7mo still bfing every 2 hours during the night.

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Does she still need it? Surely not! What can i do? I've not had a stretch of sleep longer that 3 hours in 7 months, but getting up every 1.5hours is killing me! Should i try cc? Really don't want to. Ahh! Help!

At 7mo, assuming she is on some solid food, she clearly should be able to go more than 2 hours without a feed. It is probably more of a comfort thing. Does she settle herself or does she fall asleep on the breast? If the latter then she is most likely using you to help her back to sleep. When she wakes in the night and you feed her does she fall back to sleep quite quickly or does she have a proper feed first?

CC is an option tho personally I have never been able to manage it. My DD was similar to yours and, in the end, I fed her til she was 20 months although she wasnt still feeding so regularly at that stage thankfully.

Do you co-sleep? It isnt for everyone but it does allow for you both to get a decent night's sleep without any distress etc.

Sorry I cant be more helpful tho I do offer much sympathy and can say that eventually it will pass. I have to say that this notion that at 8 weeks all will suddenly be well happens far less than the books would have us believe and puts unnecessary pressure on parents who feel they have failed. Someone with more experience will probably be along soon. Good luck and I hope you get some decent sleep soon.

I was having this (and still have DS causing some trouble at 9mths). We co-slept for part of the night, and I actually think this caused a bit of the problem as every time he stirred in the night he wanted a little suckle to get back off to sleep.

I moved him back into his cot but he screamed. However, I have now moved the cot right next to the bed (as in, touching my side of the bed). He now goes back in there after his 11pm feed and sleeps through til 4.30/5.00. then again til around 7.

Not sure if you co-sleep but if you do, this worked for me.

Good luck

does she feed much when she does wake?

If so I think she probably does still need it - after all, the amounts of solid food a 7mo eats can be tiny (dd's certainly were) and if she is ramping up for a growth spurt she needs to get her calories somehow.

I could never, and would never, do cc, esp on a baby this young. Cosleeping saved our bacon (and my sanity) at this age.

this was me, but things did get a lot better once my son was fully established on solids. I did start CC around 10 months, and it wasn't long before he was sleeping pretty much through. By then, I felt confident it was waking through habit, not hunger. At 7 mos I would have had my doubts. (I think we did half heartedly try around then, but it wasn't successful.) He's 16 months now and sleeps 12-13 hours straight, so there's hope yet.