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HELP! My 9 month old daughter still wont settle without me
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I'm posting this on behalf of a friend...
Hi. Please can anyone help. My daughter is now nine months old and still wakes up 4 times a night for a feed. I still breast feed, but give her one hungry baby milk at 10pm. Sje doesnt really accept the bottle. She will not settle at night, not even with my husband. She screams hesterically, starts hyperventilating till I pick her up. I have no idea what to do or how to change this cycle.
I have been out twice since I had her and both times we've had to come home. We have a big Doo to go to in July and am really worried about leaving her - please help.
Thank you. x
I'm posting this on behalf of a friend...
Hi. Please can anyone help. My daughter is now nine months old and still wakes up 4 times a night for a feed. I still breast feed, but give her one hungry baby milk at 10pm. Sje doesnt really accept the bottle. She will not settle at night, not even with my husband. She screams hesterically, starts hyperventilating till I pick her up. I have no idea what to do or how to change this cycle.
I have been out twice since I had her and both times we've had to come home. We have a big Doo to go to in July and am really worried about leaving her - please help.
Thank you. x
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.when she feeds in the night doe she really take a full feed or is it the closeness that shes after? i cracked night time waking by leaving them longer and longer before i went in and just kept reassuring them and putting them back in. eventually, they would only cry for 5 mins and go back to sleep without me going in. If shes getting enough calories during the day then its likely she isnt hungry in night at all, shes just wanting the closeness. if she knows you are always going to go in and feed her then she'll keep waking. you have to be tough. i totally sympathise with you as ive been through it, good luck.
Like the others say firstly make sure she is getting enough milk/food before bed time. Don't be in a rush to give her a bottle if she doesn't want it. As someonesgirl said, leaving her for 5 mins one day then gradually increasing it will do the trick.
The little girl might not be very tired. obviously she will need to sleep in the day, but if she has too much she won't sleep night.
The little girl might not be very tired. obviously she will need to sleep in the day, but if she has too much she won't sleep night.
i really feel for you, i had a bad sleeper. i was always consistant with her bedtime routine, bath, bottle bed and would warm her a bottle shortly before i myself went to bed even if she was asleep she would take it, persistance really does pay off. keep bedtime quiet and calm so baby soon realises it is sleep time not play time.
try just giving her water if she wakes in the night - this seemed to work on my little lad, but that was when he was only waking once in the night by then. if he wakes in the night now i give him water and his dummy and he soon nods back off. he's nearly 9 months now so i feel really sorry for you that yours is still getting up so often! is she weaning or just having milk still? do you think it may be that shes genuinely hungry? my lo is on 3 meals a day now, with follow on milk on top. also is she teething? could be pain waking her?? i'd maybe speak to GP or midwife to see if they can offer any advice.
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