14 mth old waking 3-4 times a night - what can i do?

[Marlene]

I'll be watching this thread as this is EXACTLY what my DS does!

[BabyMama]

I've got absolutely no advice as my DS still wakes 3-4 times a night but just wanted to offer some

I'm finding it hard to see the light at the tunnel too - sleep deprivation is a killer.

Hope someone has some ideas.

[RoyaUK]

any advice?

[danniellabella]

My dd is almost 14 months and sometimes wakes 2-3 times. She's bottle fed (no FF anymore, she has lactose free cows milk). My dd isn't fully awake when she cries so I just go in and shove a bottle in her mouth to soothe her and then I go off to bed. I imagine that if you are still BF that it's not that simple though. Could your DD be too hot or cold perhaps? I know that my DD will wake if she's either of these. She always kicks blankets off even if it's cold so I put her in a sleeping bag when it's cold but the disadvantage is that she can't take it off if she gets too hot.

It could also be bad dreams that wakes your DD up in which case she needs comforting from you.

[Rahjah]

I have a 15 mth old exactly the same!

We looked into Jay Gordon's thing of night weaning. I don't think it's ideal> I wouldn't recommend nightweaning except that we found we were at the 'end'. Just so damn tired and not functioning very well. (ETA he was waking up to 7 times a night and wanting milk!)

SO. For the first few nights I still fed him but not to sleep.
The next few nights I didnt' feed him but carried him around, sang, turned the tv on...whatever it took to calm him. It was surprisingly easy.
Then he got sick so I started BFing in the night again.
When I got energy enough, I started over again.
The second time around was harder I found because I lacked the energy and wasn't consistent.

BUT...he is sleeping MUCH better now. IF and when he wakes (a month on) he doesn't look for milk and is easily settled with a dummy and a cuddle.

I hope that helps
xx

[aimz78]

Hi,
sorry i have no advice. My DD is 13 months and is doing pretty much the same thing. I have been wondering about this because I don't really want to actively night wean but sometimes it feels like i will never get a good night's sleep again! I hope your little one starts to improve soon.

[RoyaUK]

Hi, just thought i'd update my post.

For the last 4 nights, DD has only woken once a night!!! I didn't change a thing that I was doing, but she has just started walking 2 weeks ago. I remembered the same thing happened with DD1 (but she was only waking 1 or 2 times a night which went down to going all night without waking) after she started to walk.

Let's hope we're onto a winning trend!!