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6mo waking every sleep cycle - WTD?

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LaTristesse · 12/09/2012 21:38

She's 6 mo and ebf, waking every 45 mins/ 1hr thru the night for the past week or so. DS did this and I never really cracked it - we did CC at 18 months which sorted the nights but he still wakes halfway thru his nap. I want t et DD back on ack now if poss to avid rife later, but how? She wakes and screams til I give her a boob. She won't take her dummy anymore and won't resettle with shush/pat. Any ideas anyone?

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LaTristesse · 12/09/2012 21:39

Sorry for the typos, silly iPad keyboard...

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LaTristesse · 15/09/2012 13:16

Bumping optimistically...

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Suchanamateur · 15/09/2012 15:24

Bumping for you. No suggestions though I'm afraid as I'm struggling with my nearly 7mo DD. Could it be developmental? Seems like there is lots of rubbish sleep around this time. Come and join us on the regression/ developmental hell thread for a moan.

Mitsouko · 15/09/2012 18:38

Bumping for you but sorry, not many suggestions as my 6 month old has been doing this for awhile. She often settles with a cuddle and some rocking from DH, if that fails or we can't get her back down then I give the boob. We usually co sleep, just me and her, from about 3am onwards.

Taking it in stride as she's been a poor sleeper and high need from birth...colic, reflux, cows milk allergy. If it weren't for mastering the art of feeding lying down and co sleeping, and a very supportive partner I'd be an absolute wreck.

Hope things improve for you...will be watching this thread for tips!

MrsHuxtable · 15/09/2012 23:19

Bump as I have the same problem. We co-sleep with DD (7.5 months). For ages, she was only waking up once, between 3 and 4 for a bf but for the last 3 weeks, she's been waking up between 4 and 6 times crying. She settles back to sleep within minutes, either with just a cuddle or boob but I have no idea wtf is going on.
I wonder if she's in pain, teething maybe (doesn't have teeth yet), bad dreams or what????
I'd be fine if I knew it's just a phase and things will improve again but am scared that this is my life from now on!!!
Any advice welcome!

LaTristesse · 16/09/2012 08:02

Oo, lots of us in the same situation! Hope someone is able to offer some advice soon...Please!

MrsH, in my experience with DS it didn't get any better until he was 18 mo and then we did a form of CC as we were so desperate. It did work but I was hoping to avoid all that with DD.

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MrsHuxtable · 16/09/2012 20:04
LaTristesse · 17/09/2012 09:08

Yeah sorry! Am really hoping someone comes on soon with a magic solution!

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civilfawlty · 17/09/2012 09:26

We've just been through exactly this. 2 months of waking every single 90 minutes. In the end, I contacted Andrea Grace after reading an MN thread about her. First night, Ds went a 6 hour stretch and then woke. By night 3, and ever since, he has slept through.

To be honest, she didn't tell me anything I didn't know, but I really felt I couldn't have done it without her.

Broadly, she recommended following the same pattern every night:

Bath, dressed for bed in our room, feed in his room with the lights on (preventing him from falling asleep on the breast), story (same story every night), say night night to lots of things (repeating phrases) then into the cot with the lights out. I then stayed with him til he slept. He cried, obviously. But I could stroke, pat, snuggle, kiss him, talk to him. Could even lift him out if I couldn't bear it (as long as I don't let him fall asleep on me and put him down awake). He fell asleep after 25 mins. Once he was asleep for the first time, then I wasn't to lift him out til 6am, but when he woke I could still pat and talk and stroke his back etc.

The plan has the parent gradually withdrawing over a week, so that in the end you put the baby down and they fall asleep happily, and sleep through.

So - it was really hard. And if you are against controlled crying then I think this will still feel too much. But - it worked and was much less traumatic than waiting outside as the baby screams.

Also - my baby was used to me feeding him to sleep - but he is big, so I felt confident he didn't need the food. If your baby is waking for different reasons, you may need a different plan.

Happy to discuss, obvs.

LaTristesse · 17/09/2012 15:23

Civil, thanks SO much for sharing! How old is your LO?
Interesting you mentioned Andrea Grace as a few weeks ago I was all set to give her a call about my older DS's early wakings!

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civilfawlty · 17/09/2012 16:48

8 months. And he's a bruiser. This may be a variable...

She has a great website with case studies I found really informative. Worth checking out.

Let me know if I can help further.

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