Help, 13mth old still waking 3-6 times a night!
Ok, This is probably going to be long so please bare (sp) with me. I posted a few weeks ago about my DD not sleeping well. It is still ongoing and I am getting really stressed, not to mention tired! I am trying to take it one day at a time, but when day, after day she's waking more and more I just don't know what to do with her. Last night we were up 4 times. Night before 6, before that I think it was 5times. Sometimes it's just to have her dummy put back in, even though she has 4 or so in her cot in the hopes she'll find one herself. The other night I went in to give her dummy and she had one in her hand, but was still crying! Sometimes she wake really crying, real tears and big sobs. Other times it's just whinging and I try to pat her off in the cot but she will not go to sleep again until I pick her up and cuddle her. I cuddle her to sleep, though no rocking singing or patting just hold her.
I won't do control crying/comforting. I can't handle her crying and think there must be a reason for her to wake, even if just for a cuddle. But I also don't want to bring her back into our bed. I want her to get used to ebing in her own cot and room. Once our new bub comes along, she won't fit in our bed, so I want her to get used to it now. I never co slept with her all night, and it was only ever about 3 times a week or so that she came to our bed, and in the early hours of the morning so not all night, less towards the end. We moved her from our room to her own room about 8 wks ago. She has been teething but the teeth seem to all be through the gums now. She eats well, and has 4 milk (cows milk) bottles over the day- early morning before breaky, late arvo after her arvo sleep, night time before bed and one in the night. Uslly about 150-180mls. SO all up, about 600mls of milk a day, is that too much?? She still eats breaky lunch and dinner, has about 300+mls of water and nibbles in the day, she's not fat either.
She sleeps twice in the day time, at about 10ish and then at about 1.30ish. Frist for about 40mins then about 1-1 1/2hrs. She usually goes to bed at 7, not later than 8 and wakes at between 6-7. I don't know how to teach her to sleep in the night. What's going on in her little mind? Are there any books which may help?
If you have gotten this far, thanks! Any advice would be appreciated.