I've posted before, my baby is a challenge to say the least! But she went through a phase of being well at night, only waking once for a feed. Now she's 4 months old and I knew that it wouldn't last, but she's worse than ever!
She sleeps swaddled in the bouncer beside my bed with a white noise on, we did co sleep but due to earlier difficulties this was the only thing that worked.
Anyway as of late, she just won't sleep, not even a little bit! Her routine is in bed and asleep between half 8-9, but now she wakes for a feed around 11:30 (if we make it that long), sometimes she'll feed, sometimes she won't, she will then wake say every hour which is what happened last night, until 3:30 when she wouldn't settle down again, I had to bounce her on stop and the cycle was the same, bounce for around half an hour til I knew she was in a proper sleep, wake, cry, refuse bottle etc but refuse to go back to sleep, doze off, up again half an hour later, sometimes only 15 mins. This is a regular occurrence and it's honestly just pushing me to breaking point! I feel so helpless yet so exhausted, nothing works, she is teething and I understand how bad that can be (I have a 2 year old) but this is extreme. Once again she has just woke up crying 30 mins after I left her be, and because of how badly she was chomping and dribbling before bed I've given her some medicine and a teething powder in the hope of relieving her gums a little, but I don't expect it to make s difference at all. I have tried not bouncing her, relieving the swaddle, turning off the noise, changing bums, stroking her head, whatever I could think of! She had a tongue tie cut already, gains weight healthily and is a happy baby when she's not upset, so there are no underlying issues, I just don't know what to do!