Gosh!

[JadeyBaby2]

I'm having to CC DD again - we went to Mums for a couple nights a couple wks ago (BIGGEST mistake) and its been downhill from there. CC is back now - I don't know how I did it last time :no: It's hard.....the CHN I spoke to said it will probably be worse this time around because she is wise to what i am doing this time - and she is right!! I just can't keep going with what was happening though - feeding every 2 hrs at almost 8 mths! I don't think so missy!!! So, trying to stay strong and get this done and back to sleep through. Will probably be on here to keep my sanity amongst the screaming! I might go join her soon :hissy:

[amymay]

Hi,

Good luck i know what you saying, travelling upsets them, to clever they are. Just keep persisting and she will get it sooner than later i hope for your sake. That age is hard as they are to knowing.....
:)

[JadeyBaby2]

Well, she stopped 12 midnight finally and slept until almost 6am. So - fingers crossed can stay strong and make it through tonight doing same if need be.

[La Que Sabe]

my DD is 16 months and still feeds about 5 or 6 times during the night. i co-seep so i don't have to get up to her. is co-sleeping an option for you?

the way i see it, it's not that 'she's got my wrapped around her little finger' as some people say, it's her telling me she needs me, and me meeting that need.
and of course it's hard! but not just for you, for your wee bubba too. she doesn't understand why you've left her in her cot/bed to cry herself to sleep.

i hope you find a solution soon that equals happiness for you both :)

[BigRedV]

Well, she stopped 12 midnight finally and slept until almost 6am. So - fingers crossed can stay strong and make it through tonight doing same if need be.


6 hours - that's great.

Hope it goes well tonight :hugs:

[UmmInayah]

Keep in mind bubs go through separation anxiety again around 8-9 months.. so she might not be waking for feeds, but waking to see you're still around.

[JadeyBaby2]

I don't just leave her - am in and out of there like a yo yo and if she gets too worked up then I pick her up for cuddles to reassure her and calm her down then put her back in bed. Last night she woke 10.30pm - had a cry 5 minutes and then went back to sleep. Then woke 3am - I wouldn't have done a feed but was so rock hard and sore (.)(.) that I needed to. She only had left side (as a comfort feed, she wasn't even hungry!) so I had to go back to bed with a sore right side!! lol. I don't mind doing the 3/4am feed for now - when my (.)(.) have calmed down I can CC her off that.

Monkey&Mum - If I didn't already know that CC works very very effectively for my DD (the two times I've done it now it's pretty much just one night of it) then I would definitely be exploring other options such as co-sleeping. I've tried co-sleeping in the recent past (we co-slept for the first few months), but neither of us seem to get anywhere near as good a sleep as we do apart........it's nice to co-sleep, but doesn't work for me this time around.

[wocket]

I'd recommend getting a breast pump to relive your unsucked side a little, it helps so much!

CC never worked for us, it would make my little one so jumpy and clingy the two days we tried it on CHN "expert" advice. Are you feeding solids? that can help. but yes, they also get a bit more clingy at this age. I pick her up for a 5 min rock then she goes back to sleep. after a while so long as she knows your there on call she will sleep through.

[JadeyBaby2]

Yes, DD has been on solids for a while now - she started at nearly 5mths and is 8mths old in a week. She loves her food.

[lupa]

I'll keep that in mind when I go to Melbourne for 2 nights. DS is 7 months and I would hate for him to stop self-settling!!

good luck JadeyBaby2, remember, it was an excellent skill to self-settle, she just needs to be reminded of how to do it!!

xx

[JadeyBaby2]

Had a set back :-( for some reason (wasn't really determined why) she went through almost 24hr period of refusing (.)(.) - screaming and carrying on. All back to normal now, but she's totally taken advantage of my getting up to her every call out during the night and last night was up every 2nd hour. I'm so wrecked. She's well etc (had Dr check her out) so back to it tonight, and hopefully this time means sleeping right through once we're done. Wish me luck.

[JadeyBaby2]

results are in ...... ****drum roll****.......Ayanna slept 7.30pm to 6am with no (.)(.)!! Woke 12.20am and carried on for an hour and that was it. By carried on I mean DADADADADA, GAGAGAGA and cooing to ones self....go figure....only time she was crying was the last 20mins after I went in and re-wrapped her (she had escaped)......

[Mique]

Oh you are so lucky, Im glad it has worked :) My DD is 8.5 months and still feeds twice over night, she will not settle without it. Im exhausted she has never gone longer than 4 hours in 8 months :( She doesnt respond well to CC either..

[JadeyBaby2]

Aw Mique - I know the pain all too well. I don't take for granted that DD responds so well to CC........I hate doing it, but at least I know it will most likely work.......it's taken until now though for her to make it right through the night without a feed - I think it is very dependent on the child and when they are able to do it.
My update: DD has gone wonderfully - Fri night slept until 6.30am, whinged a tiny bit during the night but that was it and last night didn't hear a peep out of her - up at nearly 6am. I'm in heaven right now, it almost feels to good IYKWIM. Just have to make it through the two weeks then we should be all good........