So, last Friday night, dh did the usual bedtime routine, and Squish was fast asleep for 8.30. I went to bed around 10 and she was still sleeping, so I thought I would get some sleep in before she started wakening - well, I woke at 5am and she was still sleeping and she slept right through until 7ish

Wow, bloody fantastic - SHE CAN DO IT!!! The smile stayed etched on my face all day - a full nights sleep, a full nights sleep - whoohooooooo!

DH thought that was it, she had just decided to give up on overnight wakenings and our disturbed nights were a thing of the past - but Squish had other ideas

Here we are, 6 sleepless nights on - last night again the worst of the week as she woke every hour and nothing but a breastfeed would settle her. Her last feed was at 5.30am and its now almost 8.30am and this is the longest stretch of sleep she has had - I however had to get up at 7am and I can guarantee when I get my other smalls out to school that Squish will be wide awake and there will be no chance of me creeping back into bed.

I'm at a loss - I really am - how many theories can we have for why she is wakening and when will we get the answer - or maybe, there isn't an answer, we just meander along and ride it out and hope that at some point she will just have enough, roll over and sleep