rolling over, waking, crawling around cot crying.

[Terry1001]

Dear Mumsnet

I am at my wits end. DD, 8.5 months old, is waking up and crawling around her cot, crying. I've just started a new job, (could be the reason for more unsettled nights, though she has also started crawling in the last two weeks...) and so i feed her back to sleep. She is waking up every 2 hours, or less. How do I help her to self settle when she wakes up and starts crawling?

thank you soooooo much for your advice.

It's common for sleep to become unsettled when a little one learns a new skill. Rather than feeding her, just try patting her back with you at the side of the cot, with the odd shush here and there.

Today I started reading Andrea Grace's Gentle Sleep Solutions. She suggests patting her back too. I am going to start the new regime tomorrow evening, though not 100% sure what that will be. Suggestions still welcome!

Thank you for the suggestion TheVisitor and thank you for the solidarity fartingfran!

No problem. I'm posting from my phone, under the duvet. Think she's gone back to sleep for now - with some patting - but today's been a day of odd bouncing on all fours and she's keen to continue this endeavour in her sleep . Hang on in there!