My LO is 5 months and until recently slept OK. She would go to bed at 7, then wake for a BF at 2 am and then 4 am and up at 6. Lately she's been adding at 12 midnight to that and more recently a 9ish! Last couple of days she has gone to bed at 7 but then woken at 8! Everytime she gets a BF. However I am sure at her age she shouldn't need to be fed in the night as much and suspect it is comfort feeding. She is suffering with excema and poss teething so poor mite is not suprisingly disturbed. Also - she is addicted to my boobs it seems!
Anyway - tonight when she woke after an hour - I just let her cry it out. I went in once - was going to go in again but she went off within half an hour. Trouble is I feel terrible! Should I have gone in more? Also worried I may have got it wrong - although she was changed, had had a full BF an hour earlier, had had some calpol for teething/itching as well as her creams. I really don't think I could have done anything else for her. Why do I feel so bad though?
Am I doing the right thing - my first instinct is to comfort her when she cries but she needs her sleep - so do I!
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lyndyloo · 30/11/2006 20:59
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