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11mo screaming in the night

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goldpony · 08/12/2007 03:01

I've been reading through some messages here on bad night sleeping and am still completely lost on what to do. My DD doesn't just cry out in the night but works herself up into a complete frenzy, the only thing that stops her is bf. I'm desperate to stop feeding her in the night and completely exhausted, but she will scream until she gets it. Tonight i've just held out for 1.5 hours and the neighbours have been banging on the wall. She screams with me rubbing her back in the cot, holding her, singing or talking gently to her, rocking her etc. I've had her ears checked by the doc this week. Visited a cranial osteo too, will go back again next week etc but in meantime i'm beginning to lose the plot. She used to sleep well but teething and a horrid cold have completly messed that up. Any suggestions? We;vew got to the point where she can't get to sleep without bf but don't seem to have any more options to help us change.

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karen999 · 08/12/2007 07:11

Teething and being ill can sometimes really muck things up. Once she gets a feed, how long does she feed for? Is she perhaps hungry or is it a comfort thing?

I would be tempted to give her the feed in the night until she is better, especially if it settles her quickly and she goes back to sleep. Is her feeding etc good in the day?

goldpony · 08/12/2007 11:48

She usually falls back asleep within a few minutes of feeding so i'm sure she's not hungry and just needs something soothing to help her switch off. /she was a reflux baby and I have fallen into feeding her to sleep over time as it is the one thing that seemed to work. But I really need to break this as I find it so exhausting.

I'm just really upset that she seems to be screaming with anxiety or stress and possibly in pain but there doesn't seem anything I can do to help, except give her my boobs (which makes me feel a complete failure - and worried about not giving her clear sleeping messages etc).

Need to have a chat with neighbours later too as them banging on the wall has added a whole new dimension to how I cope in the night...

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