I have posted on here a few times now about DD's (21 weeks) sleep. It has gone absolutely bananas over the last week or so (especially over the last 4 days). She used to be fed to sleep and then stay asleep for a few hours (on DH, so admittedly not ideal) before waking for a feed and then co-sleeping with me feeding every 2-3 hours and going back to sleep immediately (well, barely waking up in the first place actually).
Now, she won't go to DH (AT ALL). She just wants to lie next to me in the bed and feed every 1-2 hours. This goes on from 7pm- 3am ish and then she just seems to wake up and not want to go back to sleep (won't be fed to sleep or rocked/shusshed); she seems quite happy just chatting away for ages. After a couple of hours of her being awake (and winded/nappy changed etc. to make sure these aren't the problem), she will let us rock her to sleep. We keep the light off and don't speak, but this doesn't seem to make a difference.
Is this a stage?? My DH and I are absolutely exhausted, especially as she won't sleep alone AT ALL (including naps, which are, incidentally getting more and more difficult with a massive battle each time. She will only be fed to sleep in a pitch black room and will wake at the slighted noise).
Do you think co-sleeping is the problem? She is feeding so much at night- will this naturally reduce or do I need to actively do something about it... it feels like she is never in a deep sleep.
TIA (sorry for the ramble...)x