Nearly 1 and sleep deteriorated greatly- anyone had the same?

[LocoMama]

Hi ladies, my DD was never a great sleeper but for the last 4 nights she has not slept much at all! she has been BF non-stop during the nights and dosing off for short naps only. I know she is not teething at the moment and during the day she is quite happy (although refuses to eat solids and has only one evening meal). She does not seem to be in pain, but is restless all night. Anyone else came across with a similar experience? Thanks a lot!

I would guess she is hungry and this is causing unsettled feeds.

By 12 months old your child should now be having 3 good meals a day with a large, varied diet.

Have you talked to your Health Visitor? She might be able to refer you to a dietician for some support. Refusing solid food by this age is a significant issue and she maybe should be checked to make sure there is no medical reason for this.

"unsettled sleep" that should say. Not unsettled feeds.

My 11mo has woken every 1-2hrs throughout the night every night for 10 days. I've just got him sleeping in his cot rather than co-sleeping. Am sure he's always stirred throughout the night but immediately gone back to sleep/latched on and it's never really woken me. Now I'm up and having to go into his room, feed, put back down, it's becoming an issue.

I see nightweaning close on the horizon..... As soon as I can muster the energy!

FATEdestiny thanks a lot, I keep trying to wean her at night but not easy- I keep reading about gentle methods but she seems to respond with crying on everything.

Piazzapiola I feel you- seems that nightweaning is not realistic, so im afraid Im gonna have to wean her completely, which is a pity as I really wanted to BF her during the day as long as possible..

Your HV would be able to advise you better than me, but rather than focusing on night weaning, if instead you focus on eat proper meals through the day then the night weaning may happen naturally.

There is no reason to stop breastfeeding, you can still do the morning and evening feed (and maybe before lunchtime nap) as a breastfeed.

Yes I nightweaned DS1 at 14mo but continued morning and bedtime bfeeds until giving up completely at 18mo