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Sleep routines and nursing baby to sleep
My daughter is just over 5 months and for her night sleeps my husband and I
have been bathing her and then nursing her to sleep (she's exclusively breastfed and won't take the bottle). Up until a few weeks ago she was waking once for a nightfeed and sleeping 10 to 11 hours all up (I was quite happy with this). However, the past few weeks she has started to wake 2 or 3 times a night and I know she isn't hungry - just looking for a 'comfort suck'. She hasn't really taken to solids and the nurse said it's probably because she's getting extra at night, even though she's only comfort sucking and not having a full feed, and that I should let her cry/sleep train her. Incidentally she hasn't increased her number of day feeds, and generally feeds every 3 to 4 hours, sometimes going 5 hours without wanting a feed (usually around the middle of the day). Last night we had a hell of a night, my baby went down at 7.30, woke at 10.30 for a feed, then 12.30 and then 2am - I knew she wasn't hungry at 2am and my husband and I went through 2 hours of hell starting 'controlled crying'. I really hate hearing her cry, but am led to believe that this is what we now must do. I'm wondering if anyone on the newsgroup can offer advice/tips/words of wisdom? Also, during the day I often lie with her for her day naps and nurse her down - usually because I'm tired and need the sleep myself! Otherwise I go out for a walk in the pram. I've found the latter is no longer working as her ability to fight off sleep has become very strong. Anyone got any ideas, or am I going to have to face the music and let her cry it out (which I've done on occasion when she's overtired and doesn't want to be rocked/nursed). Any advice very much appreciated. Sarah & Charlotte (born 28 June) |
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