Baby is 9 months old. Last couple of months has been a nightmare, waking every 20-30 mins crying, needing dummy put back in or general comfort. I’ve tried co sleeping and even holding him in my arms all night but that hasn’t worked. I’m at the point where I physically can’t do it anymore, I am completely run down, getting ill all the time, today I’ve got an eye infection of all things.
baby goes down fine in cot during day for naps but at night it’s a different story. Tonight I put him to bed and let him cry, I didn’t leave the room, I sat next to the cot and soothed him, put his dummy in, stroked his hair, sang to him, gave him his teddy etc but he still cried but I didn’t get him out. He didn’t cry the whole time, he did have periods where he was quiet. He’s gone to sleep now and I’m crying, have I just done cry it out? I always swore I could never just let my baby cry but now I’ve done it and he probably wonders why I’m being so horrible all of a sudden. I feel sick.
my husband does do some nights but we have an autistic older son who struggles with sleep too so our focus is normally on one child each at bedtimes. He does give me a ‘lay in’ in the mornings as he starts work later but it’s only a few hours and not enough for me to recover.