I am completely at the end of my rope with my 8 month old. She was a reasonably good sleeper up until the age of 4 months or so but has been on a downward spiral since then. She'd got to the point where she was waking every couple of hours in the night and I was breastfeeding her to sleep. I could tell that she wasn't really hungry so I decided to feed her when I went to bed at 11ish and then not feed her until the morning. This went ok at first, took a while to get her off by rocking her but she wasn't upset at all. But, 2 weeks later, and her sleep is hellish. It takes between and hour/2 hours to get her back to sleep - we rock her and she goes off, put her in her cot and she wakes. This is repeated endlessly.
Last night I decided to just feed her and give up on the rocking. She woke every 1.5/2 hours through the night. She wouldn't even nap yesterday - just one 30 minute cat nap.
I can't take much more to be honest. I have a 4 and 6 year old as well and I'm ratty and horrible with them. DH is great at sharing night duty but is away at times for work and even when he does help out I remain awake anyway. I'm thinking of doing CC now. I'm convinced she's not teething, she's not upset when she wakes, she's just wakeful and wants to be held. I had hoped we wouldn't have to do it but I can't think what else to do with her. Anyone have any alternative suggestions? It could well be a developmental thing as she's desperately trying to crawl but I honestly can't take much more.