6 month sleep regression or feeling lonely?

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I've been thus far blessed with a dd that has been pretty good at sleeping. Since about three months old she's woken once in the night for a feed, and that has gradually been getting later and later so that until very recently she was waking at 5-6am, having a bottle and then going back to sleep till 7:30.

I've now moved her into her own room and for the first two nights it was heaven, she slept 6:30 - 6am on both occasions. But now she seems to be getting worse.

The night before last she woke at midnight and didn't go back to sleep until two. I shush her and give her a pat, which works fine when she's dropping off but at night seems to aggravate her, she wants to be held and then coo at me, stroke my face etc. Very sweet but not when I'm tired. The she slept through and I thought it was a blip. This morning she woke at 3am and has just dropped off (but I have had to plonk her in bed with my husband to achieve this)

Any tips? I really don't want her back in our room, and I don't want to resort to putting her in bed with us when she wakes - our bed isn't big enough for a start! What could this be down to? Is she simply becoming more aware? Might she feel lonely in her own room? And why is she suddenly SO awake in the middle of the night?

I was just coming on here to post almost the exact same problem with my 6mo DD. She had been doing really well sleeping through from 10pm dream feed until at least 7am and most mornings me having to wake her so we could get sorted before school run.

3 weeks ago she got her first cold and did not cope well - very disrupted sleep so needed lots of support but she is fine now and we have also dropped the dream feed as she is having 3 good meals a day and all her bottles and was only having half an ounce anyway. The last 3 nights she has woken at 4am and shouted for about an hour and a half before going back to sleep but then still shouting out every 20 minutes or so until the morning. Its killing me!!

Like you I can't think what it can be. She has been in a cot in her own room (right next door to ours) since she was 6 weeks old, falls asleep by herself, naps really well etc. When I go in to check her she is all smiles and waving her arms around happily like she thinks it is the morning. I then pretty much leave her to it as she isn't crying just shouting really loudly!! I have bought a fisher price jumperoo thing from amazon which is being delivered today in the hope that it will tire her out?
So sorry I can't offer any magic solution but you are not alone!!

The jumperoos are great but I fear it won't solve your problem - my dd loves hers but it's not helping me. My dd seems really happy and like she just wants to play until the exact moment that I get used to the noise and start to drop off - then the screaming begins.

I was reading at about 3am or 4am or 5 am that it might be linked to a developmental leap, but the only new thing my dd seems to have grasped is how to stick her tongue out. I need something more impressive than that!

oh don't say that - have excitedly just put it all together while she has been asleep and going to get her to bounce all afternoon!!!

My dd seems really happy too - kicking her little legs and waving her mussy at me smiling. I read that about developmental leap also - my dd has just started rolling over - could that be it? Surely once they have made the leap they should just get over it and sleep!! I have 2 ds's as well and neither of them did this - it was all about food with them. Totally perplexed as I am not averse to a bit of crying as it always solved the problem with the boys within a night if they had got into a bad habit post illness. She isn't crying though just being really loud - I kept dropping off last night and then having those terrible alarm clock type dreams, where you include the baby squeaking sound in your dream. Exhausting.