Please please help! Can't take any more of my 8 month old NWs!

[amayzie]

I usually have him cry with me there till he gets kinda hysterical- then i'll pick him up.. it usually doesn't come to that... I find that when i pick him up he'll stop but then when i put him down it's right back to where it was.. so i ust leave him in the cot- i think as long as you are there with your hand on him patting o singing or whatever then it's fine...

[clazzat]

Sounds like the way it went for us - complete with poo issues! He has stopped doing it now but I don't know what has changed. I think if you are there with your hand on her back it is okay for her to cry as long as it takes - you're not leaving her alone so she is just cross.

[beckygatt]

The night before last she only woke up once at 2am but last night not so good again. She woke up at 12 and I just couldn't resettle her. I ended up feeding her at 12.30 as I would have done at 1 anyway and seemed silly to both be up an extra 30mins just for the point of it... Then she woke again at 5 and again wouldn't resettle so I fed her at 5.30.

[clazzat]

We are having the same problems, although it has been long enough now since I fed him before 5 that I am not feeding him when he wakes in the night. Our problem is definitely teeth - one of his top ones has just come through and the one next to it is really close - any chance that's your problem too?

[beckygatt]

She has the bottom 2 teeth and the top ones seem to be on their way down. Could definitely be an issue although she slept right away after feeding. Normally if she's teething she'll need meds or teething gel before she resettles. Unless its just an itch perhaps. So difficult to know

[amayzie]

An ITCH!! OH NO!!

[beckygatt]

Well by itch I meant in the teeth...

Last night she woke at 11.30 and just would not resettle. I ended up giving meds and still she wouldn't so at 12.30 I fed her. She is still asleep at 8am! . So at least I got a nice 6.5hr stretch of sleep

[amayzie]

HA ha!1 I thought she had an itch from something in the mix as well!!

YAY!! On the big sleep!

[scsparks06]

Nice for you to have the big sleep! We are still fighting a 1am NW to feed, which is ok, and a 4/5am NW/EW where she is not hungry at all, just awake and crying because she's tired. My toddler was up with an overwet diaper last night, which meant he was awake 2 hours in the middle of the night. No sleep for me. This is horrible! I am hoping to see what works for you...and then I will steal it! What kind of naps does your LO do?

[beckygatt]

Hi! Usually she has 1.5-2 hrs in the morning and 45-60mins in the afternoon.