I posted on this board some time ago, but as the situation has changed a bit, I've decided to start a new post and leave the other one...
My dd has been waking in the night for the last 2 months or so. Before that she would wake up weekly but not every day and she would go back to sleep sometimes on her own and some other times with a bit of reassurance from me.
Lately, she's been waking 2, 3 or 4 times a night every night (except for a couple) and during one of those wakening she won't go back to sleep for about 2 hours. She wakes, stirs and stirs. I settle her, but 5 mins later she starts again, we were doing this for 1.5 hours last night! After that she seems to be wide awake, making noises (dadada..) and keeps moving a lot, sitting up, rolling, crying. Many times she cries if I leave the room, so I sit next to her until she falls asleep.
She falls asleep on her own during the day though.
I used to think that she was OT, but thinking that she seems to be wide awake most nights probably she's UT... don't know what to think really...or do!
This was our routine yesterday:
6:30 up
7 E
S 9:15 - 10:35
E 12
S 1:40 - 2:45
E 5:25
S 6:45
NW 7pm, 10pm, 2am (after trying to put her to sleep for hours I took her to bed with us, I do this a couple of times a week so as I can get some sleep sometimes!, -especially as I do all the night shifts- but even when I take her to bed she's wide awake for another hour)
This was our routine one of those 2 nights she slept through the night
7 up
S 9:50 to 11:20
S 3 to 4.10
bed 8.20
She's teething and desperately trying to crawl. I just don't know what to try. I've been staying at home trying to help her to sleep better in the day, but there's no much change. I'm starting to think that maybe is one of those things that will sort out on its own in a few months.
It's just so frustrating, I want to think that the solution is not in my hands anymore because I don't really know what to try or do. It's also very annoying as I see my friends using CC and saying how well it works for them. I couldn't do that, it feels making my baby cry goes against what I am but it's so annoying that I'm trying to do things this way and they don't work. Sorry about this rant, but I need to tell someone, I can't speak to DH because he'll say try CC and I'm certain that not the solution so I pretend that I know what I'm doing and show I know this is going to work, but the truth is I'm not so sure
Any advice, comments, experiences, hugs are welcome...
Flavia xx
