DD is 9 months old today. She slept though the night (8-10hours) from the age of 7 weeks to 13 weeks. Then she hit that 3 month growth spurt and has been waking at night 1-2 times ever since. I don't really know what to do to eliminate these wakings. She wakes at different times every night. I think for the most part (for the last few months anyhow)that it's due to hunger. She's so busy during the day that she doesn't nurse very well. However, she has days (recently) that she nurses very well. However, she's still waking up. Sometimes she wakes 30 minutes after we put her down. Sometimes 1 hour. Sometimes 4 hours. I never know when. When she wakes, she instantly sits up then stands in her crib and fusses until we go in. Sometimes she will go back to sleep if we lay her down, give her her soother and soothe her (she likes to hold our hand when she falls asleep). For the most part though, she needs to be fed. She'll take a full feed and then go back to sleep easily afterwards. However, I think it's time to stop these night feedings/night wakings. I know that we're guilty of going to her too quickly when she wakes at night (when she's just fussing). However, now I worry about her falling and hitting her head, etc. when she's crawling and climbing around in her crib (which she's done a few times). So, we rush to her which I'm sure is enabling the wakings. Also, we're trying to work on this hand holding business, but again am not quite sure how to go about it. Anyhow, here is our routine:
6:30-7:00am wake and breastfeed.
8:30 - breakfast
9-10am -nap for usually 1 hour 15 min.
11am - breastfeed
12:30 - lunch
1:30-2pm - Nap (sometimes 1 hour 15 min, sometimes only 35-45 minutes if she slept longer in the am. If she only sleeps for 35-45 min. I move her bedtime up to 6ish, but then she almost always wakes within 1 hour of going to bed)
3ish - breastfeed
5:00pm - supper
6:30 -7 - bedtime. Sometimes she'll nurse before bed, other times she won't if still full from supper. If she doesn't nurse, she'll usually wake at 10 or 11 to eat. Then again around 3. If she does nurse before bed, she'll usually wake at 12ish. Then is mostly good until the am. Sometimes she'll wake at 4 or 5. It all over the place. Any suggestions on how to eliminate these night wakings?? (P.S. total nap time during the day is usually 2 - 2.5 hours. She seems well rested with this amount of sleep. She wakes up happy and isn't cranky. She goes down easily for naps and bedtime).