Will she ever sleep through again?

[teacups]

My dd is 10 1.2 months now and has lost the sleeping knack! She used to sleep from 6.30 ish to 5.30 ish without a fuss, but it all went pear shaped over Christmas, with being away etc etc. We have also had teeth to contend with, which is really upsetting her. SHe tends now to wake only once (anywhere between 2 and 4.30) but it is hard to get her back to sleep and she takes at least an hour to settle.

Before Christmas, on the odd occasions she woke in the night, I would give her a short BF to get her back to sleep. As I am back at work now, my Dh shares the jobs with me, so she often gets a bottle of formula in the night instead. She always guzzles it down, which makes me think she hasn't eaten enough in the day. That said, she absolutely stuffs her face at meals and I don't think we could get more in her if we tried!!

Does anyone have any suggestions to encourage her to sleep through? Thanks in advance.

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bump...anyone...had 2 hours sleep last night and feel dreadful.

If things don't get better, I may have to hit the gin (for me not her )

All I can say is I know how you feel, since moving DS to a big boy bed (he's just gone two, been in it for a few months) he wakes at 4am thinking it's morning...

and right now he has a cold and is up every 30 minutes moaning!

I feel your pain!

Could also be cold? Have you considered a sleeping bag (grobag), I think they are fantasitc.

if she takes an hour to settle it could be that you need to cut her daytime sleep - it happens all of a sudden for some babies! how much nap time does she have?

Teacups, Ferber's 'Solve your Child's Sleep Problem' is a book which you may find helpful. I think he would probably say that feeding at night is the main issue. Her appetite may be adjusting so that she is starting to expect/need it. He has good advice on how to reduce the feed incrementally, over several nights

Hi teacups. You sound like me. I'm miserable.
My dd was an absolute dream un til christmas when we took her to england. Has been an uphill struggle ever since. Had colds, ear infections, teeth and eczema to deal with too since xmas but she's okay now and still wakes 3 times a night! I give her a bottle just so I can sleep but I know I'm digging my own grave.
I'm desperate for a full night sleep.

We have similar problems with night wakings but have managed to cut down the no of wakings (from about 8 to 2 last night) by predicting when DS was going to wake then feeding him about 30 mins before. So if she's waking about 2 may be worth giving her a dreamfeed at 1.30-45 so she's getting the nutrition without actually waking for it. Eventually you try remove the feed altogether. Its certainly imrproved things for us though we're not out of the woods yet! IN theory they don't need nutrition in the night at this age but try telling them that!!