aaaarrgh -please tell me these are good reasons why DD's stopped sleeping

[valbona]

six months growth spurt ... working out how to crawl ... starting solid food ...? she will start sleeping again, right??

she woke at 7pm, 8.45, 10, 11 til 1am, 3.30 and 5.30 last night. I want to shoot myself!

Could well be any or all of those. We had a miserable time (although more with daytime sleep than at night) between 5 and 7 months - turned out it was learning to roll, learning to commando crawl, learning to sit up, starting solids and cutting 4 teeth. DS does seem to be settling down a bit again now - until we hit the next developmental spurt.

Oh, and there is a developmental spurt at 26 weeks (counting from their due date, not their birth date) which may have had an impact.

This too will pass.

thanks! it really really must pass ...
at least daytime sleep is improving - am sipping coffee while she naps in her cot - never thought that would happen a month or two ago

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Hi Angeldog, nice to see you!
My DD is same age as Angeldog and we have had pretty similar nightmare with naps and sleep!
DD finally started to go to bed at 7pm until 6 ish straight through having dropped dream feed at just on the 6mo point, then for the last 4 nights has woken between 10-11pm for no apparent reason. Have to get her out to rock her back. Suppose it is not to bad as it only takes about 10 mins but feel like I am not encouraging her to wake cause she will get a cuddle.........

Wow, fhutts, I would love to have some nights like that! Sadly DS is usually up 2 or sometimes 3 times in 'my' night, although he usually goes back off relatively easily. I'm waiting till after the 8/9 month sleep regression to do some serious work on it. Glad to hear that things are improving generally.

valbona, it is a wonderful feeling when you can put them down to sleep, isn't it? My DS's developmental spurt messing up sleep has meant he doesn't want to be put down any more. Till I get the routine sorted again he's sleeping on my lap, but I can't get anything done!

Wow I never even heard of sleep regression....now all of a sudden we have been flung into it. DD now aged 6 months was sleeping sometimes 7 or even 9 hours in a stretch....then suddenly two weeks ago it was waking every 1-2 hours, plus feeding in a frenzy ALL evening. Still going on.

It sounds like it's normal then....will it go away by itself I wonder, or do I need to try 'doing something about it' (gulp)?

And then it happens again at 8-9 months you're saying? Oh Geez. Had been feeling rather smug! Silly me.

I spoke too soon! She went berserk at morning naptime today ...

But last night was better - rice n banana at 5pm-ish, made sure she fell asleep by herself - and then we only had 10.30 and 2am. I say only - I know lots of people would be horrified. But sleeping through is a dreamland that happens about once a month here!

napping on lap, angeldog, part-cute, part-frustrating!

and I know how everyone feels about going backwards - DD was pretty good for a tiny one until 3 months, then got the four-month regression a month early ...

re angeldog and the napping on lap, agree with Valbona, naughty but nice!! I had to admit when DD woke the other night I snugged her to sleep with her head under my chin and the feel of her soft yet fuzzy hair was just the most wonderful feeling in the world. Unfortunately on the 4th night in a row that has slightly worn off. DH has put foot down and had to do bit of CC at 2am this morning when sshh and pat didn't work when she woke. Wasn't too bad tho she whinged/moaned on an off for 1hr 20 but it wasn't screaming and evenutaly she drifted off at 3.20am but we didn't get her out of cot!
We may have won the battle but as for the war .