Well it looks like the other night was just a fluke, as last night we had a really bad night. She settled OK at 7:30 and I woke her for her 11:30 feed as normal she then started making hungry noises at 2:30 - this is quite normal and normally if I wait she will just go back to sleep for another hour at last. Not last night by 2:45 she was crying out reguarly. I fed her, she didn't take quite as much as normal but no matter what I tried she wouldn't take any more so I put her down. Within 5 mins she was crying out again, so I went back in tried to wind her some more, did get another burp, tried to feed her some more but still not interested and put her back down. Within 5 mins she started crying out again this time I left her a bit longer but that just meant she was very distressed by the time I did go back in there. Nothing would calm her, even hubby which is normally and instant calming mechanism. Eventualy about 4:30 I bought her to bed with us - by this time she would take some more feed and I just let her fall asleep on the breast. Around 5am I put her back in her bed. 30mins later she was crying out again, so I bought her back in and she fell asleep but was quite restless. When the alarm went off at 6:30, I got hubby to put her back in her cot. 20mins later she is awake and crying and nothing would get her to sleep she was desperate for food. I managed to get her to wait until 7:15 before I started the morning ritual 15mins early. So, so far, it doesn't look like it has helped any. Hubby will only let me try one more session if we don't see any improvement he won't let us try a third. I do worry that I am going to make things harder for us in the long run by bringing her in with us, but I also need SOME sleep. She is asleep now and aside from crying out a few times (one of those times she didn't actually wake) she has now been asleep in her chair for 1hr 40mins. Is this too long to let her sleep in one go during the day? Though it seems to be a choice of sleep or screaming.
