Tenar - you sound like you're in the exact same situation as me. Around that age my DS started waking up more frequently... and at 8 months he is still doing it.
I agree with Falguni - there's nothing wrong with feeding every time - that's what I do cause it is the quickest and easiest way to get him back to sleep.
I don't mind feeding her to sleep at all. But I wonder whether she is currently accustomed to feeding more often at night (and maybe less often during the day as a result). Which means that we both get less sleep because she wakes more often. That's why I wonder whether I'm doing the right thing to feed her when she wakes. Problem is, it's often easier, and in the moment I'm generally too tired to think clearly about whether it might be better to see whether she would re-settle without a feed.
I do know that she used to be able to do at least one "long" sleep, of several hours, without a feed. Maybe she can't at the moment, but gee it would be nice if she'd get back into doing that sometime soon...
I usually find that after a period of time, my babies go back to sleeping longer without any prompting from me. Although i did try and resettle and cuddle rather than feed my DD1 at about 10 months when i was hoping she'd sleep though, it took a little bit of time, but i found it helped.
It is so hard to cuddle, rock, pat, sing or even get out of bed when you are exhausted though isn't it?
Hi tenar. Sounds pretty much what happened to us. We have had several good and bad patches of sleep since then, related to teeth/illness/development. I always found it best to just run with it and feed her back to sleep. She's still so, so tiny in the scheme of things.
you're doing a great job! I think the message everyone is saying is basically "this too shall pass".
The only other things I can think of, other than perhaps a bit of baby rice, would be to express (or use formula) and maybe give her a bottle before bed or as a dream feed. Is she uncomfortable? - nappy too tight or wet? Buttons down the back of her clothes? Maybe it would be worth visiting a paediatric chiropracter? Also I don't know what you do during the day but perhaps look at how much and often she is sleeping during the day, and making sure you get out of the house for some nice, tiring fresh air
good luck! Try to catch up on sleep yourself during her naps so that you can deal with things with a clearer head.
This is exactly like my DD.
She was sleeping 10-12 hour nights from 4 weeks of age but once we hit the magical 4 month mark, it all went away. She was then only sleeping 2 hours max at a time, and feeding much more often.
It was HARD. Mainly because we were so used to getting some sleep. My DS was one of those babies who woke every 1.5 - 2 hours until he was 12 months old, so he was much worse in reality, but it did not feel like it at the time.
DD is also doing BLW and not getting a great deal down.
This last week, she's had 3 good nights where she's slept 7-8 hours straight. It was brilliant. We didn't do anything to change it, it just happened. She's started getting up on her hands and knees and looks like she's about to take off, and she rolls everywhere... so maybe this is wearing her out a bit.
As others have said, this too shall pass. I like to keep thinking about DS who was horrible up until the age of 1, when something finally clicked and we started getting 14 hours out of him a night!! He is still a fantastic sleeper now at just over 2, with the occasional night here and there where he wakes up from a bad dream etc, but 90% of the time he gets an entire nights rest.
I know DD won't do this forever, and while it feels horrible right now, I know it will improve.
I hope your little one starts sleeping again for you soon. Sleep deprivation is the pits!
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