My daughter is 8 months old, she used to sleep through the night from 3-5 months, then at 6 months she started teething and waking every couple hours again, unfortuntley I started a horrible habit by going to her and rocking or BF her back to sleep. Now she is a little over 8 months old and wakes up every 1 to 2 hours at night, I have not had more than 1 hour sleep in a row for 3 months and I am really at the end of my rope, not to mention I am going back to work next week. Below is our schedule. Any help or advice will be appreciated.
How old is your child? 8 months
What’s his/her daily routine?
6:30am wake bf
7:30 cereal
8:00 bath
9:00 BF
9-10 sometimes 10:30 nap
11:30 lunch
1:00pm bf then a nap until 2, sometimes 2:30
3:00 snack, fruit and a drink
this is the part of the day where the schedule falls apart
somedays she will nap around 4:30 or 5 for 3/4 hour
If no nap she is tired and cranky
5:30 dinner
6:15 quiet time, a bath, pajama's, read a couple books
6:45 - 7:00 bf, usually sleeping by 7:00
If late nap:
6:00 dinner
then bedtime routine starts around 7 and sleeping by 8
I am trying to eliminate the later nap but somedays she is too tired and cranky. Often there is days when she fights her afternoon nap and will not nap until later in the day, Im sure this is because she is overtired.
What’s nap routine? she usually starts acting tired, rubbing eyes, getting fussy, cuddle then bf then sleep, usually she falls asleep after bf not while bf
How long are naps?1 hour to 1 and 1/2 hours
What's bedtime routine? Time? see above, unfortunatley I created the habit of allowing her to fall asleep breast feeding
Do you bottle or breastfed?? breast
How much? or how long? 3 times daily 10 minutes, she is starting to refuse the breast except at nap and bed time.
If breastfed.. one side or both?? (at each feed) one side
How many wakes per night? about 6 time per night between 8pm and 6:30am
What’s your LO like when waking at night? How long is he/she up? she cries, I pick her up sometimes bf, she goes right back to sleep, often she doesnt even open her eyes while crying and fussing
When you go to him/her is she fussing or crying? Or is it a mantra cry? fussing then crying if I take too long or if I try to sooth her without bf
What have you tried to settle?? not sure what this means
What do you do for A time and how long is it? she is active she plays with toys, swings, plays in her activity centre. together we read books, play together, go to play groups somedays, go for walks
Are there developmental issues such as teething or milestones?
yes teething but this has not been for the whole 3 months
Do they have a prop? If so what is it? yes..... ME!
Do they have a lovie? no, have tried to introduce one without sucsess
Im sure that I am the problem, I have to stop bf each time she wakes in the night, but I dont know how to do this without she crying alot, please, any advice regarding my schedule and sleep is appreciated.
Thank you.
