Hello,
I have never posted on here before and nor do I usually read anything on the Internet as it just makes me feel I am doing everything wrong... But... After 6 weeks of little sleep I am turning to others to ask for help and advice please.
My daughter is 7.5 months old. As a newborn she was a great sleeper, used to sleep 10-6 waking for just one feed. At about 4 months things went wrong and she used to wake more frequently, not for a feed just to resettle. She was still in with us then so it would only take a hand on her back or her dummy and she would quickly go back to sleeps. At 6 months she had a terrible cold and we had a rough week where she mainly slept with us as she was so unwell, we then went on holiday for a week. When we can back we moved her into her own room. For the first two nights she slept right through.. 7-6.. We were amazed! Since then though things have gradually got worse! She wakes every night for around 2-3 hours, sometimes she is crying, sometimes just wide awake rolling around cot. The only thing that sends her back to sleep is putting her in with us. I don't mind the idea of co-sleeping but we really don't have the room and I am worried we are, in the long term, making it worse. She goes down for naps and at 7pm awake so i can't understand why she isn't self soothing in the night. We have tried the sleep..lady..shuffle.. Where we sit by her cot and try to resettle with just our voice and touch but after 2-3 hours i am afraid we have given up as we are both exhausted and she is so upset. My family tell me this is a phase that she will grow out of.. But I can't help feeling I am doing something wrong. Can anyone help or give any advice please. I would be very grateful.
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Nooshk · 28/06/2016 10:13
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