Hi, posted this in feeding but perhaps more appropriate here.
My DD2 is a settled and happy baby in every way except overnight,where she still wakes 2-3 hourly and won't settle unless fed.
She is BF on demand, and I'm quite a relaxed parent , generally happy to go with her "routine". Having said that we do have a loose routine at bedtime which works well and she settles easily into her cot at around 7.
We do some co-sleeping, she starts the night in her cot and comes into our bed for night feeds and tends to stay there.
However I'm increasingly tired and beginning to fear that she won't change this pattern unless I actively change it. At the moment she wakes for feeding at roughly 9, 11.30, 1.30,4 and wakes around 6. It's exhausting after 9 months! I don't like the idea of CC and she sleeps in our room anyway, so it would be difficult, but maybe that's what i need to do? Last night I tried settling her without a feed and it took 2 hours trying and her becoming increasingly upset before I cracked and fed her.
I put her down awake for naps and at 7 so she can get herself to sleep.
She sometimes uses a dummy to sleep during the day.
She is a distractable BFer during the day time, could it be that she needs these feeds because she doesn't take enough milk during the day? She is on 3 meals a day.
Anyone with advice on how to change things or reassurance that this will settle down would be greatly received.
TIA.