More Baby Woes: Sleeping Like a Baby

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Yep, I'm that lady whose kids never sleep. My 1 year old is still

breastfed. Just like her sister before her, she is waking every 45

minutes to 1.5 hours.

My older daughter did this until she was almost 3.

Her diet? You name it, she eats it. Gets an eye yolk every couple

of days, yogurt/kefir daily, table food, CLO. Like 5 cherios a day.

Water.

I supplement her with biotissue salts besides - been trying this to

see if it helps this month.

I know all about infant sleep research and the controversies of

crying it out, and breastfeeding. I lean more towards attachment

parenting. No, I can't give some of the nighttime parenting to my

husband - this is one of those things where he seems cooperative and

just isn't. Also, I have a desk job and he has a trade job - I'm

less likely to kill myself by accident due to sleep dep. I'd like to

concentrate on the possible nutritional aspect.

When she backed off eating for a week, I tried reintroducing solids

one at a time to see if it is an allergy. Did the same with my

previous daughter. None to speak of.

I've tried to add formula to her diet to see if she'd sleep better.

Didn't work.

Our ancestors are mostly celt (Irish/Scot), some anlgo-saxon, some

nord, and some native american. She's got 6 teeth. She, just like

my older daughter, is 95percentile for height, and 50 for weight, and

50 for head circumference. So basically, she is tall and lean with

some baby fat. So it isn't like she isn't doing well in the growth

department.

Any insights? The thought of working full time and having a baby

that awakens every 45 minutes for another 2 years is making my head

hurt - I've done it before. Oh, the sleep dep! The pitying stares

from co-workers! I know that there probably isn't a solution but

time, but I'm willing to ask to see if anyone has one!