Hi, I'm a bit unsure of how to proceed with my little one and am in need of advice. My lo is six months old and doing well on 4 hour EASY. She is breastfed and started on solids about 3 weeks ago.
I would like my lo to sleep through (wouldn't we all). At the moment she goes to bed at 7.00pm, I dreamfeed her at 10.30pm and she wakes up for another feed any time between 1.30-3.30am. I think this waking is habitual, even though it is not at the same time each night .
When she was 3 months old we visited the UK for 7 weeks (12 hour time difference). Before we came she had just started to sleep through (10.30pm dreamfeed -5-6am). The change in time zones upset her and she started waking earlier. However, before we left the UK to return home, she had adjusted and began to sleep through 10.30 dreamfeed-5-7am. Since our return home about seven weeks ago she has not begun to sleep through again, and does not seem to be even moving in that direction and I'm unsure how to proceed.
Should I just keep feeding her once in the night in the hope that she'll lengthen her sleep times by herself and wait until she's abit older before I try intervening? Should I do pickup/put down to break the habit? Should I dreamfeed later (12.30pm)to push her to wake up later, and then gradually try to bring it back to the normal time? I have thought about waking her up before she wakes as Tracy suggests but her wake times are so varied.
I have been gradually reducing the time feeding her in the night, but this has made no difference, she still wakes and wants a feed even though right now it's not very much. I'm pretty sure this night feed affects her first morning feed as she's never that hungry. I have tried once to just rewrap her and put her back to bed, she wasn't having any of it as she wanted some breast time.
I would appreciate any help and advice. Thanks.