Dd2 (2 last month) has alwasy been a little bleeder when it comes to sleeping through the night. We can count on one hand the times this has happened. She has always woken in the night and always cried/shouted for milk. We have a very good bedtime routine and she's alwasy gone to bed very well, slept til about anything from 1 to 4 and then wakes and won't go back to sleep until she's had some milk. We;ve done the CC, the watering milk down, changed from bottle to sippy cup, increased food intake and none of it works. The only thing that gets her straight back to sleep is a few ounces of milk. She is genuinely hungry when she takes the milk and because she's fairly slight and needs food little and often during the day, we've gone along with it. We give her the sippy cup, leave it with her and then there's not a peep til about 7-7.30.
Dh and I made the decision a while back that, if all that's needed is one of us to drop the milk in, and the rest of the night is quiet, then it's worth the disruption. We take it in turns and we're just used to it now. BUT, for the last week or two she's been waking and demanding milk sereval times a night. If we ignore her she gets more and more distressed until she gets hysterical and often retches (that's why CC didn't go donw too well!). Enough's enough and it's just getting ridiculous hearing her asking for milk at 12, 3 and 6am! and we're knackered....
I know it;s our fault really, as the milk is a prop that she uses to get back to sleep. Once in the night I can actualy put down to hunger - just - but more than that and it's habit. We've even given her medised a few nights but even that doesn't work! Shes just got her canines through so maybe she's in pain too. But does anyone have any other light to shed on this? Do we just put up with it and hope it's a phase?