I’m incredibly lucky to have a beautiful DD who has slept amazingly…until now.
Her bedtime routine is bath, teeth brushed, story, bottle, bed. She has always been put in her cot and left alone to go to sleep, it’s never been a problem. No tears. Slept for 12 hours. Literally a dream. Like I say, it’s not lost on me how lucky we have been.
The last month though this has all changed. If I try to put her down awake she SCREAMS. Bedtime is taking 1-2 hours. She then wakes frequently though the night, for up to 2.5 hours at a time. She won’t be left. She’s not hot/cold/hungry/thirsty, she’s had medicine for teething and doesn’t show any signs of being unwell.
I work full time, and I’m getting less sleep than when she was newborn. I’m resorting to putting her in my bed in the early hours most nights, which I know isn’t helping, but I need at least a couple of hours sleep myself to function at work.
She usually has one 30 min nap; and one 1-1.5 hour nap each day, doesn’t sleep beyond 3pm, and bedtime is 7pm.
Tried transitioning to 1 nap…can’t get her through the morning.
I know it’s normal. I know it happens. I know it doesn’t last forever. I’m not really sure what I’m looking for. I just feel like I’m failing. Rant over.