Dd (5.5 months) has always been a good sleeper (9-9pm at her peak!), but for the past week she has turned that on its head.
She has always fed to sleep, and still does, but is now waking about an hour later. When I go through to her, she is very obviously tired and goes straight back to sleep on me, but when I put her back in her cot she wakes immediately, or after another 20-30 mins. I've tried:
- Leaving her for about 5 mins (result was she wakes up properly and I'm dealing with a wide awake baby, rather than a sleepy one)
- not picking her up, but getting her back to sleep in her cot by patting/shushing her - lasted the same time as picking her up
- picking her up and doing my usual patting/shushing and putting her down asleep
- she has a Ewan the sheep so have turned on white noise etc
- there is a bed in her room, so have lain in that shushing her in the cot
I started her on purées a week ago, so it could be that, though she's only hungry if I let her wake up completely,. I'm pretty sure it's teething - she has 2 large white bumps in her gums where her incisors are. I've given her calpol/anbesol liquid and teething crystals.
I'm caving at about 2-3am and bringing her into bed with me, where she will sleep, uninterrupted, but am worried about rods for my own back etc
Help!