Waking through the night now at 6 months

LindsayB0505

DD has been STTN 12 hours (7 pm to 7 am essentially) since Christmas.  However the last week or so she has been waking up during the night one, twice and sometimes three times.  

Sometimes I can pick her up and calm her down to fall back asleep, but most often I end up nursing her back to sleep.  I hate not knowing if she is actually hungry or if she just wants the comfort.  Am I going to get us into a bad habit by nursing her back to sleep in the night.  

I honestly feel like I don't have very good nighttime skills because we have never really had sleeping issues before. 

rockdragon

Do you think it is her 6 month growth spurt? DD went back to waking every 2 hours to eat for 3 days a couple weeks ago. I think it was just her growth spurt and she has gone back to her usual night sleeping of only waking up once or twice to eat. 

jenny2508

My DS did this during his 6 month growth spurt and it only lasted about 4 days and than he was back to the schedule he has been on before.