Hi girls, some help from experienced mummies would be great. LG (8months)has been a great sleeper then about 6 weeks ago started screaming blue murder when we me left her in her cot. After a few weeks this seems to die down but over the last week it's back and worse than ever. I used to give her a bottle kisses cuddle etc then put her into her cot where she self settled & went to sleep. Now I have to nurse her to sleep and she is up at least 5 times a night.
I have taken to sleeping on the floor beside her which seems to settle her eventually and she'll go to sleep. I start back to work on Monday!! I know I am making a rod for my own back doing this but nursing her in the middle of the night doesn't really work and it takes hours.
I half heartedly tried cio but when we leave she doesn't just cry. She wails and screams hysterically the second she goes in her cot. I just don't know what todo
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Tiredmummy84 · 28/08/2016 15:29
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