after a rocky start, my dd became a champion sleeper. now, at 20 weeks, everything has gone to shit.
she learned to roll about 2-3 weeks ago and is now desperate to crawl. she was throwing herself around the crib a bit but was able to be settled with either a bit of shhpat or picking up and rocking to sleep (in bed, not standing up).
but now a small thing she had every now and then of compulsively rubbing her face in her sleep has turned into a massive issue. it is all she does. she wakes herself up with it at least once an hour and i am wrecked. the only thing that stops her (and gets her some sleep) is for me to physically restrain her arms. i lean over into the cosleeper to do this but last night it was happening so much i brought her on to the bed to do it. i barely slept all night and when dh came to relieve me in the morning i burst into tears.
she is ff but dropped her night feeds (due to sleeping so well!) two months ago. she has never been swaddled, so this isn't a "wow, i've got arms!" thing. she naps well (3-4 naps a day, usually about 30-40 mins, sometimes more) but yesterday she took three large naps (1hr20, 1hr50, 1hr30) so now i'm worried that her sleep will go topsy turvy.
do i just ride it out? how can i get her to self soothe if she won't calm down without being held? she already takes a dummy, reluctantly, but this is getting spat straight back out at night now.