I really want to help my 6mo dd with her night times. she has had a very disrupted last couple of months (has had to live in 4 different countries, sleep in 6 different houses/hotels and temporarily take formula from a bottle due to me having a big operation...it feels like a hell of a lot for a wee baby to have to go through.) Now we are all "settled" and I am trying to get things into a better routine with her. I am putting her down in her cot for her first nap (she'll only take 50mins in cot) and then for a longer nap in the pushchair in the arvo (can take up to 2 hours in the pushchair) and she goes to bed at about 7pm. The thing is, she is waking a lot in the night at the moment - last night it was 8.30pm, 10pm, 1am, 3am, 5am and 6.30 we finally started the day. She seemed genuinely upset too each time. i actually fed her at each of these (crazy i know!), i wouldn't normally but was just exhausted. once upon a time at 10 weeks she was sleeping through the night 12 hours straight, but only for a few weeks and then started waking once and then twice a night. now i would be happy with this, but my question is , should I be feeding her when she wakes in the night or is she just using me for comfort and not hunger, and should I be helping her to get to sleep another way, for example picking her up cuddling to calm and resettle her? i have to admit i haven't done a good job at helping her to self settle and now i'm worried that i have caused her proper sleep problems.
advice would be so very welcome! after all the hecticness of the last two months, I just feel confused about where we were at and what i should do to help her. thank you.