i have been reading all the posts related to babies that wont do the magic 7-7 shift and im wondering if im doing something wrong here.
my DD was waking up only once between 2-3 months, for a quick feed, and back to sleep. then the teething started and it all went down the drain. i had nights that i had to wake up every hour. never mind.
it seems that the teething crisis is gone for the past 3-4 weeks. i have just now moved her to her own room (before her crib was in our room) and in the past weeks she has:
a) slept the whole night (only once)
b) woke up 3-4 times
c) woke up once
d) woke up 3-4 times and wouldnt settle easily after 6 am
i read about controlled crying too but the thing is, when she wakes up 3-4 times during the night, she only needs a quick hand holding, dummy in mouth, and she is back to sleep. i have let her cry for 5/10 minutes before but i didnt see any good out of it, in her case, since she needs a minimal help to go back to sleep. but of course im shattered in the next day for waking up so many times. she also has 3 to 4 (lasting 30/45 minutes) naps during the day. i would love to keep her awake, but is impossible because she gets really cranky and cries a lot. not much she or i can do if her body needs those naps. in the past week she did not have a nap after 6 pm twice, which i thought it was very promising (or am i fooling myself here and that doesnt mean anything?).
she can settle herself to sleep quite nicely when its bedtime, and i always mentally praise herself for that.
do you think im doing something wrong? or do i have to just suck it up that she is an erratic sleeper and hope she will settle one day?