Ok...need help with DD's bedtime routine and bf-she's awake AGAIN!

[winnybella]

I posted a couple of times about her recent sleep 'problems'.
She's 11 mo. Last few months she was doing ok, waking maybe once in the middle of the night for bf or actually sleeping through- sort of til 5 and after bf falling back asleep nxt to me for another couple of hours.

Since Christmas she's been increasingly waking up more.
I noticed that at the last bf she falls asleep very soon after latching on so does not take a lot. I then put her in her cot. She wakes up an hour or two later, screaming. Yesterday I spent 4 hours bfing, rocking etc and she was all chirpy and awake and screaming when I tried to put her down.
So, I wonder, whether the issue is :

1. She falls asleep on mummy's breast and wakes up to find herself in her cot and it freaks her out ( but we have always done that and it was ok)

1. Does not drink enough bm? But, she eats big dinner and drink lots of water, so shouldn't be hungry or thirsty one or two hours later?

Help. She's been awake for last 50 minutes, DP is with her as I am finishing my essay due tomorrow.

What could it be?

Oh, and our routine is:

6.30- dinner
around 7- bath
around 7.30-bf and bed

I would say option one...

My DS bf and would bf through the night, and at 9m he started to go from one, maybe 2 wake ups in the night to 4,5! It was killing me, I was so tired.
We took a deep breath and did cc, and it worked, stopped all the night feeds and have not really looked back since.
But the other key things which may help you if you are not into trying cc and/or don't want to stop the night feeds are
1- shift your bedtime routine by 15mins later.
2- do not let your DD fall asleep on you when you BF at bedtime. Bf sat up and with a dim light, then lay her down drowsy but awake. This was the key for us and links to your 1st idea of what might be going on.

Does that make sense?

not molars coming through is it? My DS woke quite a bit til they were all through, and it took weeks for them to emerge.

thatsnotmymonkey- I do the last bf on my bed but with the light on and not trying to be quiet etc so I just don't see how I can stop her falling asleep. In front of TV?

preggers- well, she all right during the day, wouldn't she be in a bad mood if she was teething? Her top two just came through and are half way down, so I think she's over the worst bit here.

She's hysterical, am going to go to her now, but please, keep the ideas coming, I am willing to bf a couple times during the night , but not an hour after she goes to bed!

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My DS was fine during the day but worse at night - I think it must be a dull, underlying pain as the teeth move through the gums. Apparently the pain is worse before they break through the skin.

My DS only started sleeping through the night when all his teeth were through (at 2 years old), and before each tooth came through we had a rocky few weeks of sleep.

If you does up with calpol or similar before you BF at night time does that make a difference?

On the Bf falling asleep thing, maybe bring bedtime forward by 15mins, she might be really tired and just need a touch more sleep? A friend has her baby in bed and asleep by 7pm. Made all the diff to her sleep. I think you have to try one thing at a time and try it for a week to see if it "works"
Poor you, I really hope that it gets better soon.
For us we totally bought into the wisdom of teaching our DS tp self settle. What do you think?

Went, rocked, bfed in the end and she's asleep finally.
Yes, thatsnotmymonkey, that's what I was wondering- I think it would be good if I put her to bed still awake. But she always went asleep and never had a problem.
Will try tomorrow.
Thank you!

Glad she got to sleep finally, lets hope you have a better night tonight. I would try bringing the bedtime forward a bit so she is not so sleepy when you BF. Good luck

May I just (smugly) report that I put off DD's bedtime by half an hour and bfed in front of CNN so she doesn't fall asleep on the breast. I then put her down awake in her cot, she complained for about 10 minutes and then...blessed quiet...
She also had a longer, later nap in the afternoon- so maybe that prevented her being overtired?
So will see, so far so good, fingers crossed...

And thank you all for your suggestions!