unsettled 5.5 month old at night. getting ridiculous

[mummy2pickle]

My dd has always been a poor sleeper and Wakes regularly. But for the last week she goes down fine but within 30 mins is stirring and thrashing. We manage to leave her until 2 hours in she'll wake screaming. No amount of patting or cuddling stops her. I end up feeding her which calms her but as soon as she's in the cot she's thrashing and moving. Some nights I'm so tired I sleep through the odd stirs but most nights I sit watching the video monitor waiting for her to scream. We've recently weaned her on advice of pediatrician and she's now on 3 meals a day. Is this effecting her sleep. I'm running out of solutions, I've tried feeding earlier, more bed clothes, less bed clothes, giving more milk before bed. But nothing improves her sleep. I am starting to get frustrated with it now, even though it's not her fault. Has anyone else experienced this?

If the only thing that has changed is huge weaning, I suspect she may be struggling to process some of the food.

If the wriggling is at the same time every night is there something you feed her at the same time every day (eg porridge for breakfast or rice for dinner)?

I'm also having similar problems with my ds! Hes 5 months...people keep telling me its the 4 mth sleep regression which can happen between 4-5 mths....i looked up all the signs and he has them all! This has been happening for about 3 weeks and still going although improving! It may not be due to the food! I was too getting frustrated but less so now i understand why its happening and just go with the flow...theres no magic cure for this one just time ant patience! Good luck!

Get the wonder weeks app which shows you the likely difficult times for sleep regression....but at this age she may well still need a couple/few night feeds. Just feed her a bit of something, it won't spoil her. They have tiny tummies and can only digest a small amount at a time. If the feeding calms her as you say, she needs feeding. Go with her cues and your instincts. You don't get a medal for training her to sleep through the night, and it don't happen until she's ready so don't stress about it, just accept sleep deprivation is part and parcel of parenting unfortunately! It will pass as she adapts to food in the next 6 months but it's really early days honestly.

If feeding calms her, then feed her as much as she wants. At that age DD was waking up for a feed every couple of hours. It did get easier eventually!

Does she have problems with gas or reflux?