10 month old daughter not sleeping?

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She started sleeping through the night at 7weeks. But she slept in our bed, refused to go in a cot and i had to feed her till she went to sleep.
At about 5 months we decided enough was enough, she was too big to be in our bed and put her into her cot. I was still brestfeeding at this stage so we had one side of the cot down so i could still feed her from the bed. She started waking at least 3 times a night for a feed. 
At 9 months she was completely off the breast, the 2 sides of her cot were up and she was only waking twice a night. I would just give her a bottle and she would go straight back to sleep.
3 weeks ago we moved house and decided to put her into her room as we thought everything would be strange for her so it was best to just do it all at once. New house, own room.
Now she is waking 2/3 times a night and wont take a bottle. she just roars crying until i put her to bed with me. Its got to a stage where im sleeping in her room and my partner in ours!
How can i stop this

Yummy Mummy · Accepted Answer

It's going to be hard!

Leave her in her own room, go into her and sooth her by talking to her or cuddling her then put her back in the cot awake and leave the room, keep leaving her for longer times crying until you go in to see her. Eventually you should be able to shhhh her through the baby monitor and eventually she'll sleep through. It's heart breaking I had to do this with Heidi and she was sleeping through at about 7 1/2 months using this technique. 

She might be teething, my daughter wakes up occassionaly still even though she mostly sleeps through and it's usually her teeth on the move. 

Try putting a little soothing night light on that plays a melody so that she doesn't feel totally alone. 

The problem is she is so used to waking up with you next to her she gets scared when you're not there, she's just got to learn that she's okay on her own in her own room. 

I wish you luck. 

Kez x

Anonymous · Answer

You need to get her back in her own bed and just reassure her every twenty minutes if she is still crying that its okay. Make sure she has a fun bedtime ritual that will help comfort her. If you do9n't have a night light in her room put one in there so it not dark. You may want to make sure she is eating solid foods well at night so her tummy is full.
Alot of her new anxiety from the move will go away soon, the one mistake was to put her back into yur bed. She will get very confused if you go back and forth like that. Just comforts that she will be alright is all you need to do, onze you have changed her, fed her ect.

Xavier&#39;sMom · Answer

I had a similar situation with my son, now 9 1/2 months old and still breastfed. He's been out of our bed for almost a month now. At last! But it took work, lots of patience and a bit of CIO. I was really reluctant to use Cry It Out Method, but after months and months of no sleep, I had to do something. I used the info on this link, it was so helpful to me. In about two weeks I had him off my bed and on his crib, sleeping tru the night. He wakes here and there, to stand on the crib or because he's sick but otherwise it worked like magic. Hope this helps.

http://parenting.ivillage.com/baby/bsleep/0,,7fp0204j,00.html

? · Answer

I have three girls - seven year old twins and an eight month old. I have been sleeping downstairs with the baby so as not to have her wake the others. Although she doesnt wake to be fed, she does wake up wanting to be close to me, which I dont have any problem with.  If your baby wants you to comfort her or to sleep with her - well thats just one of the joys of being a mum.

gaz · Answer

lie an item of your clothing with out any thing she can hurt herself on it that you have worn through the day in the cot she will smell you and fell like shes close to youy you could also try swadling her

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