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From the time my daughter was little, she has been a GREAT sleeper.  Falling asleep on her own, sleeping 13 hours at night, etc. 

She has been drinking less and less formula and her Dr had already said it was on the low end for her age (some days only 16oz a day- she's 10 months).  And to add to it, she hardly eats any solid food, so the Dr. wanted me to try getting her to drink and eat more.  She always drank her entire bottle when I gave it to her at bedtime with no problem.  So I started giving her bottles before her naps, instead of with meals.

Now I think she is dependant on me getting her to sleep in my arms! I have only been giving her bottles at nap time for about a 1.5 weeks, and she has actually been drinking them all, so I wanted to continue! She is back up to 22 oz some days (still… not much solids).

But The past 2 nights I have had to go in to a screaming baby in the middle of the night and just hold her until she falls asleep (no way and I going to make her a bottle when we passed that stage months ago!) So lastnight she was up every 2 hours, and it took me on average 1.5-2 hours to get her back to sleep. I would just hold her. rock her. she wouldn't fuss, but it would take a long time for her to falla sleep. I'm tired!!!

Do you think I've done this, or could it be teething maybe?  She still only has her bottom 2 teeth, and got those 3 months ago- but I don't remember her being like this.  She isnt in any pain throughout the day or at night, but she will NOT sleep untill I'm holding her, and I've even tried just sitting next to her bed (since when I go out of sight she screams), but that isnt even good enough.  If she's OK with it, she still won't sleep, she'll stand up over and over and over…..

Any advice?  Do I need to start sleep training? Should I give it a couple days? Should I stop her naptime bottles?? So many questions!!!!