Sleepless nights. advice please! i am so tired!!

Anyone help me please!!!
My baby is now almost 5 months old. She still wakes up about 3 to 4 times a night! I don't get more than 3 hours sleep in one stretch!! She used to sleep a lot better with at least 5 hours in one go but for weeks now this has not happened anymore. I breastfeed her and she is also on solids due to my HV recommending it (she had a slow weight gain).
I always put her to bed awake after a feed and she falls asleep by herself without the help of a dummy or anything. I just don't understand why she won't settle back to sleep at night just like she does at nap times and at bed time! I have to get up, feed her, put her back and she falls asleep again just fine without crying! Could she really be that hungry? I am desperate! Or is it to be expected with such a young baby still? I sometimes went in to her to reassure her that I was around but didn't feed her. The crying just got worse and she wouldn't calm down for an hour - at this point I gave in and fed her after which she fell asleep again.

Katy and 18+4 week old Ashira

It

sounds to me like she is just comfort sucking...I breast fed mia for 8/9 months and she never slept through the night, even now at 17 months old she stiill wakes at night for milk!!!! (formula!!)

it does sound like she is having a growth spurt, too, they have them all the time at that age, it will pass hun!

In the mean time, maybe try giving her a dummy for comfort or have you tried some water as she may be thirsty??

Hope that helps

kate & Mia xxx

Breastfed babies

hi hun... i do think its the nature of breastfed babies that they sleep for shorter periods at night... i've been breastfeeding for 13 months and my daughter still goes through phases of needing a few feeds at night... she started solids at 6 months which helped a bit.... when she is like this i let her feed when she is hungry because it will increase my milk supply to match her demand but the lack of sleep can be hard i know... if you give formula then your body will not have the chance to catch up with her.... could you express a bottle before bed so someone else could feed her....? it will pass hun and i hope you get some more sleep soon... xxxxxxxxx danica and cadene xxxxxxxxxxx

Hey

Do you think maybe she might be having a growth spurt?

Megan seems to have lots of little random growth spurts.

Hope you get some proper sleep soon

Nat and Megan xxxx

Hmmmmmmmmm

Like Nat said, she may be having a growth spurt.
It might be worth introducing a formula bottle before bed, see if that helps? I found Archie settled much better on the bottle and he soon was sleeping through. He now goes from his 8-9pm feed too 10am.
If you dont mind giving up a breastfeed its worth a try, it wont do her any harm xx

I really hope things get sorted and you get some well deserved sleep soon hun xx

Adele+Archie xx

Bottle

I have tried the bottle two nights ago for her night feed. Didn't make a difference. Or does it only make a difference in the long run?

Thanks to both of you
Katy