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My baby is 8 months old, and still wakes up at night. It's not just waking up to suck, but also to play. She just doesn't want to sleep! Falling asleep during the day is not a problem, but when night comes, she wakes up every two hours, and she can be awake for several hours. I'm losing my strength and the will to get up and I'm afraid I'll lose my patience, even though I know I should be thankful because she's a healthy and happy baby. My husband have more patience but we both are tired and Im beginning to worry for our mental health and relationship. I tried few sleeping techniques but none of them was useful to me Do you have some advice?

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

As others have said, it sounds like she's getting too much sleep via daytime naps. Try waking her up from daytime naps before she naturally wakes up it you usually wake her up. It's tough because she'll be cranky and you'll feel like you're losing some valuable down time yourselves. But give it a try. I think you'll find that she sleeps better through the night once you start limiting her daytime naps.