How old is your child?
** 8 months old
What’s his/her daily routine?
** wake 7am, breakfast 815am, formula (4oz) 945am, nap 1015-1145am, lunch 1215pm, formula 7oz 230pm, nap 245-4pm, dinner 515pm, cereal 645 pm, bottle (7oz) 8pm - bed
What’s nap routine?
** 2 naps, in the carseat, in the kitchen, with the stove fan on (please see my post in naps too)
How long are naps?
** morning nap is anywhere between 1-2 hours. afternoon nap is anywhere from 30minutes - 1hour
What's bedtime routine? Time?
** up at 715pm, bath, book, bottle, swaddle, fall asleep in my arms, crib
Do you bottle or breastfed??
Just weaned from breast to bottle
How much? or how long?
** I don't think she's getting enough but she wont drink anymore. The 4oz in the morning she barely takes. She will not drink anything when she wakes at 7am. The afternoon and night bottle she finishes.
How many wakes per night?
Anywhere from 2-10
What’s your LO like when waking at night? How long is he/she up?
** from silent to screaming in seconds. Makes me jump out of bed - her crib is in our room.
When you go to him/her is she fussing or crying? Or is it a mantra cry?
** CRY
What have you tried to settle??
**I pick her up, give her the soother and hold her
What do you do for A time and how long is it?
** it can take anywhere from 5 minutes to 2 hours
Are there developmental issues such as teething or milestones?
** yes she's teething, her first set are still not through
Do they have a prop? If so what is it?
** I dont know what this is
Do they have a lovie?
** I do have a stuffed bunnie in her crib but she doesnt really pay attention to it.
So DD 8 months old will fall asleep by 830pm everynight. For the last few months she's been waking at 10:30pm EVERYNIGHT. She just screams! Sometimes the soother will instantly stop her, other times she needs to be picked up and held until she falls asleep.
She's also waking frequently through the night. She used to sleep so well, then caught her first cold and we haven't gone back to 3 hour stretches in almost 5 weeks.
She's also stil swaddled. (Please see my post in naps for more) The long and short of it is that she can't sleep with her hands free. It's driving me crazy because at 22lbs she breaks out of the swaddle hourly. I'm exhausted and need help.
We've tried to let her CIO but she wakes our older DD who was and still is a terrible sleeper. Once she's awake it takes her HOURS to fall back to sleep. CIO is not an option here.
Please help!
Linda
