DD is 14 weeks. She's not a great sleeper, or at least she's not a good settler. She'll settle well for the first part of the night, then can take a long time to settle after subsequent night feeds. During the day she'll only really nap in the sling or for a lighter, shorter nap, when being pushed in the pram.
Anyway, I thought we were making progress as she was settling back down at night with just some rocking and me putting my hand on her for the past few weeks. And in the past week - great progress as have managed to get her to take a first morning nap in her crib and it's lasted more than half an hour!
So far so good. But then the last three days I feel like we're back to square one again. She will only sleep on or near me and wakes up the moment I transfer her to the crib, no matter how deeply I think she's sleeping. I am a complete wuss when it comes to her crying and can't bear it at all so always pick her up and feed/rock her back to sleep. I have started just bringing her into bed with me after her first night feed because it's just easier and less exhausting and then she and I both sleep better.
I'm not sure whether to just accept she's having a clingy few days and just let her sleep on me and with me (which is what I have been doing) or whether to be concerned this might be a pattern she's developing and to persist more with putting her back in her crib. My heart says just let her sleep, no matter how she does it so at least she's getting rest and I'm not breaking my heart over her crying. But my head says maybe by this stage she should be managing a bit more time in her crib and as we seemed to have made some progress last week perhaps I should be stronger about trying to keep that up.
Opinions?