I posted on here a few weeks back about my LO's night wakings and my task was to try and wean the dummy. Well this hasn't gone well and she's just wailed, not slept and been horrifically over tired. I have also noticed that her night wakings have been when she's had the dummy in as well!
She is currently having around a 1hr 30 - 2hr AM nap and a 45min ish PM nap with3 - 3.5 hrs awake in between which I think is OK but the nights are awful. Last night after going down at 7 very well she woke at 9.00 and her cry escalated so we went in a comforted / rocked her and she just cried and cried and was so tired. We ended up using the dummy. She then woke at 3.15 and I put the dummy in but she just spent the next 2 HOURS!!! making gurgly, squealy, happy noises in her cot, sometimes with dummy, sometimes not. Every so often the noises would change to an unhappy cry but that would then stop and she'd just be making other noises. Sometimes she'll wake up to 6 times and settle quicker or we'll have a big block of awake time - I'm not sure which is worse! Either way we are kept awake all the time. Last night she eventually went quiet at around 5.15 when she eventually went to sleep. She then woke for the day at 7.
She naps well and is fairly happy during the day but very hyperactive and demanding, always on the go, crawling, standing etc. She eats well and isn't hungry at night. She's teethed before and has 8 already and her behaviour hasn't changed.
We've had 9 months of sleep hell with only about 2 weeks in total that have been OK. She has never slept through the night and doesn't take kindly to any intervention to calm her during the night. I just don't know what to do as I just end up in tears or really stressed and angry at night.
Any advice would be hugely appreciated!