Hi everyone
I am in desperate need of some help. My 5 month old dd usually has one feed in the night can be anytime from 2:30am - 4:30am. However, even though she seems to be 'asleep' or certainly very drowsy when I put her back down, she starts fussing 10 minutes later and it takes about 2 hours to get her back to sleep. I try to avoid picking her up, so it's just me patting her and reinserting her dummy... I am dead on my feet, and finding it really hard to cope - my dd is a really bad daytime napper, so it's not as if I get much time to catch up on sleep. Also, dd is starting the day so tired, and often needs to go back to sleep after an hour, which throws her whole routine off track (she's on 3.5 - 4 hour EASY, depending on how much sleep she's managed to have).
My dh and I were thinking of perhaps trying to do another df at about 2:30am hopefully before she wakes up, but I am worried that this will backfire in the long term.
Please help!
Tara