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Mum2beautifulgirl · 07/03/2018 08:51

Hi ladies, i have an almost 11 month old girl who, since 8 weeks slept right through from around 10pm til 9am with no nighttime feed, i never held it off her thats just how she slept which was great! Everyone has an off night which is understandable and especially with teething etc... but she has been wakening through the night several times then either awake fully from 3 or 4am in great form or crying! Ahe has 4 teeth and there are no signs to me of any more coming through, she is well fed before bed and hasnt had a nighttime feed in such a long time. The thing is, we have always (first time parents loving the cuddles) gotten her to sleep on us and then put her down. Lately it's taking longer for her to fall asleep and after 30-60minutes she starts waking up every half hour to an hour and then up at stupid o clock! Myself and hubby both work, i get a wednesday off but it is making us both exhausted and irritable with each other. We tried putting her down awake several times, stuck at it for a few nights at a time til we couls take it no longer as she squealed and we are both a bit too soft to go through with controlled crying. She has no health complications, is activr during the day and sleeps no more than 2hours throughout the day. Has always been a good eater too. Have you any advice for controlled crying or how to transition to putting her down awake at night and getting her to sleep through? Any advice is very welcome x

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crazycatlady5 · 07/03/2018 11:42

‘Getting’ her to sleep through can be done two ways: sleep training (unnatural and they don’t actually suddenly sleep through they just stop crying for you, big difference) or waiting it out. It could be a few months, it could be a year. All I know is my 13 month old has just started waking ONCE in the night and it’s absolute bliss! I didn’t do anything to achieve this it happened on its own and she’ll sleep through when she is developmentally ready.

HTH.

teaandbiscuitsforme · 07/03/2018 12:53

If you want her to go to sleep without your, you're going to have to replace the comfort that she gets from you with comfort from something else. What do you use? This won't be quick though so it's unrealistic to think it would work in a day or two.

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