constant night waking at 6 months

[onthefly]

One day she'll decide she much prefers a good read with a book before bed, instead of a bf. And then you'll bemoan the loss of such an easy way to get her to sleep - you can only read the same book so many times before you're sick of it!

Oh, this is so, so true!

[Tilda]

Thanks for moving my post into the comforted sleeping forum Jennifer. Its hard to imagine the day when she doesn't want to BF to sleep! But it's got to come I guess. Can't see myself doing it at 21 LOL!

Marcellus, thanks for your suggestion to bring her into bed earlier. I tried it last night and brought her into bed at about 12:30 am when she looked like she was going to get unsettled and it seemed to help. It meant we didn't get a really unsettled period between 3 and 4 again. She still woke up for a feed at 3:30 but went straight down again. I didn't sleep much better because I kept waiting for her to wake! But one step at a time hey!

It's really hard to stay confident with these things. I keep hearing all "the experts" telling me I'm not stepping up to the plate. But it was interesting, yesterday I saw my aunt who I thought would be a controlled crying advocate (she used it for her first about 16 years ago) but she actually said she'd be reluctant because DD is really unusual because she hardly cries and it would be a shame to do it to her. Well I'll bring her in earlier again tonight and see if we get any more improvements. But she actually woke up very grizzly today which makes me wonder if teeth are finally on the way.....

Thanks again for your support.

[onthefly]

Ah good - sounds like she's a bit happier that way. They chop and change so quickly, you just have to go with whatever works at the time, kwim?
You're doing very well - try to trust yourself as the best expert for your girl.