DD's sleep - still like a newborn at 6 months

[rubyslippers]

DD is 6 months (well next week)

she is lovely - seems to be happy and healthy

however, she is still waking every 3 hours or even less at night

she goes down at 7 pm (ish) after a big feed and then she wakes every 3 or so hours after that to feed

last night she woke at 9 pm but i didn't feed her - and after comforting her she went back to sleep until 10.30 pm, She then woke at midnight, 3 am and up for the day at 6.15 am

I was really hoping at 6 months she may be stopping one night feed, but apparently not

I need to balance her need for comfort and feeding with mine (which is for more than 2 hours sleep in a row)

I am going back to work in June and i honestly cannot face the thought of it - going back with a wakeful baby and on the back of 7 months of no sleep is making me anxious

DD is breastfed and we have only just started weaning (which is going very slowly)

help and advice is much appreciated

TIA

thanks - i may well join you for some moral support

hi ruby

another poor sleeper here. Me and DS

I've run out of tears - I think my body is too tired to make anymore.

I will be joining the support thread as of Thursday when DS is six months and not sleeping more than two hours at a time.

We're currently trying the baby whisperer sleep training but only at the start of the night. We're then going to tackle night feeds a bit later as there are far too many!

I'm pinning my hopes on winning the lottery so I don't have to go back to work sleep deprived.

My DS is also almost 6 months and a full night's sleep is a tantalising (day)dream for me too. My DS was feeding every 3 hours until a couple of weeks ago. I have managed to get rid of the night time feeds (after 10pm that is) by having a regular daytime feeding schedule, cosleeping from about midnight and sticking a dummy in whenever he wakes up. It's far from ideal as I really want him in his own cot, but I at least feel in a position to use controlled crying now, assuming he is no longer waking up out of hunger. Not looking forward to it though .....

My DS2 has only fairly recently started sleeping better and he is 9 months old (keeping fingers crossed that this will last). However it has happened quite quickly, say over a period of a fortnight and am not sure that we are there yet as in a reliable sleeper.
I have two suggestions...

1. Do a dream feed at 10pmish. My DS feeds better when half asleep, so goes a bit longer between feeds. Also I like doing it when there are no other distractions.
2. Feed from one side at night and see if that will settle her enough. Recently started doing this for DS and certainly one side seems to be enough to get him back to sleep and of course it takes half the time. Hope this helps.

Can I join in? . I've seen a few of your threads Ruby and SPB and have exactly the same problems.

DS is 24 weeks and goes 2-3 hours between feeds at night but likes to sing for an hour or two between 3-5 until I manage to drug him with milk.

He goes down nicely at 7 and I feed until drowsy, he then gets gro-bagged and in his cot. I sit in the room until he chats himself to sleep but otherwise all good. This only works once. Every other wake up he wants to be cuddled constantly so basically we're co-sleeping from 11 till 7 with however long the singing takes. I don't like co-sleeping and think I actually wake him a bit.

I want to get him into his own room but DD is not the most reliable sleeper and she tends to scream in the night once or twice a week and that would wake him when he moves. Also can't quite bear the thought of having to get out of bed and go to a different room to feed every 2 hours. Too tired to think and don't know what to do. DH is being marvellous (deals with DD overnight) but is also knackered so neither of us can think straight....