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Babies go through changes in their sleep patterns often. Sometimes it had to do with growth spurts, sometimes diet changes, sometimes there's no obvious reason.
There were two main ways I dealt with stuff like this when I had to get my sleep.
1. Let her fall asleep on her own and learn to self-comfort. It won't her them to cry a little. There were times when I actually got tired of the crying, falling asleep, waking when I layed her down, and crying all over again. So I would just put her in bed and cover my head with a pillow till she fell asleep. Letting her cry herself to sleep won't hurt her. There were times when I actually let my daughter cry for about 20 min even. That wasn't frequent but it did happen.
2. Sometimes I caved because I just couldn't stand the crying and I'd sleep with her on the sofa bed. I was nursing so this worked better for me as I'd lay down while she fed and half the time I'd fall asleep while she was still latched on. That won't work as well with a bottle but snuggling them does help the both of you get a little more sleep. Just be careful if you roll much in your sleep that you don't roll on her. And build an edge of some sort so that she won't roll off the bed herself. Or as a last resort make yourself a pile of blankets on the floor to sleep on. She won't go rolling off that very easily.
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