Awake at 3:30am

Too true Julz. My 5 month old has just come out of that. He used to sleep well up until 12am and then awake every 2 hrs for feeds. But since he started solids he has been sleeping all the way through from 6pm until 4am and only has a bottle at 5:30.

When you are stuck in it, it feels like it will never end but it does.

Yes that is what Dylan did. Nice sleep from 9-12 and then wake every two hours. This is due to lower milk supply at night.

Good news ladies - it really does get easier. x

My lb does the same thing. Are you bf exclusively? I read in the sleep sense book (while standing in toys r us) that breast fed babies will have one long sleep and then cluster feed at night. If James falls asleep at 7 he will wake at about 12 thirthy pm and then wakes again at 3, 5 etc... If he goes down at about 8 thirty pm he wakes at about 2 and then goes all the way to 6. I've learnt that the best thing for me to do is bath and feed him at about 6ish. He will generally fall alseep but then I WAKE him up between 8 thirty and 9 for a feed and change. I make sure he knows he is awake (ie not a normal dont make eye contact night feed) and then put him back down (usually quite easy). This seems to make sure that he has his long sleep after the 8 feed and takes him to 2ish. He then will sleep through to when my hubby gets up for work.

I dont know if you've tried this, but it seems to working for me. And dont worry I also keep on being told not o pick him up if he is just moaning and James also screams if he wakes before 2 at the subsequent wakings:)

I feel your pain. Just hope our Little Monkey's grow out of there early morning waking soon so we can get some rest. YAWN.

Hannah doesn't settle and goes from moaning to full out screaming then doesn't settle anyway.

I'm sorry, I'm not a "cry it out" type mom. If my baby is crying, then she wants me so why must I make her feel I'm not there for her? My opinion (attachment parenting post from Jems applies here!) Other moms, please don't jump down my throat

shes in the cot next to my bed, so I do first try the dummy, but it doens't help at that time of morning. And I'm also worried she'll wake Mia because Mia is very sensitive to her crying and really doesn't like it if her baby sister is unhappy.

also she is warm because she's wrapped in a blanket and covered with a furpile blanket folded double.

I do usually just go in the room to give his dummy and then leave. But he usually groans for a while and then the groan turns into a cry which turns into screaming. I suppose I could leave him when he is crying to see if he settles. Just worried he is going to wake my 3 yr old up whom is in the next room and then they will both be awake.

I agree with marijke. I go in and cover him and leave. Last night he was very miserable so I put him in bed with us but lights off and sleep time and he dozed off again.