Hi! My 6 month old had gotten into really good sleep habits over the past 2-3 months. He has always catnapped rather than doing long naps but this was improving, and we were in a pretty good schedule where I could put him down for naps whilst awake and he would self settle- same at night. He was tending to go from about 8pm to 5am, quick feed at 5 and then back to sleep until 8am. If he woke other than that he would either get back to sleep himself (with the help of Ewan the sheep 🙌🏻) or just need me to pop his dummy in.
In the past week he has become increasingly unsettled and won't fall asleep on his own. He either needs me almost inside his cot with him, or else to be in my arms, and takes 30-60 mins to go to sleep (which is sad when he then only naps for 30-45 mins sometimes 😂). I have read about the fact that at this age they develop an understanding of the fact that you can leave them and it can cause then to be clingy. Is that what this is? Is there anything I can do or do I just ride it out? Any advice appreciated.
For info, he has had the same bedtime routine since he was a few weeks old (bath, pjs, feed, cuddle, lullaby + sleep sack and then bed in dark room with white noise) and for naps we do cuddle, sleep sack, feed, bed with white noise in dark room. He wakes up well rested and happy, it's just getting him to sleep is the tricky bit!