Our DD has in the last 2 week's lost her good nighttime routine and I'm not sure what's going on and what to do next.
After her last feed we have a routine of a little play downstairs them upstairs for a nappy change, into sleepsuit, bedtime story then lights down and she can usually fall asleep in about 30 mins with me sat next to her with a little stroking.
She used to stay asleep then till 11/12 ish when I'd feed again and then sleep till 6am.
We had a period of I think teething causing eczema flare up about 2 weeks ago and since then she seems to wake after about half an hour crying. But when I go in it doesn't help as she gets herself into an agonising crying fit. Eventually after singing, patting, hugging she will eventually calm but the slightest thing will set off the tantrum again. It's almost impossible to get her to settle herself and so will eventually fall asleep in my arms and I can put her down.
But the cycle of only staying asleep for 30ish minutes keeps repeating then for rest of night. It only seems to stop when we go to bed and feed her. We might then get a longer stretch till 3 or 4ish but again she wakes and is in a tantrum quickly thats not eased by me cuddling her.
I can't understand what's bothering her and causing her to wake up so upset. Have tried giving a feed but doesn't work as she's so upset, tried an extra feed in the day in case it was hunger but also hasn't worked.
Could it be something to do with digestion? We never used to have evening poos but we also have to do a clean up at some point around 9pm ish.
Starting really get me down how much she's upset and it's really making evenings impossible. She's now so tired that she's sleeping more in the day (when we don't get any drama) but I would rather she slept at night than in the day because she's exhausted.
Anyone had similar? Any ideas on what I could try to get back to a better evening routine?
Thanks (and sorry it's so long to read all this)