Sleep is still an issue for us but I think we are (slowly) making progress. I did sleep in the spare room, but I could hear my little girl crying upstairs several times during the night, so I didn't get quite the unbroken, blissful sleep I was hoping for. At the same time, we moved her into her cot in her room and she now sleeps quite happily in there, which is fantastic. Her sleep patterns really seem to vary - some nights she can still wake at 9, 10, 1, 3, 5 and 6 but once this week she slept from 10pm to 5.15am! That's sleeping through for us and I hardly knew myself the next day. She's not breast feeding at night any more, but she is taking a bottle or two during the night. We thought she would break with eating at night, but she just doesn't seem to able to go more than 4 or 5 hours without food. We're just going with it at this stage, although all the books seem to say that she shouldn't need to feed at night.
Unfortunately in the last few days it's all gone downhill again. She's not napping in her cot or pram, despite my usual walks and even in the car she will rarely sleep at nap time. The only way she will sleep during the day is to fall asleep nursing, and sleep on me. If I move her or try to put her down she wakes up instantly. I'm finding it really frustrating, because I can do so little around the house, and it looks like a complete tip and I'm knackered. Night sleep is also down the tubes at the moment (it's now 10pm and she has not slept since 4pm and she will not go to sleep, despite bath, book, bottle, boob, cuddles, teddies or anything else.). She's teething badly (and biting) and is so close to crawling, that I'm hoping that once these issues resolve that she will sleep soundly.
Ahh, she's asleep, finally, in my husband's arms. Thank God for my wonderful husband, 'cos I was at the end of my tether and coming back again!
Unfortunately in the last few days it's all gone downhill again. She's not napping in her cot or pram, despite my usual walks and even in the car she will rarely sleep at nap time. The only way she will sleep during the day is to fall asleep nursing, and sleep on me. If I move her or try to put her down she wakes up instantly. I'm finding it really frustrating, because I can do so little around the house, and it looks like a complete tip and I'm knackered. Night sleep is also down the tubes at the moment (it's now 10pm and she has not slept since 4pm and she will not go to sleep, despite bath, book, bottle, boob, cuddles, teddies or anything else.). She's teething badly (and biting) and is so close to crawling, that I'm hoping that once these issues resolve that she will sleep soundly.
Ahh, she's asleep, finally, in my husband's arms. Thank God for my wonderful husband, 'cos I was at the end of my tether and coming back again!
