Hi tweetie,
Think your daughter has bad sleep associations, needing latching n swaying before sleeping. To rid of it, you'll need to sleep train..
Actually, i feel that since she still sleeps thru the nite without waking, maybe there's no need to sleep train? These only become truly problems when babies wake up several times a night, not knowing how to go back to sleep themselves, and need latching or swaying. I only did sleep training on my son cos he was disrupting my precious sleep..
If u really want to do something about it, u would have to tackle the latching issue first. Not sure how old your dd is, or if she is ready to cut the nite feed...Restructure feeding to a 7 to 7 routine, gradually cut the latching at 11pm by a few mins each time over a few days, with increasing the amounts taken in the morning feed, though u would have to top up with expressed milk if u latch at 7am. On the weekends, I would sway her to sleep first.. It's easier to cut off one sleep association at a time...
Once she's figured that feeds and sleeps are independent, you can start the sleep training. I feel that baby whisperer's pick up/put down works best.. Or you could do controlled crying.. No matter which method u choose, once u have decided to go for it, you have to do it all the way. Yes, there will be huge screaming and tears, but once you give in and decide to be soft hearted, you'd have wasted all of baby's precious tears trying to adjust to a new way of sleeping. I have tried sleep training on both kids, it works, but it's really tough on your heart and ears.
