Please... any tips for getting baby to sleep through?
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Hi everyone,
This is becoming a joke now.
Ruby slept through freom 10.30 till 6am at around 5 weeks but for the past 4 or 5 weeks she has been waking up several times in the night. This week it has been literally 5 times. She seems to sleep from 10-1ish then from 1 o'clock she is up every hour until I we get up at 7am.
She is only taking 2-3oz at a time and has been for weeks which is getting frustrating. She's been on a lactose free milk like some of you know and today I have tried her on Cow and Gate from a carton but she's still the same.
If you have any tips at all please let me know as i'm really starting to lose the plot!
Thank you,
Amy xx
This is becoming a joke now.
Ruby slept through freom 10.30 till 6am at around 5 weeks but for the past 4 or 5 weeks she has been waking up several times in the night. This week it has been literally 5 times. She seems to sleep from 10-1ish then from 1 o'clock she is up every hour until I we get up at 7am.
She is only taking 2-3oz at a time and has been for weeks which is getting frustrating. She's been on a lactose free milk like some of you know and today I have tried her on Cow and Gate from a carton but she's still the same.
If you have any tips at all please let me know as i'm really starting to lose the plot!
Thank you,
Amy xx
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sorry you're having a tough time. How old is Ruby? Is she on solids yet? Just one of the first signs of needing more substantial food is increased waking in the night. I weaned my daughter at about 20/21 wks as she went from sleeping 10.30pm til about 6.30am, to waking at 1, 3 and 5 - so sounds a bit similar. After a few days on a bit of baby rice things got better. That is until recently when the teeth are coming!! Aarrrrgh if it's not one thing, its another.
I know some people say give them just water in the night if they wake, but I always think it's difficult to know if they're genuinely hungry, esp. bf babies like my lo. But that might be worth a try, just in case she's trying it on.
Don't know if that helps at all, but I know its tough when you've just got used to having some sleep again.
Rachael
hope this helps xx
Ruby is 14 weeks so still a bit young for baby rice from what i've read on here. Although she was 2 weeks late and a big baby at 14lb 8oz, so don't know if that makes a difference.
I've already been giving her a bath every night with the Johnsons bedtime bath hoping that she'll get in some sort of a routine but it doesn't make much difference unfortunately.
I'll try the hungry baby milk tonight!
She does seem genuinly hungry when she wakes up as I try putting her dummy in or rubbing her back and even giving her a cuddle but she's not satisfied until she has some milk. But it's still only a few ounces. I really don't understand as she always polished off a 6-7oz bottle before all this started, and still wanted more.
Rachael, I hadn't even thought about the teething yet! It's never going to get better! Bless your lo! My SIL recommends Anbesol liquid for when Ruby's bigger so may help you too! xx
it was hard at first but be persistant with the dummy, for the first few days we were up every hour popping the dummy back in but she soon got used to it. the last few days she has slept 8 through til 7.