I'm literally at my wits end and on my knees with exhaustion. Dd is 6 months and had always been a very needy, clingy baby. She's ebf and refuses bottles and dummies. She will have nothing to do with her dad or my mum and just wants me all the time. For 6 months I've left her twice and been called home after an hour both times as she just screams blue murder til I arrive.
Until recently, nights haven't been too bad; I feed her to sleep, put her in the cot at 7 and she slept til at least 11pm, fed and went back down easily (often awake and drifting off alone) til around 3am when she'd get really fussy so we co slept the rest of the night.
But now we seem to have hit a wall where she cries the moment she's put in the cot, I've tried leaving her to self settle but she seems to have forgotten and just starts screaming. She'll only stay asleep if I feed her on my bed and lie with her. It's total unfeasable as DS (2.5) needs me too and I haven't been able to put him to bed or even kiss him good night for weeks as I'm tied to dd and DH has taken over with him.
I used rapid return with ds at 14 months old and he was sleeping through within a week. But I'm not sure if she's too young? Any tips, strategies would be great. Ty.
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Pandasandmonkeys · 05/06/2015 21:33
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