My DD has just turned 7mo. I have always fed her to sleep during the night and never had an issue with it but recently she can't seem to sleep, even at nap time, unless she is on my boob.
She has never been good at napping but over the last month had got much better and would settle herself in her cot. On a night she would usually fall asleep quite quickly but would carry on feeding properly. When she got tired, I would swap her over to wake her up a bit and she would come off when she had enough. I would then be able to put her down drowsy and she would self settle.
For the last week, she seems content to suckle for eternity. If I take her off before she is properly asleep she will kind of chase my boob with her eyes shut and mouth open, like she used to when she was a new born and cry if I don't latch her back on.
This is the same at nap time. Even if she has had a feed recently, when I try to put her down for a nap she sucks my arm furiously until I feed her. As soon as I try to move her, she wakes up fully and won't go back to sleep unless she is on the boob. She only tends to sleep for about 20 mins this way so is constantly tired.
It is more the daytime that is getting me down as I can't get anything done or have 10 mins to myself (the only other way she will sleep is in the car or pram but wakes as soon they stop moving).
Help!!
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