6month dd waking at 9-10pm , thinking play time!!!

[melsy]

Her last bottle is 10:30pm and dd seems to wake up for it now, which kinda wasnt the idea IFYKWIM!! She cant be bothered to cry properly so we have an hour of fitfull moany crys. She doesnt do it every night but at least 2-3 times a week.She does seem to go back to sleep after this bottle very easily. I thought may be hunger but she eats like a little piggy thorugh the day and only weighs 14lb's or so. I did ask about dreaming so may be she is getting a bit spooked ???

I was hoping to get rid of 10:30 but she drains it in a bout2 mins LOL!!! So me thinking NO. Any ideas???

Growth spurt ?
Is she an active soul ? My DS2 was always shifting around, loved being on front trying to lift himself up etc... It uses up a lot of energy, more than baby lying happily on the mat staring at the ceiling.

If shes going back to sleep what is the problem? Is she sleeping through the night?

You could try cutting back on the size of the feed gradually - until there is no point in waking up.

I just get edgy with the crying and her being disturbed or may be in pain or ill and dont know what to do. Please be gentle , I have had some serious, serious, anxiety problems. I just wanted some relief from anxiety is all.

Sorrreee sounded a tad neurotic there, just tres sensitive tonight. Trying to lift my mood in the bar.

She is a very very active soul and rolls everywere and turns over and is a little nosey girl!!!! If I go in to check on her I get bug eyes lighting up and a big grin, whilst if I leave the room she cries.

I'd keep giving her the bottle to be honest. If it's drained in two mins and she goes to sleep afterwards, then is it a problem?
If it's any consolation, at six months my ds would wake any number of times during the night - eg midnight for 40mins, then up again at 2.30 for maybe an hour or two, up at 5ish for the morning, and back to bed at 6 or 7am. If I could have got him sleeping through with a 10.30pm bottle I would have been a much happier Mummy. Stay with it for the time being. I know how stressed you've been and I think the crying would upset you more than giving the bottle - or your dh could give it if you want to go to bed earlier. i suspect she's just hungry. She'll grow out of it eventually.

agree with aloha mellsy but what we found also helped us through the growth spurt is giving a small amount of food about half an hour before she goes to bed you will find this fills her up enough to see her through the night and to make sure shes getting the formula as well make something like rusk with formula for her and slowly cut the amount you give her over time you will find that she wont look for it and should sleep quiet soundly through the night

Hiya Melsy ! The situation does not sound too bad ... As Aloha says , keep going with it ... If she doesn't do it every night , then it doesn't seem as if you ahve "spooked" her ! Maybe try waking her at 10pm, or before she wakes herself so that she is still sleepy and will resettle quicker without getting to the wakeful mood ?

How was hubby's trip ?