My DD is 8.5 months old. She has slept fairly badly the last month or so, taking in the usual two feeds but also waking up a few times in addition. She's also now waking up between 5 and six most days.
I'm back at work and constantly exhausted. DH is of limited help. I'm considering night weaning her in the hope that she starts sleeping longer stretches of time.
We've made progress with getting her to self settle in the evening (she happily goes to from fully awake to falling asleep without any intervention) and at night I've stopped rocking her back to sleep now. She will cry and be angry, but after a few times patting and shushing her she'll go back to sleep.
I could either hope that over time things get better on their own, or begin night weaning and hope that this improves her sleep.
I'm very tempted to try the latter, but am worried about her fluid intake. She is now bf morning, night and evening and ff during the day. She's very unenthusiastic about bottles and will only drink about 200ml total during the day (between ca. 8am and 6pm). She only takes tiny sips of water, regardless of how many different cups and bottles we try. So a lot of her overall fluid intake is at night and I don't want to risk dehydration.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?