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feekerry · 10/06/2013 13:08

dd is 14m. always slept okay as a baby till about 8m and gradually get worse or i find it harder... one of the two!
seems to go thru phases of sleeping okay ish then not. normally she wakes between 2-3 times a night. the worst one is if she wakes about half 4 ish as its quite light and my dh gets up at 5am so sometimes she doesn't go back to sleep and that's us up for the day. so as well as waking twice in the night we also get up about half 5am.
if i bring her into bed i can't bare it as she twiddles and suckles constantly and it drives me mad. its a no go for me.
i do feed her back to sleep in the night as its quick and easy.
i have left her to cry/grizzled but she is in the next room and it goes on forever so we all get less sleep.
if i try not to feed her or send dh in she has a melt down so i almost feel forced into giving her boob.
i just don't know how to deal with this? i am also pg and totally exhausted. i have always been a go with the flow type but i am exhausted. i don't even think i have any milk left so its not a food thing. just comfort.

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
sharond101 · 10/06/2013 22:26

Sounds like sh has gotten into the habit of waking and the only way to break it is to stop feeding I am afraid. Would she take some water instead? You could try weaning her off gradually? I would just go cold turkey though and go through a few really awful nights then hope she stops waking.

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