Hello - I will try and keep this succinct.
- DD is 7.5 months old
- Fully breastfed, not had formula
- Has 3 good sized solid feeds each day (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
- Solid meals are predominantly fruit and vege with a protein (cod, salmon, beef, mince)
- She doesn't like chicken, turkey or eggs but will keep trying them
- I give her her chunk of cheese, bread or crispbread to munch on which she enjoys
- Needs dummy to go to sleep
- Won't drink water
- We co-sleep and she sleeps between DH and I
- Rolling and sitting up by herself but not crawling
- Her health is excellent and when she is awake she is the happiest most gorgeous kid
- She has 2 teeth that have come through in the last month with very little fanfare (i.e. bit of nappy rash and slight grizzliness the day before the tooth popped through)
Up till a week ago she was going to bed at 6pm and then having boob feeds at 11pm and 4.50amish. She then wakes at 8am to begin her day. She has 2 naps in the day lasting at least 45 mins each but often longer. She does fight going to sleep - she won't self settle and I have to be sitting on the bed holding her hand and whacking the dummy in after each dummy spit until she settles.
This is now my problem - for the last 4 nights she has woken every 1.5 to 2 hours after 11pm through to 8am and will not be settled but has to be fed.
Is this a growth spurt?
Is it hunger or broken sleep due to something else?
If she is hungry what else can i give her to fill her up?
Any advice is very gratefully recieved. I'm bloody knackered. I am not asking for a 7pm to 7am sleeper. But I would like at least 6 hours unbroken sleep like I used to