Tuesday, 17 June 2014

I follow a few mummy blogs and have read on sleep regression. It has never affected me as K has been able to sleep through the night, ever since she was about 4 months old, save for the few times when she is not well and cannot get back to sleep or probably just had a nightmare and cannot soothe herself back to sleep.

However, I cannot say the same for the past month or so! K has been waking us up in the wee hours, 4 or 5ish in the morning, to ask for milk. And if we ignore her, she'll cry for her milk. Needless to say, it's disruptive to our sleep. Ultimately we still have to give in to her. At times, the hubs will tell her that the bottles are still being sterilised or the we just boiled water and it's too hot to drink. Sometimes, she dozes off but more often than not, she wakes up 1/2 - 1 hour later to ask for her milk again.

I do not know if she simply loves her milk so much and she always finishes her milk, even in her slumber! Recently, we decided to increase the amount of milk back to 270ml, thinking that it would keep her well-fed till 7ish in the morning at least. But no, she has to wake us up in the middle of the night for her milk fix. And mind you, her dinner time is at about 6.30pm and her milk feed is at about 7.45pm. She should be off to dreamland about 9ish. 

Hopefully, it's a growth spurt but it can't be for so long right? Hiaz......

2 comments:

  1. Oh dear, I hope it really is a phase. Have you tried increasing her dinner quantity and perhaps delaying her last milk a little? Sometimes maybe just mania a little and want to suck something for comfort. You have successfully weaned her off the pacifier right?

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    1. Yes, I think we need to increase either her dinner or add more snacks after dinner. Yes, she's completely off the paci now.

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