iam exhausted please help

[micegg]

My 9 month old DD has not slept for the past 3 nights and I am shattered. She used to sleep from 7 till 5am, wake for a bottle and go back to sleepuntil about 7. Perfect.

Suudenly she has taken to waking ecery hour or so and screaming. I pick her u and she immediatley stops crying and the minite I lower her into her cot she starte again.

I think she is teeting (but wasn't like this with her other teeth). has a cold (very mild) and started nursery last week in preparation for my return to work next week.

I know its only 3 nights but wondered if I should do anything to break this new pattern. IE Controlled crying. I tried to leave her for 10 mins last night and and she was sick. Have any of you had such a suden change in sleep patterns with a baby of this age? Any tios on dealing with night waking. Should I leave her in her cot an pat her or pick her up. I worry that picking her up makes it worse.

Excuse all the spelling mistakes. DD is sitting on my lap wriggling and I dont have my glasses on!

Please don't do cc - your daughter is too young and cc isn't recommended for babies under a year. My dd (14m) varies from day to day when she is teething. Some days fine but other days obviously very distressed. I would think that your daughter is also unsettled because of starting nursery and needs you more. Pick her up if she needs you, you can get her back into a routine when the teething stops/nursery becomes familiar.

DS is having sudden change like this. DH is a "Leave him, he'll wear himself out" advocate (the other night he wanted to shut DS's door so we couldn't hear him!!!)
I went in but didn't pick DS up, stroked & rubbed his tummy, sang him "his" song til he quietened down and then did the "slow withdrawal" thingy. He was back asleep within about 15 mins

My Dh is the same, "Leave her to cry". I hate leaving her like that but dont want to create a rod for my own back. There must be a way round this as i am knackered. My Dh wont get up at night as I am off work. Even though I return on Tuesday. But thats another topic. I left her to cry this morning as I really couldnt take any more. She fell asleep within 10 mins but this doesnt seem to happen at night. She must be shattered. Every time she nods off she wakes up and starts screaming again. I have just put her to bed after another mammoth scream and refusal of milk. I left her crying and cant hear anything now so hopefully she is asleep.