What have I done wrong?

[Flosie1989]

DD is 3 months old and has always been good with her night time sleep. She slept through from 8 weeks old and usually went straight to sleep when i put her down, sometimes she'd cry but would stop again within a few seconds.

However, for the last week or do she's taken aggggeeeesss to settle in the evening, I'm going up every 30 an hour or so to try and settle her. She used to go to sleep on her own but now she needs my help to send her to sleep. Is this a bad habit to be getting into? But I don't know what else to do....

She also wakes in the night again not for a feed but to play!

What am I doing wrong for her to change her ways?

My son did the same thing. He started to sleep through and was able to settle himself to sleep until he was about 3 months old, then since then it has been a nightmare (he is now 6 months)! He wont go to sleep unless being rocked, and he wakes at least 2 times a night for food or comfort.

I wish there was an answer but I think that babies just have their own ideas sometimes. I don't think it's necessarily something that you have done.

Only thing I can suggest, which I'm sure you are already doing, is to make sure you don't interact too much during the night. Keep lights low, no talking etc.

I hope it gets better :)

Thank you for sharing although im sorry to hear you're still not having much luck.

The only thing I can think of that's changed in the last week is her moving into her big cot, maybe that's unsettling her....but then again we went on holiday in July and she slept in a different bed then and was fine.

I really hope she gets back into her old routine.....something tells me I won't get away with it that easily though!

Is she still in your room? Same distance away from you? Babies can be very sensitive to these things so it could be something like that? Have you tried putting a top you have worn in the cot with her so that she can smell you?

No we've put her in her own room because she was sleeping through, now it doesn't seem like such a great idea.

I haven't tried the top thing since she was very tiny as haven't needed to but I think I may start that again. Thank you

That's okay! Sorry that I can't be much help! It might just be that she wants comfort now that she is in her own room :) Bless!

Ok so I was up every 20 mins last night with DD - knackered is an understatement! When she woke up the first time I put my top in the cot with her for comfort but didn't seen to work.

Any ideas/suggestions?

Ah that's rubbish, I'm sorry... I don't know what to say! :(