we are not sleeping well anymore

[Sammiejane]

No problems Marlene...
No dinner last two nights, not unsettled waking, but waking for feeds overnight still.
Last night was two feeds and then after the 4.30am feed she wouldnt resettle well.
Took an hour and finally we bought her into bed with us, then she slept soundly until 7.30am

Could this be a growth spurt? is that why she needs extra night feeds?
She is still having 5-6 BM feeds throughout the day, and now 1 or 2 over night....
Man im tired this morning

Its such a change from the baby that slept through the night (needing no feeds, not even dream feeds) from about 6 weeks old..
Will she ever sleep through again?

[Sequoia]

Its such a change from the baby that slept through the night (needing no feeds, not even dream feeds) from about 6 weeks old..
Will she ever sleep through again?

My DS slept through, no night feeds, from 8 weeks and it's killing me too.

At 12.30 last night his whimpering built up into a scream, he had a feed which only settled him a little.

DH ended up pulling the single bed up alongside DS's cot and holding his hand through the bars!

And then he slept til past 7.00am!

If only I knew there would be an end point. How long does this behaviour last???

Gosh, I sound so incredibly selfish but it is such a shock to go back to sleep deprivation land....

SG
xo

[Sammiejane]

Gosh, I sound so incredibly selfish but it is such a shock to go back to sleep deprivation land....

Im hearing you on all counts

[luey]

I have never left sleep deprivation land, I guess that makes it better. But beleive me it still hurts - 1-2 hourly all night is just wrong. What I hate is it settles for a bit then it just goes pera shaped again.

Some interesting ideas here. I might try giving DS no tea and see what that does. Except he wakes for feeds anyway, only way he settles

[onthefly]

Well, I guess it's reassuring to hear others having the same problems....
DS never slept through either Luey but he was getting so much better at 5 - 5.5 months. Then all of a sudden, just before 6 months - constant waking. At that point we hadn't really started solids though, just giving him the ocasional taste of things. At around 6.5 months started having regular solids. I experimented giving him more and less and none to see if it made a difference. one 5-day stretch with no solids seemed to help for a bit, but then he went back to waking lots. Have just gradually increased the solids since then (on 2 small meals now, never dinner).
He also seems to need an extra feed during the night now.

Last night he rolled over and went to sleep on his tummy and slept 6 hours straight, the best he's managed in over a month!

I pulled the spare mattress into his room and have been sleeping in there for most of the past month
Also, found that leaving a dim light on seems to help (think it's becuase i have it on when I'm in there so maybe it's a signal to him that mummy's around)
Tried Brauer's stomach calm, which has helped him before, but no dice. Same for the brauer's teething relief.

[Marlene]

Have tried no dinner the last few night....hasn't made a difference. Have tried almost everythign ever made by Brauers, LOL...didnt make any difference. Infants Friend.....didnt help! Oh well....looks like I'm just going to have to get used to it.