I feel for you! We have had so many sleep troubles here too. Have you considered putting Bub in her own room?
Our DD was waking as often as yours... We were co-sleeping, then moved her into a cot next to our bed and I had planned on keeping her there untill she was at least one, then the sleep deprivation was just too much so DP and I discussed it and we reluctantly decided to *try* her in her own room(after much sadness). That night she slept through for only the third time ever(she was around 6 months old by then) and slept through another 3 times that week. I couldnt believe it, I felt like a new woman! Now she wakes on average twice a night for her feeds, also she is feeding to sleep like your DD.
Just an idea! Hope you get some sleep soon
Mine is still waking twice a night and everywhere I look I seem to see 'just let her CIO that will fix it straight away' which a) I don't believe and b) I don't want to do
BUT the idea of a full night of uninterrupted sleep sounds like pure heaven at this stage and I don't know when I will get to enjoy that again!
ll80- OMG I think I might have read your post about that the other day... terrible! Hopefully your DD waking up often will get rid og the in-laws quickly
pixie-I think people who reccomend CIO should come and stay with us while our Bubs scream... Not a chance!
I feel your pain too mate! DS is EXACTLY the same..argghh... In fact since birth (10 months now for both of us!) I havent had more then 4 hours straight sleep, and 4 hours would be only a handful of times
ashamedly out of desperation I have tried to leave her cry a little when she stirs in the hopes she would go back to sleep no chance, she works herself up to be so hysterical, it's heartbreaking. So no CIO for us.
She will not let me put her down today either! Clingy is an understatement lol. Little Koala! Thank god for carriers or my back would be screwed.
Peach - yes that was my post! Countdown is on the first lot arrive this weekend!
Lee - 4 hours is like a luxury! hehe So very sad!
Pixie - I'm hoping its sometime between now and their 15th b'day!
Oh hun I remember this time all to well wiht my ds!
Stick it out and continue with your gentle parenting cause it will pay off! Ds was fed to sleep like your dd all the time unitll I fell pg then i gently weaned him and he went into a little bed next to ours and started sleeping through...this was at about 20 months i think..i have a thread somehwere about it!
could you try putting her to bed earlier?????
The sleep deprivation is the worst but she will eventually do it and you wont know yourself Sorry its not much help
hey hun not sure if this is what u wanted to hear but have you considered sleep school? im sure the nurses there will have gentle parenting techniques aswell as CIO techniques x
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Oh hun I remember this time all to well wiht my ds!
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