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Over tiredness and baby waking every sleep cycle at the beginning of the night

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Winehound84 · 08/08/2016 20:29

Nobody seems to have this problem.. My daughter is 6,5 months and up until 4 months I never heard from her until 3-4 am when I fed her. At 4 months I stopped feeding her at night with some controlled crying and for more or less a month she slept from dream feed until 7-7:30, maybe with some minor noises around 6-6:30. Anyhow at 5 months there were some changes.. removed sleepyhead and swaddle, travelled etc etc, she didn't sleep well at all. Recently all in all the sleep improved BUT after i put her to bed she is almost certain to wake up and cry for a minute or two 40 minutes after the bedtime and then 40 minutes after again and likely another time or two. After the dream feed she usually sleeps ok until 7-7:30. Everyone talks about babies waking up second half of the night or in the morning (and she does sometimes) but soon after going to bed?? Its supposed to be the deepest sleep?? My only explanation is that she is overtired. She has been refusing to have the nap around 4:30, even for 10 minutes or so and now she is awake between 2:30 and 7:30, today even worse - she woke up at 1:45. 2 days ago i managed to get her to sleep between 5 and 5:30. She still fell asleep ok at 7:30 and didn't make a peep until 7:30 the day after. Maybe coincidence but why then is she waking up so often? Another possibility that the dream feed is not letting her sleep well and she is waiting for it? Similar experience anyone??

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HerSymphonyAndSong · 10/01/2019 09:39

Are you trying to fix something that isn’t a problem? Your baby’s sleep sounds amazing to me, and I wouldn’t be trying to stop night feeds if the baby wants them at this age.

crazycatlady5 · 10/01/2019 13:33

@jessstan2 it’s not unusual at all for a breastfed almost 2 year old to wake for a feed in the night, in fact it’s very common. A lot of breastfed children nightwean most easily between 18months - 2.5 years.

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