I'm having very sleepless nights with my 6 month old daughter. Previously we got to just one wake and feed at 4am then sleep till 7.30 but recently she's up every hour from 10 pm and it's really difficult to get her back off, she's wide awake. I've tried to get more milk in her before bed but I dint think she's waking because she's hungry. Help , im exhausted!! |
If it has been more than a few days it is possibly not a growth spurt and you need your sleep. My thoughts/suggestions based on my kids one of whom was not a good sleeper for the first year of her life.
I hope something here helps. To encourage you this period should pass ,my daughter is now 2.5 and sleep really well overnight (except for when we have an earthquake in the middle of the night which we are having at regular intervals at present) +1 A lot of good points, particularly starting food or adding a meal.
(13 Nov '10, 20:55)
Tammy ♦♦
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6 months is about time for a growth spurt so she may be just need more milk right now. The good news is that growth spurts usually don't last too long, most articles say 2-4 days. I don't remember the details with my daughter's growth spurts anymore, I guess I blocked them out. I'm not sure if your baby is breastfed or bottle fed but if you can it might be helpful to stagger feedings with your partner if you can to help get through these days. @ Blue it's amazing how much of the difficult times we do seem to forget. Maybe that helps us decide to have more children?
(13 Nov '10, 17:43)
Tammy ♦♦
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