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7mth dd-Not settling

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mummynumnum · 27/01/2007 19:14

My dd (7mths) has always been a good sleeeper, but I think I have made a mistake since going back to work 4 weeks ago. Was so tired the first week, that when dd woke in night for feed I kept falling asleep on the bed in her room, with her next to me. Did this when she was v tiny but had got her out of the habit. Now when she wakes in the night, she is finding it hard to settle herself without me co-sleeping with her. Can this situation be solved without resorting to cc-I really dont think I can do that. Could she be like this as she is teething and got a cold and will go back to how she was once this has passed?? Any ideas or advice/

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mummynumnum · 24/02/2007 19:18

I think I was one of those dummy snobs , but it is a lifesaver at the minute and has made a huge difference to dd ability to settle herself. You live and learn eh?

Bless her heart though, she is cutting ner two front teeth and she is in such pain.

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shish · 25/02/2007 17:38

Dummies can be a huge life-saver mummynumnum and most of the time they self wean themselves off. Ds has bcome a lot less dependent on the dummy during the day since we did cc at night.

Hi dcb. Long time, no hear No teeth yet!! Can you believe it?? Nights not too bad. Certainly a hell of a lot better than what they were pre cc I'm so sorry to hear you're still struglling with mastisis..

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mummynumnum · 27/02/2007 20:22

Cough has finally gone and dd is sleeping much better.

How are you doing DCD and shish?

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cruisemum1 · 27/02/2007 20:57

i havent read all posts on this thread but am following what i can with interest. ds wakes frequently throughout the night for a comfort suck. I have tried a vague version of NCSS inasmuch as I let him suck but when the sucking slows I put him in his cot and he stirs, opens his eyes and - generally - goes back to sleep. This is not stopping the frequency of night wakings but just the length of time they are taking so I guess that is progress. I really don't want to go the cc/cio route but I think that if things don't improve then it may be the only way to go. Trouble is ds gets REALLY beside himself (or did last time I made a failed attempt to let him self settle). I shall watch and learn....

Mitchell81 · 27/02/2007 21:17

Well good news in our household. After 1 week of half diluted bottles and still waking for them during the night, we decided to put ds in his own room. He has slept through from 8pm till 7:30am every night for the past 3 nights, only waking once for afew minutes and not even wanting a bottle. He just wants to be picked up and then falls back asleep. So he is now sleeping all night in his own bed. We are so pleased to have our bed back, will see how things go, but it is so much better than it was. But he still falls asleep at 8pm with a bottle, so will need to change that. He obviously needed to be in his own room, away from the noise.

cruisemum1 · 28/02/2007 10:27

mitchell wow! i feel so

shish · 28/02/2007 21:54

Great news Mitchell81 and mummynumnum. We're no doing too bad with the nights either..

dcb · 01/03/2007 14:43

hi everyone. sounds like things are going fairly well for you all . have given up on cc - gone back to using dummy at night instead - now she can put it back in herself!!! . am still feeding her at night as her weight had dropped this week. i couldn't work out how i would do cc again but feed her overnight at the same time. anyway, one desparate night i broke our rule and gave her the dummy at night. she slept really well and i even went into check on her at 7.30 to see if she was ok! i witnessed her pick up the dummy in her sleep and replace it herself! so now she has it after her feed. i've been tieing it to a muslin and tucking the end under her bottom - an idea from a previous thread. still getting up twice but she lies in til 7-7.30 ish which i think i would rather have.
how's everyone else?

Mitchell81 · 02/03/2007 15:54

We are still fine, DS now sleeps right through from 7 till 7, without waking. He falls asleep when he is having his evening bottle, so will need to look into him going into bed awake. But for now the Mitchell family is happy.
DCB does DD bf during the day, is she hungry at night or just being comforted by bf?

shish · 02/03/2007 17:32

Dcb - That's great. You've found something that really works and she's sleeping till later! I'm so happy for you.

Mitchell81 - Sounds like you have things pretty sorted too.

We're doing quite well. Ds sleeps through for about 11 hours every night - well, most nights. We have the odd bit of crying. like this morning. A bit of teethig gel did the trick. But, things are certainly much better than they used to be

Mitchell81 · 03/03/2007 08:28

Thats great SHISH, it seems like everyone is at least getting some sleep. And even if it is not for a full 11 hours, anything is better than before.

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