Hello again, I have posted on this board a couple of times with questions. Unfortunately the sleep of my very spirited 9 months old seems to deteriorate further and further. Now we are up almost every 1.5 h each night all night long.
Here is her EASY.
Wake up at 8 And BF
A time until 11.00 or 11.30 during A time I offer her solid breakfast cereal and fruit but generally not interested
i offer her BF before her nap which she usually takes
S from 11-12 or 11.30 to 12.30 never longer than 1 hour sometime only 45 min which I try to extend
12.30
E BF after waking up
A time until 4 pm solids at about 3 pm ( pasta, vegetables, fruit) which she generally eats
I offer her BF before nap
S from4-5 pm again usually 1 hour sometimes only 45 min
E BF after waking up
A 5-8 pm including solids at 6 pm ( does not eat much )
E BF at 7.30 pm
Bedtime 8-8.30 music, pacifier, and I rock her for a bit but put her in cot awake. For the last 3 days falling asleep has been a struggle for naps and BT. Screaming for 30 min with me doing some form of PU/PD
But she seems to get really wound up.
After about an 1.15 min the first Nw usually she sits in the cot and cries so I gently lie her down. This one is easy.at 22.30 she usually wakes again and I feed her. After this she continues to wake up every 1.5 hours. I do PU/pD but I hold her until she is calm anything else seems to excite her too much. She can replug dummy but when she wakes up sometimes she still has the dummy in her mouth.
At about 1 am or 3 am when she wakes and I am too tired I take her to bed with me but the NWs continue and she does not settle with BF. she cries and cries and throws herself backwards or to the side like she can't find a position that is comfortable enough. I hVe tried to keep her in the cot until 5 am but she woke up every hour and I got no sleep whatsoever. I don't think she is teething and when I feed her at night she does not really take a full feed just a few sips. I tried weaning the dummy but no success and after 4 days she had it back ( she was waking up frequently and when we coslept kept sucking at my breast the whole night). Now that not even cosleeping is working anymore ( I did get 5 solid hours with that 2 weeks ago which was amazing after 9 months) I am at loss of what to do. I don't know if She is UT or OT at BT. She cannot self sooth but the PU/PD does not seem to work well so I am trying the gradual withdrawal of my help, and there is an improvement that she falls asleep in the cot and not in my arms I am generally stroking her she is trying to arch for my hands but I am trying removing my hands before she falls asleep.
In terms of milestones she is standing and crawling and trying to walk, but can only do this supported. I feed her before naps as I was worried that she was waking up early because of hunger but that does not seem to be the case. In e past I could BF her and she would go back to sleep but that only works for 10 min now and she wakes up crying again.
I don't know if I feed her too often in the day and she has developed into a snacker....
Anyway as you can see not much seems to be working.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated as I am really struggling with the lack of sleep. Thank you!
