle on her own.

We both work full time and the lack of sleep has well and truly taken its toll. I feel quite trapped because we are in the pokey flat and share the bedroom with our baby, so even if DP tries to settle her, she sees me and cries until I breastfeed her. Hiding under covers won't fool her either Blush As soon as she goes on the boob she does a lovely little laugh and usually feeds herself to sleep within a short amount of time - normally five minutes to half an hour.

DP seems to think that stopping night nursing will magically solve her sleeping, and I disagree. I don't think that she wakes for milk, but that it's the only way she will settle back and that she wakes because she's tweeting, or a light sleeper or any other plethora of reasons. He thinks that she wakes because she's used to feeding in the night. I would love to hear from anyone who went through this, and came out of it sleeping. Please help.

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LottyLikesWindows · 07/01/2015 08:47

You've done so well write.

Thanks for checking in bambini. It wasn't a great night. Dd went to sleep at 6.30 and then was up twice before I went to bed at 9. DP settled her quickly both times. She was then up at midnight, 3 and then finally 6. It's swings and roundabouts really, isn't it. She's waking lots, still, but she is not feeding at night and it doesn't take as long normally to settle her back into her cot.

Also, I've noticed that a few times in the night she cries out, but settles herself back to sleep, so that's got to be a good thing.

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bambinibop · 07/01/2015 09:15

Sounds very similar to my night but without the feeding Smile sounds good that she doesn't take too long to settle, I think the hardest thing is when it's the middle of the night and they won't stop crying, at least she isn't getting too upset, she just needs to stop needing that comfort when she wakes which I'm sure will come soon ! Good luck !

LottyLikesWindows · 07/01/2015 09:21

Exactly bambini, that is hopefully the next step. It is a bit disappointing to be honest that it didn't happen already, but then I guess it's a habit of a lifetime we need to help her break Smile

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