My daughter is 8.5 months old. She was never a good sleeper. She slept on me until she was 4 months old. She’s been sleeping in her room for the last 2 weeks and the night wakings are killing us! I'd like advice on helping her learn to sleep through the night.
She will fall asleep on her own for naptimes and bedtime, but during the night she wakes every 2 hours, sometimes every 1.5hs and if we are lucky every 3 hours. She has never been consistent.
When she wakes at night, baby is sometimes only half-awake (eyes shut, but crying and other times she is standing up in her crib crying.
Usually when she first wakes up, I give her the paci and she falls back asleep…but the next time she wakes up I give her the breast. I’ve been breastfeeding her twice at nice. I’d like to cut down to only one, since I’m woring in the morning and she does not want the bottle. She eats breakfast and have lunch before I get home, when I do nurse her.
Here is our daytime routine:
5:30am wake (nurse and back to sleep one more hour, but if it is in bed with me)
6:30 wake
8:30 breakfast
9:15nap (usually 1.5h) (place in crib while still awake)
11:30 lunch
12:30 nurse
2:30pm nap (usually 1.5hs place in crib while still awake))
4:00pm nurse
6:00 pm dinner
7:00 bed time routine (bath, pjs nurse)
7:30pm BT (place in crib drowsy)
11:30pm (wake, paci, sleep)
00:30 am (wake, nurse, sleep)
4am (wake, nurse, sleep)
5:30 am (wake, bed with me)
6:30 WT.
I have recently moved her bedtime from 8pm to 7:30 pm, she is sleeping a little bit better (stretching her first sleep) but she is wide wake at 5:30. She is a happy spirited baby, with lots of energy…sometimes I feel that she just needs less sleep than most babies.
I’m the one waking up every night, but only because I’m so tired and I know she goes back to sleep faster with me. Ever time my DH tried, it was harder, she cried more and I can't sleep either. But he is eager to help, hehehe.
She does not have a lovie and is constantly learning something new (she almost walking at the moment)
I'd love advice on how to eliminate these night wakings. My husband and I are exhausted! (Our daughter, though, seems happy, I can even imagine how much more energy she can have, when she starts STTN!)
Thank you!