Waking through the night still at 9 months!

[Shellbelle]

We have the same problem, and to be honest he has prob slept through a total of 5-7 nights his whole life!!! He normally wakes anywhere from 1-6 times, and I try the dummy first and sometimes that will be enough, but if he really wants to BF I feed him. Much easier for us, less crying all round!! But, everyone has different ideas, and it is best to do what works for you. I just feed him in bed and we both nod off together (most often he will just help himself again later on!!)

Good Luck!!

[hubba_bubba07]

I would say it perfectly normal for this to be happening.SOme babies will sleep through not wanting a feed ad some wont.Both my kiddies (dd nearly 4 now and ds is 9.5 mths) were and are the kind that want that feed.DO what works for you sweetie.DS wakes about midnight,has boobie feed then back off again till 4 or 5am sometimes earlier, at such time i offer boobie and we usually snuggle in bed and he does the self help bar thing aswell lol. There are lots of ways to curb the crying and night feeds and power to the mothers who can tolerate it because i wasnt strong enough to go through with it with dd.I found it was aphase that passed before she was 1.I hope it will for you too.Good luck.

[MantaRay]

I agree that this is totally normal, and she will settle down to one feed again, and then none. I would persist with the dream feed, sometimes it takes a few days for a pattern to establish. I used the dream feed with DS2 until he was nearly 12 months and this way he was only waking once in the night instead of twice. Then around 12 months he stopped waking.

If she is waking for a feed you are really lucky in some ways. My second DS only ever woke for a feed and then went straight back to sleep (except for the VERY odd occasion if he was sick or teething). Much better to be awake for 10 or 15 minutes while you bf, then back to sleep (which happens really easily thanks to those sleepy hormones released while you bf). My first DS went through a phase of waking and not going back to sleep for hours. This is far worse IMO. I'll take the feeding in the night any day. I would think you are very close to her sleeping through now anyway, so if you can hang in there, that elusive uninterrupted night's sleep shouldn't be too far away. GL.