How do you re-settle your baby if they wake at night?

[JeanBillie]

DD is coming up for six months and has been a lovely sleeper - 7pm til 7am so we have been lucky so far. My question is as above - when your baby wakes at night, how do you re-settle him/her other than BF? On the odd occasion this happens (ie just now - I think the stormy weather woke her up) I am at a complete loss, and other than picking her up and shhh-ing her I resorted to feeding her when I don't think she was actually hungry. Happy to BF her for comfort if that's what she needs, but I'd be interested to hear what works for you. Thank you

I used to use a dummy but in hindsight I wish I hadn't. We have recently gone cold turkey on the dummy and as a result we have had to start from scratch teaching him to self-sooth.

DD: 8 months, generally an excellent sleeper. Rarely wakes, if she does:

Dummy back in.
Pink rabbit comforter (she likes to run it against her face)
Shh, Shh.
If all else fails Bf

Thanks both. I do wonder if we missed a trick not using a dummy, but I thought it was one more thing I'd have to wean off eventually so avoided it!

At that age I comfort BF mine. I also co-slept so that helped. They are so little and new at 6 months I think sometimes they just want the comfort of a parent next to them.
Now tell me how to deal with an 18month old who still likes the closeness, but he is my last born and I don't mind all that much

I immediately and without hesitation bf. Then we're all back to sleep within 15 mins

Did the same with dc1 who is now 2.5 and has always been an excellent sleeper

Thank you all, so it seems that BF doesn't have to be treated as a last resort! I always wonder what formula feeding mums do for night waking - any FF-ers I'd be so interested to hear.

At 10months we are now FF. if she (rarely) wakes in the night, it's normally because something is wrong. So we give her

1. Comforter
2. Manky clown thing she loves
3. Then sssh sssh pat pat
4. If that fails a cuddle in bed with us

She then normally drops off after 15-30min with us. I normally move her back into het cot then or she stays and snuggles with us!

Thanks all - it seems we're all using variations on a theme and we all just do what we need to!