Wondering if any mums have some advice re sleeping through the night. Maggie is just 6 months and after going to bed at 7, wakes for night time feeds every 4 hours. Having read alot! of info on the net I am totally confused as to whether she needs these breast feeds or if she has just got into a habbit? Have just started weaning which may make a difference (wishful thinking??)
Thanks so much for ANY thoughts/ experience you could share.
Cathy
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Hi there!
Sophie is now 9 months old & still does not go all the way through the night. I'm getting about 3/4 hours before waking now. She has her last bottle at about 11pm & then one again at 7am. I think that she is stuck in a habbit as I found when she wakes a nice cuddle & kiss (NO TALKING AS THAT WAKES HER UP)& back to bed works. (sometimes a dummy, even though I personaly hate them). I gave up on all info I read & was told & just relaxed, (Have you ever read about all the crap that comes with motherhood? I haven't, its all roses & silver linings!! aparently the average is 2yrs old for sleeping 7pm to 7am?) I found that once she was ready to sleep she did. I also tryed just boiled, cooled water when she woke which I believe worked as she does not feed during the night now, but then why would you want boring water).
Just remeber you are doing a great job, you are her Mum & you know her best, Just relax, she will let you know what she wants and I bet you its just a cuddle from her mum!!!! Dont worry, take your time and enjoy ever presious moment as time goes quicker than you think & before you know it she will running around & youll be pulling your hair out over her pinching your make-up for painting the walls or sticking buscuits in the video recorder... DONT PANIC I THINK AS LONG AS THEY ARE HAPPY AND HEALTHY THATS ALL THAT MATTERS!!!!! (FORGET ABOUT SLEEP, MY MUM SAID SHE STILL WORRIES IF SHE KNOWS I'M OUT, IM 28 & I DONT EVEN LIVE WITH HER....SLEEP DOES NOT EXSIST NOW!).
LONG WINDED EMAIL I KNOW, SEE YOU ALL SOON.
LOVE HEIDI & SOPHIE XX
Thanks so much for your words of advice Heidi- really has made me chill out and not be in such a panic. She's such a lovely little girl and am so lucky to have her that am not going to focus on a few extra hours sleep!
Hope to meet up soon, Love to you and Sophie x x
Hi Cathy and Heidi too....
Been meaning to write for ages, but busy and tired! Like you, Luke is in a state of troubled sleep, he wakes a couple of times a night, sometimes more. He generally ends up in the bed with me, where he nestles up and puts his arms round my neck. I'm slightly concerned, but only because there's a a couple of nights I need to be in London at the end of Oct so I'm not sure how my stepmother will cope, particularly as he uses the breast to go to sleep. Oooopppss!! You see, even us second-timers make 'mistakes' as the experts like to call it, I call it going with the flow. It will sort itself out eventually, I think a lot of babies sleep better at 4 months than at 9 (unless they're Sophie!), but one day they will sleep in their bed all night and it won't be long before they're teenagers and you can't get them out! If it's any comfort, just about all first-time mothers (including me) got stressed about sleep at some point.
lots of love - when are we going to Home again for more delicious pancakes?
xx
Hey, I feel for you. The only thing i can suggest is Dream Feeding.. have you heard of it? If you know when you little one usually wakes, then half an hour before feed them in their sleep by picking them up gently and putting them to the breast or bottle(sounds crazy but they will actually do it if you stroke their cheek the first few times and evetually theyll be able to do it without any prompt- i promise!). That way they wont wake up because theyre hungry and if they do wake up you can be sure its because theyre in the habit of it... I hope that helps?
My only other thought is that I have a baby hammock, that I have mentioned in the sessions- www.naturesnest.co.uk- and they are the single best thing I could recommend anyone.
I honestly feel for you guys and am so incredbily grateful that Jorja sleeps a dream, never getting more than a few hours sleep would feel like torture to me x x
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