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This is getting bloody silly - Help Strawberry sleep please!

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FlameOverThinks · 10/06/2010 08:28

She wakes within half an hour of me coming into the bedroom (can't move her out until September or she will be in with Flameboy which will NOT be safe).

She will not settle until I feed her, then she stirs as soon as I put her back in the cot.

Co-sleeping is lovely, but it is nearly 8 months of this, and I (and my nipples) are fed up. (She can't be bothered to roll to latch on so just grabs a handful of nipple and yanks it to her mouth ).

I tried for an hour to settle her last night without feeding. Singing to her calms her and she will lay with her thumb in, but as soon as I dare to stop, she hollers again. She is exhausted when she is awake at night, you can see that, but so long of feeding to sleep has messed her up .

She does it for DH at weekends too (bottles). If she were awake in the daytime she would not need feeding that much, so I am not convinced she is hungry (she eats everything in sight too).

HELP!

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FlameOverThinks · 10/06/2010 12:17

No-one?

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KnitterNotTwitter · 10/06/2010 12:22

Hey - will try and help (and bump the thread)

How long has strawberry had this? Is there anything else going on in her life at the moment? Is she passing any notable milestones that could mean her brain activity is up?

My DS BFed to sleep and was settled back to sleep every time he woke up until 19 months. At that point I had to go into hospital for 3 days/nights (ectopic pregnancy) so we just stopped BFing. He was unsettled but accepted it.

Could you trick her by recording a tape/CD/MP3 of you singing and leave that on repeat? My monitor lets you record a song and play that....

FlameOverThinks · 10/06/2010 12:54

She's always been like it (nearly 8 months). Has finally mastered crawling today which she has been attempting for ages.

It would be easier if I could go cold turkey tbh, but when it is just me in charge with no-one to pass her over too, it just all seems too hard in the middle of the night when I know that we could both sleep if I feed her

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KnitterNotTwitter · 10/06/2010 15:16

Totally agree - I've always had the suspicion that the 'easy option' isn't a cop-out but is what evolution has designed us to do...!

KnitterNotTwitter · 10/06/2010 15:17

and well done on the crawling....!

FlameOverThinks · 10/06/2010 19:42

Good point. Kittens wouldn't be dumping their babies in a cot to sleep instead of feeding them when they squeak

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