In desperate need of advice..

LoriLoo21

My daughter Emma turned 7 months on 2/12 and she is still not STTN. She wakes up to eat every 3 hours!!! It's like having a newborn still! At around 4 months she was only waking once around 2am but since then she has gone back to waking up more and more. As soon as she eats she goes right back to sleep. We have also not even successful with sleep training. We put her down in her crib asleep around 8830. She will continuously wake every hour crying and need to be patted back to sleep. I need help!!! What can I do to make her STTN? She needs a good night sleep!! Any advice much appreciated!

LoriLoo21

Yeah she uses a pacifier to sleep. She puts it back it her mouth but still cries. Yeah the dr said its for sure habit. Just don't know what to do

crystalrain

What sleep training method did you try? My daughter was also waking up that often until we did Sleepeasy. Now she wakes up once and I weaned her to one feeding.

TMNTgirl

If you want to "make her STTN" the, research some different sleep training methods and figure out which one will work best for your LO/you/your parenting style.

We personally have found that the HSHHC book has worked great for both our boys.

apollonia10

Have you tried not feeding her when she gets up? If her weight gain is consistent then she probably doesn't need to eat every three hours at night. When she gets up, pat her and comfort her, but don't feed her. If she's like my LO she will be PISSED for a few nights, but eventually be fine and possibly not even wake up as much. 

zyas

Ava was doing the same thing until we started giving her cereal right before bed. Now I feed her a bowl of cereal and usually a veggie mixed in, then bf her and she usually falls asleep while being bf. ever since we started this she's slept 8 hours straight. It's been amazing