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six months and not sleeping!

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partypigeon · 18/03/2015 11:06

Don't know if this is strictly a feeding issue but might be. DS is 6 months this week and was ebf until 5 when I started giving him small amounts of mashed fruit and veg which he generally goes for in a big way. Haven't dropped any bfs and he's still guzzling as much as ever.
All fine, except his sleeping is getting worse and worse! between 2-4 months he used to often go 5-6 hours at a stretch but now 3 feels like a bonus, often it's more like 1 or 2 and often with big awake bouncy hours in between. He prefers to nap little and often during the day although I'm trying to encourage 2 big naps instead.
On another thread pp are discussing small babies sleeping through as if that's normal -what am I doing good wrong?! Mum's advice is to give a nighttime bottle but I don't want to go down that road really. Any advice v appreciated, I'm exhausted and at the end of my tether!

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partypigeon · 18/03/2015 11:07

Excuse autocorrect weirdness. And split infinitive Smile

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squizita · 18/03/2015 13:38

Loads of babies don't sleep through yet. It's annoying but normal. And sleeping through in surveys is 6 hr ... so a baby who dream feeds 10pm then feeds 4am technically sleeps through! But in reality it's a broken night.

My dd sleeps for 3 short naps a day.She feeds twice or three times a night. She's 6 months and bf with veg as her first weaning food. I thought she was typical to some extent.

So its tiring and annoying but not worrying iyswim?

Sorry not much help but a hand hold!

TheEagle · 18/03/2015 13:48

I found 6 months to be the hardest time of all, sleeping - wise.

DS would sometimes wake hourly! Not necessarily for a feed (he was EBF) but sometimes just for a cuddle or a wriggle around.

It passed and he got better and better. DH and I were too lazy to do anything differently or embark on any sleep training so we just went with the flow.

He eventually started sleeping 10/11 hours straight at about 13 months. Now he only wakes if he's sick/teething.

Lots of sympathy from me because broken sleep is so hard.

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PannaDoll · 18/03/2015 13:54

My baby's sleep was never on a linear progression to 'all night long'. It often chopped and changed and she would sleep for different stretches of time depending on her age and development.

It wasn't until she was well over 18 months that she slept 'right through'.

Don't panic. It's just another small step along your baby journey. It won't last forever (although it will feel like it at times).

TheEagle · 18/03/2015 14:06

Don't panic. It's just another small step along your baby journey. It won't last forever (although it will feel like it at times)

^This is exactly right!

partypigeon · 18/03/2015 17:55

Thanks for reassurances! It's rough, I have genuinely hallucinated from lack of sleep this past week Confused . Sounds like we'll just have to ride it out!

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