Hi,

My 11 mo has always BF to sleep and then I've been able to put her into her cot but lately the last 2-3 weeks she's resisting her sleep and not letting me feed her to sleep.... or rather, not letting herself fall asleep at the breast. She'll feed, drift off and then wake herself up really quickly and sit up as if to say "mum i'm ready to play again".... so this means now I have to try and settle her to sleep, bugger and so far it's not happening.
She will in the middle of the night, yes she'll fall asleep while BF'ing but not any other times.

For her day sleeps lately I have had to lie down with her and wait until she has stopped crawling and rolling all over the bed and sucking on and off the boob which can take 30mins or so before she exhausts herself and lies still long enough to fall asleep.... then i creep out of the bedroom.... we've been doing this for her bedtime also, lying with her while she falls asleep (again takes 30mins or so).....

We can't rock or hold her to sleep as she won't let us anymore she's just outgrown it?? I don't mind too much though as she is around 10kg now and getting heavy!

I don't really know the point of this thread but I guess just wanted to see how others are settling their babies (of similar age) to sleep if they wont' feed to sleep anymore or let you hold them? She has never taken a dummy either and I don't want her to anyway.
omg i would love love love just 5hrs straight sleep in a row.... it's been ages! LOL

We are seeing a Cranial Osteopath for DD's restlessness and lack of sleep and had the first appointment yesterday.... we'll see if that helps anyway. She finds it soooo hard to switch off for her sleeps and has been waking 2hrly EVERY night for the past 2mths. It started just before we moved house. She's in our room and we co-sleep. She starts off in her cot and ends up with us when she first wakes but lately she's in our bed all the time and won't sleep in her cot. I know babies at this age can still wake frequently but we haven't had a good nights sleep in 3mths where we've slept longer than 2-3hrs in a row We don't mind her waking for a feed or cuddle in the night 2 times or so but when it's this frequent it gets REALLY tiring.... That's too much for a baby this age to be waking that often, it just doesn't seem right to me. Osteopath was very good and picked up that her nervous system was on over drive a bit so he's going to be working on that helping her to relax a bit easier..... seeing him again in 2wks. He's very gentle and specialises in babies. DD feels very comfortable with him which is great. Just want our little girl to have some more sleep than she's getting.....

DD just went to sleep finally so off to have some rest.