Hi everyone
i've read through all the posts above and I'm hoping someone can help with my dilemma
Olivia is 10months 3 weeks old. She has 3 good solids meals a day.
Our routine, briefly, is:
6.30am wakeup, breast feed, play, walk up to cafe for mummy's coffee
8.30 Olivia's breakfast, then pram ride home
9.30 - 11am (or thereabouts) sleep
11-1.45, shopping, play, lunch, breastfeed, bed
1.45 - 3 (sometimes only 45minutes) sleep
3-6.15 play, dinner (5.30), bath (5.45), breastfeed (6.10)bed
Then the problem starts. Like clockwork, Olivia would wake at 9.30pm and i'd give her a big breastfeed. Normally she would have one wake up at around 3.30am (which didn't bother me) then start the next day at 6.30am. FOr the last 3 weeks, she's been waking up anywhere between 3 and 7 times a night. I'm not one for letting Olivia cry for more than a few minutes. I pu/pd to settle her but she wakes 20 minutes later. In again, repeat, and maybe an hour later, she's crying again. So you can imagine how frazzled i am right now.
I was given some advice today that i'd like some opinions on. I was told by our clinic nurse to ffeed her at 9.30 as usual, but for all other wake ups, let her cry for 10 minutes before going in, then do pu/pd and leave the room. Keep repeating for up to 2 hours, then feed if she's still crying.
Is this too drastic? is it good advice? is it worth trying?
please help
susan