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@abbydabbydoodlebug: Aww! Poor thing. So she got up around 8:15? I'd probably try nursing her around 9:15 and see if that makes her sleepy enough to fall asleep for the night.

ETA: But I'm definitely not a sleep expert as evidenced by the fact that my 9 month old still wakes twice a night!

@abbydabbydoodlebug: I don't know how helpful this is, but I was pretty much in the same frame of mind around that age, read all the ideas (didn't try them all) and tried to figure out the perfect timing for every scenario.. and it didn't help that much! Everything seems to go in phases. Don't beat yourself up or spend too much time hunting for answers - next week you could easily find yourself in the same scenario, put her to bed early, and she sleeps extra long. There is just no telling I promise it will all get better!

@abbydabbydoodlebug: I know, I KNOW. I feel your pain, so hard. I keep telling DH it will be easier with any future LOs because I know, without a doubt, that there is an end to each phase and it will get better. BUt I know it didn't feel like it back then. Generally speaking, I've found that most folks find their babies sleep getting better around the 6 month mark and/or when LOs can roll to their tummy and sleep that way. Both were true for us (in addition to gentle, no cry sleep solution sleep training). Hang in there!!!

@abbydabbydoodlebug: this happens to us sometimes, whether we put him to bed early or not. I just treat it like a motn wake up and nurse him back to sleep. It usually works.

I just bought the No Cry Sleep Solution, but with DS's cat naps, I haven't have time to read much. Sometimes I start thinking we should just do CIO and get it over with, but I can't do it (yet). DS's sleep seems to be all over the place! I know he's overtired, but we are in a vicious cycle of not sleeping well and being overtired. Ugh. Baby sleep is the most frustrating thing ever!! Any luck with the magic sleep suit?

@abbydabbydoodlebug: If she's trying to suck her fingers, make them more accessible! That was another good thing- LO started thumb sucking, and we gave him an a&a lovey.

@abbydabbydoodlebug: my daughter was a TERRIBLE sleeper, do I figured I'm already exhausted, might as well have a newborn! Hahaha how many MOTN wake ups do you have? Do you plan on CIO? My little guy isn't a great sleeper, we have about 3-4 MOTN wake ups (after the first wake up he's up every hour to hour and a half). I'm at my wits end as well, but I know it'll get better after CIO and he gets a little older. Though it never fails, that when he is sleeping well one of my other ones wake up!! Hope you had a good night

@abbydabbydoodlebug: I can SO empathize with you. Baby sleep has been our biggest struggle. My DH keeps telling me it'll get better and she'll STTN soon, but he has been saying that for months! I used to get really upset and cry about it but now I've kind of just accepted it (and this is with sleep training!). She's awesome about putting herself to sleep, and things have improved from 4 wakeups to 2, but if you'd told me while I was pregnant that 9+ months in we'd still be getting up twice a night I would've thought you were crazy.

My best friend FF her son and he's been STTN since really early on. I don't know if FF has anything to do with it (I know there are a lot of EBF babies on HB that STTN early on, too), but at least when he does wake up her DH can do some of the feedings. It's definitely hard to hear about. Even now if I get 5 hours of consecutive sleep it's a really great night. Most of the time I still only get 3.5-4 (but I also don't go to bed til 10). Hopefully things will improve for you sooner rather than later, though! Wall me anytime if you want to vent!

@abbydabbydoodlebug: Thanks for this thread!

Have you ruled out any medical reasons for her not being able to sleep longer? Sorry if I missed it if typed above, but do you know she's getting enough to eat from BF before bed (I think you said you did pumped bottles too?) because not being full could wake her back up... also did you rule out reflux? Reflux was the reason our LO had sleep issues and it's helped so much to have her on meds, it started around 4 months that we put her on meds and now at 7 months she's off and she's frequently STTN 12.5 hours! I wish I had figured that out earlier. Also it helped our LO to sleep on her stomach. After we saw her try to flip in the merlin we started her sleeping in just footed sleepers, and she immediately started sleeping on her side- and soon after, her belly - and slept much more soundly and longer.

Just a few options, who knows if any of those are your situation but I know how frustrating it can be Hang in there!!!