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@KayKay--same thing keeps happening to me, which is why my sleep quality is so poor. I'm sure that there are times when she is not actually moaning, but I am hearing them in my head because when she is in fact moaning, it is so constant! We have a monitor and have turned it down all the way--she is right across the hall so when she is actually crying, I still hear her. But I'm still laying awake and cringing at the moaning & groaning most of the night. Hoping this is just the 37 week leap! Thanks for the sympathy--right back atcha.

I thought we were getting there with longer awake times but over the past few days she's been crashing around 6 instead of her normal bedtime of 7-7:30. I'm sure part of this more recent restless sleep is returning to her routine with our nanny, instead of mommy and daddy at home over Christmas/New Year. The other part may be that she is hitting a milestone and physically developing a lot. She is really pulling up and cruising around on our furniture a lot now, so maybe she needs more calories? Feeding her when she is actually awake and crying at night seems to help get her back down. Unfortunately, though, the screaming mimis come back about a half hour after she gets back down.

I agree--just when you figure things out the rules change. So frustrating! This is also a kid labeled by our pediatrician as an "ambivalent eater." Until about a week ago, she really did not have any significant interest in food and wouldn't cry or otherwise signal that she was hungry, so we've always had to feed her by the clock and keep trying if she wasn't interested at that particular time (which happened often). Last week at her 9 month visit the doctor recommended transitioning her off of formula and starting 3 meals and 2 snacks per day, reducing bottles to 4 oz or less at comforting times only (morning wake, before naps, before bedtime). Of course now she can't seem to get enough to eat, and prefers the bottle over solids!