would a night light help dd re-settle?

[notremotelyintofootie]

Hi,

Dd is 9 months old and has never slept through.... She is bf and only naps a little during the day, 20-40 mins twice a day... She goes down to sleep between half six and seven but will wake between 2 and 6 times a night!

She is currently in our room (will move to her own room once dsd (15) is back at school and back at her mums - she'll come back in with us each time dsd visits...)

When she wakes, dh will help occasionally if he is home/not in bed yet but 99.9% of the time its down to me to settle and i usually feed to sleep so that dd doesn't wake up the whole house!

What i am wondering, is... Would a night light help dd to self settle? Is it possible that when she wakes in the pitch black that she is frightened and would a night light help?

Any suggestions on how to get her to sleep better too would be much appreciated too!

bump?

Possibly. We struggled to get DD3 to settle until I realised that she didn't like her bedroom door being shut. She was probably a little older.

You may find things improve when you move her out of your room. DD1 started waking through the night at five or six months after sleeping through. My mother suggested putting her in her own room. Did that and she stopped waking (or possibly woke but settled herself again. She wasn't actually needing anything, just waking and realising I was in the room and deciding a feed and a cuddle would be the way to go.

thanks molly.... I can't wait to get dd into her own room, unfortunately its been delayed while dsd has been staying and today is a prime example of the need to do it soon:.... Dh is working a night shift tonight and needed to stay in bed, of course dd refused to fall asleep downstairs (she is now used to her cot and bunny) so i had to take her up and it woke dh who is now in a mood and will probably be for the rest of the day... Dsd is as usual fast asleep still... She might surface around lunchtime... Lol.

i remember always having a night light. ds2 still has a night light he's 4. ds1 had one till he was about 4 or 5

I read an article by Jo Tantum that said babies aren't scared of the dark ,it is an adult fear that we put on them .The womb where they felt most safe and secure was dark .I think once you get baby in their own room that will help .Jo suggests to start sleep training in the day and use spaced soothing .
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Good luck!