Baby can self settle but wakes throughout the night

[BlessedMamma]

My LO is 10 months old and can self settle, however she constantly wakes throughout the night. She doesn't want anything other than reassurance I'm there. Naps are the same. She usually goes down fine but then stirs after 1/2 hour and if I'm not there to reassure her she'll wake up and won't go back to sleep. She also has a dummy which doesn't help as she often wakes and gets upset when she realises it's fallen out. She won't settle for my DH, she only wants me. I'm exhausted. Most nights she ends up back in our room as it's easier than running back and forth and she tends to sleep better when co-sleeping, although I realise this probably isn't helping. What can I do to encourage her to sleep longer than 2-3 hours at a time in her own room?

In my experience the short naps at that age is standard. My DC did 2 or 3 half hour naos a day around then.

At night maybe you could try reassuring her you are there with a short cuddle then back in her cot. I found doing this helped.

Good luck and it'll change soon.

This is quite normal and she will grow out of it - can you have the cot next to you to get more rest?

No advice, but exactly the same situation here. DD is 10 months, wakes every 3 hours in the night. You could set your watch by it! She sits up, looks around for me, then I have to settle her back to sleep. She's still in our room because of this. Same with naps. I'm hoping she'll grow out of it!

Have you tried making the dummy easier for her to find? Knotting four dummies to the corners of a muslin square for example. Or affixing then to the legs of a teddy bear.

Restless nights like this are usually down to (significant) lack of daytime sleep. If you cannot extend naps by resettling then they need to be closer together and more frequent.