So she's 11 months old and there was a good chunk recently where she's slept through by some miracle. But recently her routine has developed into a massive shift. I tried to keep it the same but it just hasn't worked for her. She needed something else. She's well fed, not thirsty, nappy is fine and clean, she's a very happy little girl. But I cannot understand this. She is getting teeth but this is more about hunger but I wouldn't be surprised if teeth were interfering with it.
So dd last milk bottle for the night (she's naturally cut herself down to three a day, she just doesn't really want it apart from being comforted to sleep.) is at 8:30 after her bath, baby massage, pyjamas and a story. By this point she drifts off to sleep without the need for fighting me.
But it's gone tits up. She's not overtired as I give her naps for the amount of time that suits her. But she's started fighting me quite badly with those too and she does need them. She rubs her eyes etc and I can tell in her eyes when she's tired.
Recently she's been keeping to this routine, but then she will like clockwork be awake at 2 and quickly demand a full bottle. Which is okay. I don't mind getting up in the nights with her. She's still in our bedroom so it's a lot easier but that's a different thing.
Then she will cry and moan trying to get herself back to sleep (she's usually in with us by this point and she is cuddled back to sleep which she finds comfort in.
And then at 4am, another bottle.
7am screaming for another bottle.
I can't get my head around it. I feed her plenty of solids etc, give her drinks throughout the day that aren't milk. She even snacks a bit but its mainly three meals until she decides she's done an she eats a lot.
Why is she suddenly demanding almost 3 bottles a night now? Is there a growth spurt at this age or a sleep regression? Thank you.