DD starting to sleep better - but I can't! :-(

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Hi DD (nearly 7 months) seems to be starting to sleep a bit better, she settles well between 6:30-7 and we are down to usually 2 wake ups. The first wake up is usually between 11 and 1. Last night she didn't wake until gone 2 which is great. But my problem is I just can't seem to drop off myself until she wakes that first time! It's driving me mad as I could be getting some decent stretches of sleep but I'm not. Just wondering if anyone has experienced similar and any advice? Thanks.

I breastfed my children and when the oxytocin hit of feeding wasn't there it took a while to adjust to falling to sleep without it. Being on 'tiger watch' isn't unusual when they start sleeping more too.
Don't rule out thyroid issues and see your gp if you feel this could be the case.

I'm bf too but have swapped to formula for her last feed before bed and her first night feed - I'm back at work in May and need her not to be dependent on bf at night any more as my job requires travel and I will need to be away at night sometimes. So wonder if that could be contributing as you say.

Bump

Extra bump for you OP . It does settle down, it took a while to get the hang of them sleeping all night and I'm usually up before dc now, probably due to 6 years of caffeine dependancy!

Ah thanks... good to know. Hoping I'll get in tune with her sleep patterns soon! I'm lucky that I can function ok on broken sleep but it does catch up with me after a few days.

Oh, I remember those days!
It will get better
In the meantime, maybe put the radio on very quietly, or some white noise to help you drop off?

Might try that. To make it more annoying DH always falls asleep literally as soon as his head hits the pillow!

I used to have this, so I didn't try and sleep before that first wake up but went to bed to rest.. I used to listen to audio books.. it meant I stopped being cross I hadn't slept and I felt better for it.. and after a while id fall asleep too.

I’m having same problem tonight. Just feeding DS whose been asleep since 8.15pm but I just could NOT drop off, it’s so frustrating!!!! X

Me too!!! Awake most of the night even when DS asleep!!

Glad to know it's not just me! Audio books are a good idea.

Love audio books!

Omg this is me it’s driving me bad my baby slept for 9 hours straight last night , after waking every two hours for the last 3 weeks. And guess what I woke up every two hours still 😭 gutted. I can’t figure out what it is , is it just our bodies used to waking up ? Or is it cutting back on breastfeeding as I hve just stopped feeding in the night ! It releases sleepy hormones doesn’t it ? Gets me down though as I think of all the lovely sleep I could of had and I’m so sleep deprived !!! Stupid body

*mad

@Ghdsa1 so frustrating isn't it? I'm really not sure what it is. I have always found it quite hard to drop off before 11 pm anyway but now it's definitely worse... last night I went to bed at 11, she woke at 1:30, I think I managed a light doze before that, no more. Maybe it is the withdrawal of breastfeeding hormones?