8 month sleep regression ahhhh help!!!

[ClaudiaRoseAitken]

Hello:)

So my baby was an easy chilled out baby, during the day i had no problem putting her in her cot for nap times etc and shes became so much fussier will not nap in her cot only on me or in the same room as me asoon as i leave shes awake and crying. She used too sit and keep her self entertained playing with toys and in her jumparoo quite happily but now even when i leave the room for the toilet she cries hysterically!

At night times since four weeks old she slept from 6.30 till 6.30 but the past week she has been wakening up at two, crying house down we try too settle her put her in cot and she crys hysterically. This is just not her at all. Her first tooth cut through about two weeks ago and we have also moved into a new house and she has been in her own room... Maybe it's a mixture off things but is anyone experiencing the same or has done and does it all settle down and go back too normal?? Thanks

Sounds like seperation anxiety to me which usually starts around this age. It just takes them a while to get used to the fact that when you leave you still exist somewhere else and don't just pop out of existence! I think it's been especially bad for lockdown babies. Ds went through this a few months ago but he seems to have grown out of it now! We just did a bit of controlled crying with soothing him in his cot overnight and he snapped out of it after a few days. He was funny about naps for a while but we just walked him in his pram for naps for a week or two so he could catch up on his sleep and not be overtired. Good luck, it doesn't last forever!

@MrFlibblesEyes praying it doesn't last long 🙏 i was reading about seperation anxiety also it seems too me she definitely has that aswell