Until a few weeks ago, DD was waking every 45 minutes, so things are better, but now we have a new pattern.
We Ferberized, and it took. DD would wake a few times, but would go back to sleep by herself within 5 minutes-- no need to check. Now, every night, she wakes up screaming and shrieking at about 1 am. She'll cry for a looong time! I can't hack it, so if she cries for over 20 minutes, I go in and pick her up. If I let her fall asleep in my arms, she'll go down again in her crib. If I just soothe her and get her sleepy, as I did tonight, I'm in for another jag if crying. Sometimes it will be less than 10 minutes, but sometimes it will be another long stretch. She's crying right now. I, of course, am done with sleep for the night either way, and I lie awake until she wakes again anywhere from 4:45-5:30am. At that time I take her into my bed.
I am nursing her down at night, not letting her fall asleep on her own. She usually wakes as I put her in her crib but either doesn't cry or cries for just a minute. I do also take her into my bed in the morning, because I figure she's hungry, and I can get some extra sleep while she nurses. Do I need to cut this all out? It was working fine until a week ago when this 1 am waking began.
Do you have any advice?