Hi all,
Thanks for taking a look. I'm feeling completely desperate now.
I have a 5 month old DD who is such a fiery lady! From birth I have been very much baby led in every way- bed sharing (not the original plan), bf on demand, sleep when sleep cues but it is not working. Sleep was always crap but has this last month has gone properly tits up (sorry!). DD only sleeps in pram/on boob/in bouncer (although this last option is working less and less). The list of things that she will not tolerate is endless... dummy, sling, comforter, cot, swing...
Yesterday went like this, with me really trying hard to achieve 3x decent naps:
Day:
6.00am stirring, feed in bed
7.00am get up
9.00-9.30am asleep (pram)
9.50-10.30am back to sleep in pram
12.30-1.15pm asleep (pram)
3.20-4pm asleep (pram)
Night (after bath routine):
6.35-7.20pm asleep in bouncy chair being bounced with white noise
7.20-9pm crying and grumpy, fighting sleep
9pm went to bed with me, slept after 30 minutes on/off blob
Wake up countless times in the night, worse being 2-3am every 20mins
Up at 6.00 this morning
Total day sleep =2hrs 15mins
Total night sleep=9hr 15mins very unsettled fidgety sighing sleep and at least. 10 bf's
DD has no way of comforting herself at all, relies completely on my boob (cuddles don't work either) and she fights sleep, is a ridiculously light sleeper and can't be transferred once asleep. She has never slept in a cot, screams hysterically. She squirms all night and screams if no boob within about 3mins of wriggling.
I feel like CC or CIO is gonna be the only option but not sure I can stand it, especially as she cries a lot of the time anyway. It feels like we've tried everything else. I am sure she is tired but just cannot switch off or stay asleep.
Any help welcome! I feel like I just want to run away from it all now!
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1northernfairy · 14/04/2016 08:58
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