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Help! dd2 (6mnths) just lays shouting and singing and squeeling ALL night every night, is there anything i can do??..

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CharlotteACavatica · 05/08/2010 12:07

Im desperate to sort her sleep out, ive tried so many things, i know its probably a phase she's going through as she seems to have found her voice lol! But she my 4th, and im on my own with them all, i have a 10yo, a 7yo, and an almost 5yo, and they all need me doing things during the day, and because of the school hols, they are in bed abit later then usual (especially the eldest who quite often isnt in bed til 9ish) so i go to bed almost when they do to try and get some sleep, and only end up getting 3/4 hours of broken sleep, i cant keep this up much longer! Dd2 is such a good baby, feeds well and doesnt often cry, but she is an unbelievably light sleeper, and she wakes frequently, she used to just feed and then go back to sleep, but now when she wakes she's not interested in more then a couple of minutes feed at most and then she's wriggling and squeeling and laughing, i put her back in her cot and she's shouting and chuckling and shreaking really loudly, last night she kept this up from 11pm til 1am! and then she started again at 3 until just gone 4, and then she woke up again at 6, im absolutley shattered, what on earth can i do to sort this out? Id really appreciate any ideas/help please please please! xx TIA

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zandy · 05/08/2010 12:13

Earplugs.

It doesn't sound like she's distressed.

dinkystinky · 05/08/2010 12:14

DS2 did this too - leave her to it!

CharlotteACavatica · 05/08/2010 12:22

Lol really??

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amyboo · 05/08/2010 12:23

Ds is going through something similar. I gave up trying to settle him a few days ago. I now feed him, plonk him back in his cot, put his mobile on (it puts lights on the ceiling which he seems to like), shut his door and i take myself back to bed. It took him about 1.5 hours to settle himself the first time, and only took 20 minutes last night. I can even now just about drift back to sleep while he giggles and gurgles to himself.

So my advice is shut the door and leave her to it if she's not crying.

dinkystinky · 05/08/2010 13:58

Honestly, if they're not distressed, then leave them to it. I spent ages getting stressed about it when I should have been sleeping - so not worth it!

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 05/08/2010 14:00

If she is happy then leave her to it. DS (2) sometimes wakes up in the night and has a little sing and has a conversation between several of his soft toys etc. I just lie there listening for a bit, it is so cute

IrishSKH · 05/08/2010 14:08

Totally agree with the other posters. DD2 used to do this too, wake for about an hour or two - we'd be walking the floor with her (she was about 10mths I think), singing songs, you name it - eventually copped on that she wasn't distressed in anyway, so just left her to it. She goes back to sleep in the end.

She's now 16½ months, still does it the odd time but mostly not.

The great thing is that - as a result - she is now well able to get herself back to sleep, a handy skill!

Mostly now I sleep through it.

And trust me - you will wake if they are crying or distressed. My girls rarely, if ever, wake crying at night (I know, I know how lucky I am!) but the child next door wakes often, and I wake when I hear him! (A terraced house ) No matter that I know it's not my girls, I wake, turn my head and listen, confirm it's not them and then roll over and go back to sleep.

CharlotteACavatica · 05/08/2010 19:31

Right! thanks everyone, looks like its just her and the teddies tonight then lol, will leave her to get on with it and see what happens!! Wish me luck lol x

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