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Bed sharing advice please!

blondegirl22blondegirl22 member
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Hello there,

My DD is just over 6 months old.  We did not start bed sharing, it has just ended up this way, lol! And I really love it, however, she is not sleeping, therefore neither are we..

 At around 3 months, I could nurse her to sleep and then move her to her PNP beside me and she would sleep 4-7 hours and then I would bring her in with us the rest of the night..  Those days are long gone.  Every time I move her to the PNP she wakes up with an an hour or two and will continue that if I put her back in.  

Since I was not getting much sleep that way, she has been sleeping beside me. She nurses when she wants and life was good... Until now..  She wakes up probably 5 times a night and instead of just nursing, she fusses and cries, then will nurse and back to sleep.  About 2 of these she actually will nurse for an extended period. The others are just comfort and back to sleep...

Just some background..  She has solids twice a day and is still BF. We also moved 3 weeks ago, so I know that has been an adjustment.

 Any thoughts or ideas? I'm not opposed to her sleeping in her PNP or going into her own room, just no CIO. Thanks in advance! 

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Re: Bed sharing advice please!

  • 00jennifer0000jennifer00 member
    Is she teething?  That always disrupts my kids' sleep.  And some of them teethed super fast and some teeth slowly and it just messes things up for longer (ds1 got 2 teeth at 4mo, and 3 more at 5mo and he just whizzed right through them, dd2 however is the sloooooowest darn teether and at 19mo is still missing her eye teeth with no sign of them coming down any time soon).  Also, if she is working on a skill, like sitting, rolling over, or early crawling, that can mess sleep up too.  I would check out some co-sleeping article and development articles on www.askdrsears.com  Unfortunately childrearing is more like a marathon than a quick race.  Milestones are sometimes reached, like sleeping through the night, and then there is regression because another milestone is approaching.  My kids never actually sttn completely until more like 18mo.  We co-sleep and do not practice CIO either.  My 19mo is still waking a few times a night too right now and it's making me crazy, but I've got m/s this time and it's just easier to nurse than to work on night weaning right now because nighttime=major queasy time.
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  • Izybel18Izybel18 member
    My DD is about the same age and we recently started bedsharing again (had to quit because she was too wiggly). Since we started again, I feel like there is little to no pattern to how many times she wakes up. I purposefully don't keep track or check a clock because I found it makes me crazy to know exactly how much/how little sleep I might be getting. I have found that if I wake up to find her rooting, sometimes I can wait it out for a minute and maybe rub her arm/belly and she'll go back to sleep without nursing. If she keeps rooting even after a minute then I know she's actually hungry. I think this has helped cut down on how often she pops on for just a snack.
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  • blondegirl22blondegirl22 member

    Thanks for responding. :)

    And yes, she is teething... Nothing through yet.. Hopefully soon!  I appreciate the input.  I guess more than anything, I am just looking for reassurance that this too shall pass!  Thank you. :) 

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