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Is this rubbish or ok for a 6 month old?

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123456kent · 11/04/2018 07:27

I’ve been happy with sleeping in general for the past 4.5 months or so (apart from a very rough fortnight or so) but now I’m getting to the stage where I think my expectations are too low, and it’s also getting worse.
She goes down at 7.30pm.
I dream feed at 10.30pm (breast feed)
She used to do a good stint here, but now it’s become about 1.30am - feed.
Feed again about 4.30am.
6am wake up.
My OH also wakes me throughout the night snoring.
Is the above normal for a 6 month old? I’ve been telling myself this is part and parcel of being a breastfeeding mum but I’m starting to think this is worse than it should be. She’s not going for more than 3 hours. When she was 3 months old she did a few 8 hour stints!! What’s gone wrong and what can I do to to help.
She’s still in our room and I’m relucant to move her because I’m the one who will be up feeding in a cold room in the night

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AprilShowers16 · 12/04/2018 15:40

Sounds very normal to me. I didn’t actually start doing breakfast with my son until he was more like 8 months old so don’t panic. It was just too much to organise in the morning and like you we would often go back to bed

SnowWhite33 · 12/04/2018 18:53

What if you skip the dream feed, would she last till 1.30am?
I have a 5 month old and normally DH does dream feed before he goes to bed round 11pm, then DD wakes 3-4am and i feed her (BF) and then up for the day round 6.30am
If we skip dream feed, she wakes 12-1am and then again after 4am.
My DS was the same and then dropped the 3-4am feed at around 7 months, so im hoping for the same

123456kent · 12/04/2018 22:07

I am going to look towards skipping the dream feed soon. Just didnt want to put her in her own room AND do that at the same time.
I am weaning her, and prior today have been giving her very small taste portions, but today she wolfed down a substantial amount of food so yes I think she is hungry. But I also know i need to keep up her milk intake, so I’m trying to find that balance of food and milk (whilst also dealing with her pooing 8 times a day, making me think I need to slow down - so confusing!!)
Here’s hoping for another ok night in her own room.

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