Hi ladies,
I need some advice/suggestions so of course I'm coming to you gorgeous ladies again. All of a sudden my little "angel" is not sleeping at all over night. Over the last week her sleeping has been getting worse and worse. Last night she went to bed at 11pm and was awake from 1am to 5.30am and then again at 7am. She doens't cry the whole time but when she did at 1 and 5 I feed her but apart from that we left her in her cot and went in there occassionally (about half hourly) to give her her dummy to try and get her to go to sleep but we had no success at all. I just don't know what to do. She hasn't sleep through the night since her growth spurt at around 12 weeks when she needed an extra feed overnight and I can't get her to stop that feed either. I did try to introduce a dream feed and that has now turned into a regular feed with Livvy waking at 10pm on the knocked for her "dream feed". What am I doing wrong???
I'm utterly exhausted again and am going loopy again from having no sleep.
Is it possible that this is her four month figety time that I've heard about where my milk is transitioning and so are her sleeping patterns?
Any help is greatly appreciated cause I'm loosing my mind again
Oh Dan - you poor thing.
If its any consolation I think its this age. Izzy as you know used to sleep through for 11 hours. For the last 3 weeks she wakes up anywhere from 11-4 for a feed and play and then will only sleep for 2-3 hours before getting up for another feed. Not much help hun sorry - Im sure one of the gorgeous wise women on here will be able to help.
What a miserable time! I'm not sure if there is any golden solution, but she is at the age when teething can start to be an issue. They say the pain is sometimes worse when baby lies down, and that's why they particularly act up at night. Could be an earache, possibly? Or just a growth spurt. If you think ears/teeth might be the trouble, take her in to your doctor for suggestions. Otherwise, maybe she's just extra hungry 'cause she's growing, and it'll sort itself out soon. Not a fun time, I know, but it won't last forever.
I tell you, that stupid growth spurt at around 12 weeks has a lot to answer for doesn't it!!!! Laila has been waking up often 5 times a night since that!
I wish I had some answers for you..and me!..but what I can say is that over the past few nights my girl has only been waking up 2-3 times during the night- that's an improvement. So maybe Olivia will turn a corner very soon..
Our CHN said the other day they will probably have another growth spurt around now too unfortunately (How much growing do these babies need to do???!! ).
Sorry for not being very helpful, but I am sure that things will improve soon for you. Being exhausted is horrible.. Hang in there. Know just how you feel.
Sleepless nights are so horrible I can remember that time so well! It sounds like you are doing a really good job and leaving her in her room only going in to check on her is great you are letting her know that you are still here and she will feel safe. I did the dream feed at 10 as well and that helped a little but he still woke a few times after. Does she sleep much during the day? How long are her sleeps and is there a routine of what time she goes down? I think if she is waking up for the dream feed it has become a routine for her and she expects it but does not need it. If you still want to five it to her go in at 9 or 9.30pm and give it to her then to change the routine and see if she sleeps through the normal 10pm feed. Are her waking times during the night at different times or around the same time? Babies easily get into a rountine of waking at the same time especially if you go into their room when they do. One trick that worked for me is my ds woke at 1.00 am every morning so I would go into his room around an hour before or even 20 mins before and wake him just until he stirred then walk out. What this does is disturbs their routine and breaks their pattern. He stirred at 1.00 the first night but didn't cry and the second night he slept through. You usually need to do this for at least three nights.
I got a lot of great ideas from a book by Tracy Hogg ( The baby whisperer). It actually has great problems and solutions for the growth spurt stages and many other sleep problems that occur and its about max $20.
I really hope that you get a full night rest soon! You sound like a really great mum Olivia is very lucky!
Jovie did the same thing. I wound up co-sleeping with her just to get some rest, so I could roll over and feed her and get back to sleep. Its probably no consolation, but she did get better for ages and then worse again and the last week has only woken once at night. Its been fantastic.
Thank you so much for you words of support and tips. It's great to hear that Livvy isn't the only baby doing this so I know that I'm not doing everything wrong.
Last night we were really firm with her. Poor little munchin. She woke at 1am, gave her her dummy, 1.30am DH gave dummy, 4am me dummy, 4.30am DH gave dummy, 5am settled herself before I got to her room (YAY!) and up at 5.45am for a feed. So even though we were still up 5 times it was a huge improvement on the previous night. We are just going to keep perserving and see how we go but we are going to try and develop a routine that will hopefully make it all a bit easier. I would love to be able to co-sleep and feed her but because of my small bb's and having to use a shield I can't feed her in bed. We can't get a position that works for us. Wish I could though. Those cold mornings are killers.
Thank you all so much for your help, again.
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