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aliciaroset
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8 mo up every 2 hours to nurse, cranky. ideas?
aliciaroset
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we started bed sharing with DD because we hoped it'd make things easier for everyone. She falls asleep in her pack and play next to the bed and after the first wakeup I bring her into bed with me. The problem is that she's still up at least every 2 hours and is very fussy when she gets up unless she gets to nurse and often she's still fussy after nursing..This is last night's schedule:7:40 Down awake in her pack and play. fell asleep on her own without any fussing or crying (often she'll fuss, we comfort and she goes down)9:40 Up. Dad tries to comfort her to no avail. I give in and nurse her after some pretty intense crying (she only cried for less than 2 minutes total, in Dad's arms. I want him to have a chance to do some of the night parenting, but she just won't have it.) Goes back down into pack and play after nursing.11: 45 Up. Nurses. Falls back asleep1:45 Up. Nurses. Sort of falls back asleep but remains cranky in bed with us, nursing one or two more times before she finally gets good sleep again around 5 a.m. She has been getting so frustrated in bed (arching her back, kicking, flopping around, pulling, yelling) but cries like crazy when we put in her the pack and play.6:35 up for the day. I;m exhausted. She goes 3-5 hrs during the day without eating. I can't tell if shed be better off in her own room so she doesn't expect me? My nipples are starting to hurt because she's not a very gentle nurser at night (and she has no teeth yet 
) I'm afraid that I have to get her to stop doing this soon or it's just going to get worse 
What really bothers me is the time when she gets up is super cranky. She is so clearly frustrated but I can't figure out way. We had a really terrible night recently where she was grabbing and scratching and really hurt me. I don't know what to do.
) I'm afraid that I have to get her to stop doing this soon or it's just going to get worse What really bothers me is the time when she gets up is super cranky. She is so clearly frustrated but I can't figure out way. We had a really terrible night recently where she was grabbing and scratching and really hurt me. I don't know what to do. 
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Re: 8 mo up every 2 hours to nurse, cranky. ideas?
We're going through some similar issues so I feel your pain!
As for the crankiness, could she be teething?
it could very well be teething, but it's been going on for a while now
We try to put her in her pack and play, letting her fuss for a bit and she usually will go down in there at the beginning of the night but not once I'm in the room, which makes me wonder if we should try her in the crib in another room. It'd be such a big change, and I'm not sure I want to let her go, especially if she keeps waking up this often.
This! We've hit some real rough spots with DS (16 months now) when he was first teething. The days were okay but the nights were just a pain! Sometimes it would just be days other times it would just be a week or two. We give DS tylonel when its really bad and usually start with teething tablets to give him some relief until the meds kick in.
If you can't see if there is any swelling with the gums, maybe see if the Pedi can get a better look? HTH
Not much advice, just letting you know, you aren't alone. My DS is 8 months and wakes every two hours and will only nurse back to sleep. He sleeps in his own room, so, that probably doesn't matter too much.
DS woke up every 2 hours from 7 months to 12 month to nurse. It is tiring, but not abnormal. Babies wake and want to nurse for hunger, sore mouths, thirst, because they just urinated, for comfort, for company, etc. My stratgey was simply to nurse him. He'd "pip", I'd latch him on ASAP and go back to sleep. At some point, he'd unlatch and go fully back to sleep. If you go this route, I would spend some time working on proper latch even when baby is sleepy. If baby latches and it hurts, unlatch her and give her direction (for us, it is almost always, "use a big mouth" and I open my mouth wide). Repeat over and over as needed. Eventually baby will learn to take the time to do it right, even when tired.
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thanks for the responses. It always surprises me how comforting it is to know that other people have gone through the same thing. We're keeping an eye out for teething.
Last night was sort of weird. It was our 5th anniversary so my parents came and took care of her (which is really rare, just a handful of times ever so far) and she went down really nicely for my mom, but woke up less than an hour later, as we were getting home and was a complete mess. It took DH and I an hour to get her back down. We let her fall asleep in the bed and she stayed there all night, so no moving back and forth from the pack and play. Things were a bit better, I think we got a couple 3 hour stretches, and she was less fussy when she did wake up. But gosh my back hurts. She spreads out so much that it's hard to get comfortable.
We'll keep playing it by ear, doing our best, and thank you again for the input!