HELP!! im so exausted any advice welcome!!

[loganberry12]

My daughter is 1 year old next week but still is waking all night. I can usually get her to bed by 10.30pm but she will wake every 3 hours or so for a breast feed, untill we get up. She is having plenty to eat during the day and has about 7 breast feeds in 24 hours so i know shes not hungry.
Last night was even worse she wouldnt go to sleep till 1am then woke every hour till 8 am then we fell asleep till 11.30 am, which means a late start to the day.
Ive tried giving her water instead when she wakes but it just makes her wide awake. Please dont suggest i leave her to cry herself to sleep because i cant do that, she is in our room and there is no where else i can put her. My husband has to get up for work and i have a 15 year old who has to get up for school.
I am so tired and exaused im at the end of my teather and beginging to feel tearful and depressed.
I dont even get time to do house work or have a bath in peace.

Please any suggestions welcome

i am going to try and keep her awake all day if i can and see if that works but i cant see her lasting till 7pm, she seems to have changed her days and nights around. She did this as a tiny baby then it sorted and she used to sleep from 10.30pm till 8am then she started teething and that went out the window. She is cutting a tooth at the front top which has taken 2 months so far the other one came through really quickly, so this could be a reason why she is unsettled maybe

You might find this website useful:

www.thesleepstore.co.nz/Sleep+Information.html

We did a course run by the owners. It really helped that OH came too- you need to be on the same page in how you tackle things.

The pages on self settling and suggested routines are good.

Good luck.

What is her daytime nap routine like? She will need some daytime sleep at this age. Mine has 1-2 hrs at 10.30, then if she's tired again a short nap at about 3.
What do you do for your bath routine?

It might be worth doing something every time after feeding her, before sleep, so she gets used to settling herself. I do feed then story for naps, feed, story and brush teeth for bed.

I know I sound like a broken record, but you have to keep to the same techniques and routine for at least a week to see if there is any improvement.

I think getting her to sleep 1am-7-30am is a huge positive.

Please, stick with what you have decided on for a few nights and persevere. When we did it, on the 4th night I was ready to give up - things were getting worse-and go back to feeding my DS to sleep, and then on the 5th night, BINGO!

If your DH is not on the same page as you WRT the technique you are using, then he needs to offer an alternative and follow that through. You need a united front. Tell him to "get with the programme!"