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Routine gone to pot, where do I start to get it back?

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er1507 · 11/01/2012 20:56

Ok so I posted the other night about cc, which I'm considering doing although I would prefer not to. Before i do any sleep training i think i need 2 sort my days out. Up until dd was around 3.3mo i had a nice routine which loosley based on gf. Due to a couple of reasons that has gone all to pot. Heres the problem with dd...she will only go 2 sleep in my arms I usually bring her in with me by the time I go 2bed cos she wakes every 30-45min. She wakes around 3 times in the night and I feed her back to sleep. I try and put her down for 7-7.30 and dropped her dream feed about a month ago as I found she was waking up for it and was harder to settle. She's breastfed but has 1 bottle of formula to go to bed with although she hardly ever takes a full one usually around 5oz. Naps she usually has about half hour to an hour 3 times a day and these are not set times although usually 2hrs from when she last woke. She usually wakes anytime between 7.20-8. I think if I had a more structured day then it would help more at night but I just don't know where to start??

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UKSky · 11/01/2012 22:12

How old is your DD? It may be a sleep regression.

er1507 · 12/01/2012 08:06

She 6mo, having done a bit of reading the last few days I think it may be down to that but was unaware of it and now she doesn't know how to go to sleep on her own unless she in the car or pram.

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UKSky · 12/01/2012 22:04

My DD was a bit like this but she did get over it. Although it's hell to live with during the time it's happening. But at 6 months they have so much development going on it's bound to affect her sleep.

Have you started weaning yet? If not, she may need some solid food to fill her up for a bit longer.

Also, is she still feeding well during the day? My DD decided that she didn't want feeding during the day and so woke up a lot at night. It took a while to encourage to take more BM during the day and this also helped with her sleeping. It may also help to reintroduce the dreamfeed for a while.

Good luck and it will end, hopefully soon.

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