No sleep after 1am

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DD is 6 months. This is my third thread this week .

She goes down for the night great. Has a feed, stories, lies down and I stay with her but not interacting and she nods off in 5-10 minutes. Will wake for a feed around 10.30 and lie back down and sleep again no problem till around 1.

Then it's a constant round of feeding, dozing on me, refusing to be put down. She won't sleep with me lying down or in cot or even walking about. Only if I'm sitting. So from 1 I doze on and off and so does she.

I don't know what to do to help her. She's totally calm during most of this time. Just awake.

I can hear the dawn chorus already and I've had around 90 minutes sleept tonight. Any ideas? Any experience?

Nobody? We've started extra early tonight. Woke for a feed at 10.20. Dozed off on breast followed by 30 minutes lying in cot calm and on the verge of sleep but not quite getting there. Started to get agitated, pick up and cuddle increased agitation.

Now having another feed which she obviously doesn't need for calories. I'd like to get some sleep tonight.

Now more agitated because she just can't sleep but no cuddles or milk or lying down or rocking seem to get her to drift off.

Very similar here. I just cannot put down am soooo tired

I'm with you except mine is 18m. I am so fed up of being clambered on that I have come through to the sofa. I cannot find the spare duvet. I have to be up in 4 hours and haven't been to sleep yet. You are not alone.

Eventually got her down at 1.10. So nearly 3 hours after she woke up. Then got 2.5 hours which is something. All very fitful tossing and turning again since then.

No advice I'm afraid but also in a similar situation. DS 7 months and so bad at sleep, I've barely slept again and he's totally awake, crawling all over me and headbutting me!

Has your DD always been like this or did it start recently? DS was particularly bad when he was on the verge of crawling, it could be developmental? Do you have much support?

DS1 did this for 6 dreadful months around a year old.
I basically made a bed on his floor with every spare duvet and blanket I could find, and dozed for the 2-3 hours it took him to go back to sleep. But I guess thatbisnt going to work if she insists on being upright.
BUT - its just a phase. One thatvtruely sucks, but it will oass. In the mean time, gk to bed as esfly as pissible, and get stuff done when you are both awake at silly o'clock.
It WILL pass.

Thanks Dunes. "It's just a phase" has long been my mantra. Always good to hear someone else say it.

Whoate It's been about 3 weeks this bad. She never had anything approaching sleeping through but the awaken for hours is new. DH does what he can. He is up with both DC weekend mornings and takes turns to try to settle her in the night but she generally gets more agitated after a while. He also deals with any DS waking as well which is rare but he has to leave by 6.45 am.