Am I on my own?

[Piglet's Mama]

Brooke is now 10 months and not sleeping through. She used to sleep through until she was 7 months but it all went downhill from there. I think it started when she got a sickness bug, cut her first teeth and moved to her own room. She went from stirring for her dummy to full blown wide awake for hours and not settling without milk.

We have tried everything - more than once too: leaving her to self settle (for up to 2 hours), offering the dummy countless times, offering water, cuddling/rocking back to sleep, bringing her in bed with us (this is happening more and more) but in the end, after us all being up for hours, we give her milk and she goes straight off. I know people will say "it's habit", but we've tried dropping the milk and whilst it works for a short time, a week or 2 later we're back where we were.

I don't really know what I want people to say - I don't want to leave her to cry it out (it doesn't work) and yes I can offer water again instead of milk and it will prob work for a little while. I guess I just want to know I'm not alone and that it is pretty common for babies to wake in the night. I remember it used to be the "thing" that babies woke in the night but I feel like I can't say that she isn't sleeping through as it just isn't the done thing anymore - I feel like I'll be judged as a bad Mum and like I'm doing something wrong? I'm just looking for Mums and Dads in the same boat really x

 

[littlemiss83]

I really dont think you need to worry about the milk. I think (going by what you said) that the reason for it is coz she just loves being in your bed cuddled up with you & OH. LO's are nutorious for getting stuck to routines very quickly. And over the years i've heard numerous ppl say that bad habits have started after LO being not well. One of my friends let LO into her bed for 1 night & she never ever went back to her own bed & that was 5 years ago (no joke) its so easy because if you take her in once & she likes it, next night she will cry for your bed again & you might give in & bring her in then next night the same ect ect. Its one tip that i'll always remember from having my first - NEVER have them in your bed. When my LO was ill, i'd lie in her room next to her. If I really had to put her in bed with me i'd always slip her back to her own cot so she could wake up there.

xxxxxxxxx

 

[jules84]

I've read on here SOOO much about babies NOT sleeping through the night despite doing what's been recommended. I thought weaning always helped the younger ones but I've been corrected!

I have accepted that my lo will probably not sleep through the night, but you know what? If your little girl is happy and healthy, that's what matters. If you can master it only taking you a quick minute to give her milk it shouldn't disturb you too much? she's not small for very long. She'll outgrow it - hopefully

If the child wants milk, give her milk!

Good Luck, I hope it is a phase that she grows out of herself! xxx

 

[shootingstar22]

E still has milk around 5:30 in the morning and has started to want it before her afternoon nap- think she is going through a growth spurt. When she's not going through that she tends to sleep till 7am, then has milk then- she will normally play in her cot of suck on her dummy before this time if she wakes up naturally etx.

Do you have any teddies in her cot?

I wouldn't be too fussed of her not sleeping through, as I'm pretty sure low started to wake up at 3am for a time at 10 months (think she went through a massive growth spurt at this time, had to up the amount of milk we har her in the bottle, never mind waking up in the middle of the night for more too)- just a little phase they go through...even now! Lol just have to let it run it's course...and if she wants milk, then let her have it I say, she is probably hungry.

xx