what should i do tonight?

[Sylvia.]

last night after the df at 10.45 dd woke at 3.05 and dh was able to resettle her, took approx. 30 minutes, next wake was 6.45, good morning, no feed over night, i did not expect this

if dd wakes at a different later time tonight should we try and resettle? how long should we try for? at what point do i give in?

or if she wakes at a similar time and then wakes again, say before 6.30 am should i feed her or try and resettle?

many thanks for your advise, sylvia

[mrsrobbo]

i would try and resettle, but if its just not happening then feed her. There is no point letting her get to the point where she is so awake that she wont go back to sleep. have you tried dreamfeeding? we got ds to sleep  through with no wakings using this

[Sylvia.]

yes, we are doing a df, at what age did your beautiful ds sleep through with no wakings? and when did you drop the df? i appreciate your reply, sylvia

[mrsrobbo]

we were so lucky, from 6 weeks he was having a df at 10.30 when we went to bed and he was waking between 6.30 and 7am! He decided when he got to 5ish months that he didnt want the df, he refused it completely and has never had any trouble. what time do you give the df? do you you wake her?

[Sylvia.]

i do the df at around 10.30/11.00 no later, i am bfing, she does not wake

[Kimberly®]

Sounds like your LO is doing great When she wakes try settleing again. She just might be ready to go through the night without a feed, but be open to the posibility that she may need a feed at night in the future. Specially when she hits the 4 month growth spurt.

Dreamfeeds usually get dropped at about 7 months or when the dreamfeed wakes a LO.

[Sylvia.]

so kimberly should i try to resettle tonight even if 1.  it is a later wake? or 2. it is the second waking for the night? i really appreciate your reply, sylvia

[Kimberly®]

If I read right (it being 12:30am ) when she wakes, even if more then once, try resettleing first, give her 15-20 minutes, if she wont sleep or cries then feed her. If she wakes and doesn't cry, say she fusses a bit, or wines, or just talks, leave her be. Give her a chance to settle herself. She's reached the stage where she is trying to settle herself. The trick is finding the right time to go in, you don't want to go to early, but you also don't want her going to long and crying.

HTH