My almost 8 mo baby went into his own room at 6 months. He was sometimes sleeping through 11/12 hours, sometimes he was waking for us to put his dummy back in a couple of times a night. He could self soothe from birth, so I could just put him in his cot, turn the light off, and he was make little coo noises and go to sleep.
When he went into his own room, everything changed. When we put him down he screams. If we try to leave the room he screams. When he finally goes to sleep, he wakes up loads of times every night, and not just for us to put his dummy in, he's awake for ages, again not letting us leave the room. He's more clingy in day time, he doesn't like us leaving the room.
I think he's terrified of being on his own.
But we are absolutely worn out. We're both working, and getting up all night.
When he stays at my mum's house, he seems to sleep better. He is in their room so that probably helps. But at ours, he just won't sleep.
We have never let him in our bed, but this last week we're starting to give in and put him in our bed for a couple of hours just so we can grab a tiny bit of sleep. Then when we try to put him back in his cot, he wakes up and screams again.
What can we do.