1 yr old 4 a.m. "NW"

[lily528]

My spirited dd STILL is not sttn...she does on occassion but most nights she wakes at around 4 sometimes 5 a.m. I nurse her and she USUALLY goes back to sleep til about 7...although lately it's been 6:15 a.m. which is not fun.  any thoughts as to why she may still be waking? and how I can try and get her to sttn.  I  know the feeding is unneccessary at this age but have always been so afraid to mess with things and end up with a 4-5 a.m. EW!  thanks for the advice ladies...

[Roseii]

Hello, can you post your usual routine? Has she always had NW? (ie you don't think this is teething related or anything?) x

[lily528]

sure no prob...

w.u. @ 6 a.m. BF
brkfst @ 7 a.m.
nap @ 10 a.m. (1.5 hrs avg)
bottle of soy @ 12 p.m.
Lunch @ 12:30 p.m.
nap @ 3:30-4:00 p.m. (been going by her signs...ranging 45-1hr 15 mins)
dinner @ 5:00 pm
bath @ 6:00 pm
BF and asleep by 6:30 pm (give or take sometimes she is up til 6:45)

she has ALWAYS had nw's they use to be real bad as an infant..she was up hourly!  was dreadful...I nursed her back every single time and then finally we were down to 2 wakings and now just the one...

[lily528]

also you should know that schedule I listed is just over the past week or so...prior to that her naps were incredibly short ranging from 30mins-hr for each one...even had one nap days of 30 mins with pm nap refusal...but seems like ever since I started following her signs she has become slightly consistent with her A times and sleeping longer

[Roseii]

Well you day is a good length Do you think she might be OT? Have you ever tried a short AM nap and long PM? I've found that has worked best for my dd2 for a few weeks now.
Re feeding back to sleep-it really is down to you. If you want to tackle it, we can, just be prepared for the crying and standing your ground. I'm *still* not ready to tackle my 15mo and her 1 NW (most nights) But absolutely if you want to stop the feeding then it can be done What do you think?