Hi there. First of all I must thank all who post on this board. Its really supportive.
Dd is 19 weeks and until 14 weeks was sleeping until 5 or 6 or even after 7 consistently. Then she started waking randomly and over a few weeks this has become consistent to approx 3.30. And maybe 5.30 and then 6.30. I think the initial trigger for waking was a change in feeding on the advice of LC. Dd was prone to wind/colic and LC recommended single sided feeding to reduce effects of over active letdown. While switching to this, I think DD may have been hungry while we made the adjustment. LC advised not to feed her ) as she had been sleeping so well). So I tried pat/shh and giving her a soother and this worked sometimes. It works less than half the time now. If she does go back to sleep, she'll wake again at 4.30 bit will then go until 7.30 On a good day.
Bedtime is 7.30 /8pm with DF at 11.
The DF is usually formula 4 oz or Ebm - formula does not result in longer sleep
Interestingly we skipped the DF twice this week -once because DH was to tired and once because we arrived back from a trip and Bt was 9pm-and she slept until 3 both times.
Oh and I forgot to say apart from DF she is Bf.
I admire all you super BF moms who code so well with night feeding -or is that just my perception? I don't cope so well with it. I'm just so completely exhausted with 2 kids that I feel hungover all the time and time is just flying by and I want to stay enjoying the precious time with DD rather than 'coping' if that makes sense? When I manage a little day time nap myself I'm fine and all is good. I do like Bf and would like to continue
Well following my rant I'd v like your opinions on whether should accept NW or try to change it at this stage.
Many thanks