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am I doing something wrong?
Emily is now nearly 11 months old. She eats like a champ all day, likes
everything we give her. She's still small for her age, but we don't really even think about that anymore, since she is growing well. Here's the problem. For about a month now, she is waking up as often as she did as a newborn. She is eating around 18 ounces during the night. This is in addition to the 20 or so ounces she is drinking during the day, plus all the foods she is eating. I am exhausted! Is this a growth spurt, or what? She also cut her first tooth about a week ago, so I wondered if that has something to do with the frequent waking at night. And at one point her sleeping routine was like clockwork - she fell asleep at 8pm, had her normal wakings about every 3 hrs, sometimes every 4 hrs, and got up at around 7am. Then she would nap from about 11am to 1pm every day. Now, She may fall asleep at 8pm, or maybe not until 9pm. Then she might only sleep for an hour, then she wakes and wants to play. Or she absolutely can't stand being in her crib alone (it's at the foot of our bed), so we put her in bed with us. She rests much better, but still wakes frequently through the night. The pediatrician said basically that it is our fault - that we have reinforced her waking up at night by feeding her... I felt like she was hungry and I didn't want to withhold food. But at this point we are so deliriously tired, I don't know what to do. Any ideas? Betsy |
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