6mo up 5+ times most nights

[Thinkmummy]

we need help ! my dd is 29 weeks and for the past 8-10 weeks she has stopped sleeping through. she sleeps from about 10.30- 6.20 once a week. most nights she's up 5-7 times from when she's put to bed at 7pm. most of it before 2am when she then sleeps to 6.30 if lucky. 5am if not. daytime sleeping is ok she normally has 3 nap 2 40min and 1 1.5-2hrs in afternoon
surely this night waking cannot be normal?

bit of background info. stopped breastfeeding about 7 weeks ago (didn't feed to sleep since she was 12 weeks old) stopped giving night feed about 4 weeks ago. have tried cc for 2 weeks consistently. due to that not working (and finding it hard hearing her cry ) trying settle to sleep using shush pat in cot.

doing this takes her between 5-30 min to settle majority of the time dd is not crying just struggling to get back to sleep ( and she is sleepy not wide awake). once or twice a week she'll scream with frustration and one wake up will take 1-2 hours to settle her. she is getting teeth through and I understandthat some of this is due to teething but surely not constantly for 9-10 weeks?

sorry for the long post but we are desperate for help , advice, and uninterrupted sleep

Maybe try cutting out the afternoon nap. Giving one nap at 9am and the second at 12. Might be not tired enough at 7 so not going deep enough. Both mine had cut that one by that age.

Used to find with my first if I put him down at 7pm and he woke before 9 we were in for a bad night of on and off till two, then from 5. You have my sympathy as it was a killer. His was usually down to ear ache or teething or both! I used to give him neurofen at bed time and that seemed to let him get through the first part of the night, then the rest was a doddle, maybe a 2am for a second dose. If that worked I took him to the docs the next day and sure enough he'd have an ear infection. Calpol never touched it.

Are you shhhing her to sleep? As that might be another reason why she's crying, needing you to do it again. Maybe shh till she stops crying but leave your hand there. Once she starts to relax remove it, if she starts again shh again. I too couldn't do the CIO method.

Sorry if any of that sounds too direct or abrupt, really not great at email etc as comes across wrong. Meant as suggestions not orders.
Really you have my full sympathy and I truly hope something someone posts helps. Lack of sleep is the worse x

Sooooo sorry misread age. 29 weeks not months doh! And you put six months on the title! Ignore the dropping nap suggestion!

Rest might work.

Just a couple of questions,
Have you started weaning? If so when? Could it be something she's eating? First son couldn't have dairy causing upset stomaches from this age as he was breastfed it wasn't obvious as he was only intolerant so could cope with some but if he had too much he had the runs. Took a while for us to work it out. second son would have poor sleep with sweet potato as caused wind. Maybe keep a food diary?

Again I hope you find a solution, and sorry about the age thing.

i appreciate your tips tricksy on your suggestion I'll try nurofen instead of calpol. your right I'm not sure its doing anything. re weaning we started weaning her at about 23 weeks to help with the sleeping problem to see if it was food she needed to help her sleep. she doesn't wake up hungry not more discomfort. I'll try a food diary also I'll try anything ! :-)

Last night any better?

yes although she took longer to settle was only up once for about 20 min. nurofen definitely is better than calpol . i feel like a new woman . now tonight no medicine has been given as so far tonight she hasn't cried. (fingers crossed)

Fingers crossed x