** This mum needs some much needed advice** Hi all, I am exhausted and desperate for any suggestions about why my baby just wont sleep and how I can help her. She is almost 6 months old but was 6 weeks prem so is 4.5 months corrected. I have heard of the 4 month sleep regression and pretty sure this is it but its the getting up so often and the settling thats the issue. So bub goes down about 7.30-8 by 10 she is up again so I give her a feed, she falls asleep on the breast so gets put down (i used to put her to bed if she had only had one side now I make sure she has both) at 11.30ish she is up again, where I used to be able to give her a dummy and she would settle herself to sleeo she just squeals, it take over half hour to get her to sleep and at least 2 attempts putting back in her cot before she will stay asleep and this happens every single hour until the morning, it is like she is only having the one sleep cycle and cant resettle. She has about 4 naps during the day of about 40 mins each. The mchn checked her gums a week ago and she isnt close to teething, she isnt hungry cos if I do put her back on the breast she has a few sucks and goes straight to sleep on the boob til I take her off and try to put her to bed. She has been on solids about 4 weeks now and I havent done anything new that this has been happening. This sleep pattern has been getting progressively worse for about 2 weeks but has been this bad for a week, prior to it bub would wake only once have a feed and sleep the rest of the night. Does anyone have any suggestions to get me through this, I am exhausted and constantly on the verge of tears. I have called a hospital near by that has a room in program for sleep issues but will be a while before I can get in. I would appreciate any suggestions to try to help or cope with this. Thanks
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 23:18:02 +0000
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