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We've had a rough trot of late.  My LO has sprouted 4 teeth in the past month and the next four are hovering just below the surface.  We have just started 2-1 transition as her days were way too long (13.5 hrs).  We are doing short am/long pm and during the day things are going really well.

At night she has become a bit of a monster.  She used to sleep through the night really well, then we started having EWs, then the NWs started too.  Last night she was up at 11pm, 2:30am, 5:30am and then up for the day at 7am.  I am a zombie and my husband is the same.  

I've been a little inconsistent with DD... mostly I don't feed her when she wakes but lately she hasn't been eating well (teeth?) and I'm tired, I feel a bit pressured from DH to just shut her up so we can get some sleep so I have been feeding her... Last night I fed her at 11pm and she guzzled down 2 boobs, at 2:30 she woke but resettled herself, then I fed her at 5:30, back to sleep until 7am.  She is totally disinterested in her bedtime feed which isn't helping.  I don't mind the 5:30 wake-up and feed too much - I figure this will disappear by itself when she starts eating more, but the other random wake-ups are killing us.

I know she's teething, and she seems to have a lot of trouble with this.  She is very clingy during the day and then of course she's waking up at night.  I am giving pain meds and teething gel (she hates me putting this on) but I'm at my wits end with the crying.  I'm not sure if I should just comfort feed her to get her back to sleep, and deal with the NWs once the next teeth are through, or if I should tackle it now with a few nights of PD (usually takes over an hour with her, it kills me and I do it all on my own, DH can't handle it).  What do you think?  Is it cruel to do PD on a teething baby?  

I feel like we're all over the shop and things used to be so good... will this ever end?
Kate




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Re: 10 mo NWs, teething, 2-1 transition. Please tell me this will pass
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2011, 13:56:34 pm »
Thanks Jane - here is my easy at the moment:

E 7:00 wake-up and BF if I didn't breastfeed at 5:30/6:00
E 7:30 breakfast
A
S 10:00 - 10:30
E 10:30 breastfeed
A
E 12: lunch
A
S 1:30 - 3:10
E 3:10 breastfeed
A
E 5:00 dinner
A
E 6:30/7:00 breastfeed (she has hardly anything, I keep offering but she basically skips this feed)
S after breastfeed

Night wakings are usually around 11pm/12am, then sometimes 2am/3am, then she's usually awake around 5:30am ish.  The times are not exactly the same, they vary so I don't think it's habitual.

I started 2-1 because her days were really long and her A-times were getting really long.  I was hoping it would help with the NWs but I haven't seen a change at all.
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Re: 10 mo NWs, teething, 2-1 transition. Please tell me this will pass
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2011, 06:05:58 am »
Hi Jane,

I only wake from the first nap.  I let her sleep as long as she wants for the second nap.  Before we started 2-1 she was doing 2 x 1hr10min/1hr20min naps, so total daytime sleep is about the same.  She was also NW on the old routine.  

I'll try out a slightly longer morning nap and see if it helps.
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Re: 10 mo NWs, teething, 2-1 transition. Please tell me this will pass
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2011, 00:58:07 am »
Just wanted to update you on our situation.  M has slept through on Sat night and also the last 2 nights (well, until 5:30 but that's progress).  DH and I regrouped and decided to do PD consistently, and it seems to have helped.  Don't want to jinx things though so hope I'm not speaking too soon.

We are letting her sleep for around 40 mins in the morning and then for as long as she wants for her afternoon sleep, so that might have helped too.

She is changing so quickly now, I can't wait until she's down to one nap and her routine settles down a bit!
Kate




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Re: 10 mo NWs, teething, 2-1 transition. Please tell me this will pass
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2011, 11:38:21 am »
Hi Kate,
Just wanted to offer some support. I can completely relate to where you're coming from.  DS transitioned early to 1 nap as well and started teething his molars shortly after we started the transition.  It is tough.  It looks like things are getting better for you (FX).  I will tell you that when my DS is teething molars we go in cycles.  We have some bad nights (mostly in the form of EW, sometimes NW) and then we go for a good stretch, then it repeats.  His 2 bottom molars are now in, but I suspected that the top ones are starting to bother him yesterday because his appetite is lower.  Lo and behold we had an EW this morning!  I think you are doing the right thing with PD and staying consistent.  When I was going crazy in the beginning of this molar drama, I was sometimes feeding, sometimes PD and not being consistent.  I think consistency is the most important thing whether you feed or not. 
One thing I was thinking was that if your DD doesn't want to eat at dinner time (and hunger is waking her), maybe give pain meds before dinner so that she'll be more willing to eat.  That sometimes works over here.  However, that means it will wear off sooner in the middle of the night, so it's up to you.  Many people had suggested doing a DF of pain meds when things were bad, and we did and it helped with the EWs.  However, it sounds like things are sorting out at the moment for you, so hopefully they stay that way!
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Re: 10 mo NWs, teething, 2-1 transition. Please tell me this will pass
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2011, 11:52:22 am »
Thanks Sam's mommy!  It's so good to hear other people's experiences with this.

Usually DD eats okay for dinner, it's just the breastfeed before bed that she doesn't seem interested in.  I think it's probably that she's not hungry enough for it, and maybe too tired at the same time - a bit of a tricky catch 22.  Anyway, last night she didn't have much for dinner, had a very brief breastfeed but slept through until 5:30.  I can't figure it out!

My latest theory is that the teething can disrupt her sleep, and if I don't handle it the right way (too many cuddles, breastfeed etc) then I get NWs for days after the teeth stop hurting.  So now I'm determined not to feed anymore.  I am sure we will get more disturbed sleep as she only has 4 teeth so far, but hopefully we can keep them to a minimum with PD.

Thanks again.
Kate