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begging! 9 month sleep regression help!

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MrsMuskett · 14/08/2014 08:11

Please any advise would be appreciated.
My 9mo son was a great sleeper until a few weeks ago, and I can't cope much anymore, he's hard to put to sleep, wakes every hour to a few hours, he's fussy all day cos he's tired and hes clingy. He screams when I leave a room, he'll only sleep when I pick him up, but I obviously can't sleep with him in my arms all night, I've googled it and some websites contradicts with different advise, some say give them a night feed, others say don't, some say let them cry it out and others say don't. I'm worried he's not getting enough sleep, my husband is exhausted and he does a manually stressful job and drives a lot.
We've stuck to his usual bed time routine and there isn't anything medically wrong with him, no changes in the family home etc, so I know its the dreaded sleep regression. He's just started to crawl properly and sit, hes pulling himself up onto furniture. He gets plenty of play time to master these skills. I'm just struggling to cope with it all and need some advise from real parents not an article???

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Cavort · 14/08/2014 11:37

YY to everything you are saying. 9-10 months were hell on earth for us. Our DD was a nightmare to get to sleep and stay asleep.

I would love to be full of useful advice for you on what worked for us, but unfortunately nothing did Angry

In the end we just waited for it to pass and rest assured it did and everything was back to normal by 11 months.

Sympathy and Brew OP.

magicalmrmistofelees · 14/08/2014 11:47

We're having similar issues at 9 months, no advice just support!

ChocolateIsMySleep · 14/08/2014 11:58

Sounds like classic separation anxiety. I would suggest lots of cuddles, reassurance and peekaboo games. How does he fall asleep? Can you put him down and pat him to sleep?

My DD1 was a nightmare sleeper until 15 months though, and even then has had lots of bad spells and regressions with teething and illness so I'm not really an expert on getting them to sleep well!

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