| Hi
I was going through a similar thing when my little one was around 4 months old. The midwife said it could be a growth spurt or she could just be doing it from habit.
At first I would get up and feed her until she went back to sleep, then I noticed that she wasn't taking that much milk and was doing it for comfort.
I made my husband wake up and go into her room to settle her back down, he did, she cried and a few minutes later he went in again. After the second time she fell back to sleep and didn't wake up until around 6:30am. The next night was similar and then after that she didn't wake up anymore until the teething started.
She is now almost 11 months old and sleeps from 7pm until 6 - 6:30. I am still breastfeeding although she is going off it and only takes morning and evening feeds with very little in the day time now.
If you have someone else who could help you instead of you getting up it may help. If she is hungry for milk then you will be able to tell as she won't stop crying until she gets it. Babies can smell their mothers millk and if someone else is there your daughter will know that she isn't going to get any milk.
Hope this makes sense.
Good luck  |