if trying to get rid of the NWings right now is harder than dealing with them, then just deal with them for now.
That's the thing, I don't know what is the bigger problem, dealing with the crazy NWings, or having to do something about them!
I found our NWings got dramatically better as we got towards the year mark
But as Katie said we also had a break at 10-12 mths and that is when STTN started to happen a lot more, it's also when we went to 1 nap.
Yes, I know from past experience as well that things improved with both my boys closer to one year. DS1 started sttn consistently at 9 mos, and DS2 didn't sttn until 16 mos however he was down to only 1 NW/NF before a year. So you would think that I already know all this from experience.
You said she was sleeping really pretty well before she started teething, so there's nothing to say she won't when she's not.
It's true, however it's been SO long since she slept well, that she is pretty much a different baby now, kwim? DD now at almost 10 mos is not the same as DD at 6 mos, so in that respect it's almost like starting over.
I don't want to sound like I'm talking you out of working on it right now.
Not at all! I appreciate you reminding me that I have to do it when I'm ready!
I just remembered with as is that we just worked on 1 NW at a time sometimes. Ie the earlier in the night it was the easier the resettle. So we would try to not feed at that one YK? (O
Yes this is pretty much my plan. It's what I did with DS2 as well, tackled 1 NF at a time. I don't have the stamina to go all night without feeding.
And FWIW I've just BTDT with night feed weaning with an 7mo and its not necessarily the magic bullet we all hope that it is YK?
True, I don't think I'm hoping for a magic sttn cure though. I just think that 4-6 NWings a night is excessive and I really want to reduce them to 2-3!
With all that said I talked to DH last night about a plan for tackling this and he agrees that we should try it soon while he can help, and he will be very supportive. He has even offered to settle at night but TBH I much prefer to do it because I always have and so she is used to me, and also I just can't lie in bed listening to her cry while he tries, it just aggrevates me. So he will help by getting up with the kids and letting me sleep in a bit. I honestly don't think it will take too long for things to improve.
Anyways, we had planned to start on Wednesday night but last night I decided not to feed her before 12, because she has been going until 12-1 without a feed (even though she's been waking once or twice before then) so I don't feel like going backwards by feeding her. She woke around 9:20 as usual (I was out at my friends but DH said she settled herself, which she does about 50% of the time). Then she woke at 11 and I patiently tried to resettle for 45 mins. She wasn't crying the whole time, just not going back to sleep. She definitely wanted to be fed. Anyways, I needed a break as my back was hurting so after 45 mins I put her down and stepped out, and she settled herself in about 30 seconds.
She was awake again in another hour, at about 1am, at which point I fed her but I was ok with that because at the moment my whole goal is to just get her used to not needing a feed for that first 5 or 6 hour stretch. So NF at 1am then she slept until almost 4am and I gave another NF, then she slept until 6:44. This is actually a HUGE improvement because she wasn't up eating every 2 hrs between 1-6. So last night ended up with 4 NWings but only 2 NFs, and not much of an EW. That is good progress in my books.
