Our dd is nearly 10 months and has never slept very well. From pretty much the four month regression, which I'm sure kicked in at three months, until fairly recently hourly wake ups were not uncommon. Since she has been more mobile things have been better. My theory is it's easier for her to self settle now she can roll over etc. However, the last three nights have been truly awful, with her deciding to spend much of them just awake. We persist in keeping things dark and boring. She is not hungry, needing changing, seemingly in pain or otherwise uncomfortable so far as we can tell. We have used all night white noise since the very early days and she has a dummy. She generally naps well. Around 2 hours in the morning and another hour in the afternoon. She's eating well, and is still breastfeeding.
After 3 nights of her being up for 3-5 hours after midnight, we have only just managed to get her to sleep at 11 tonight. What are we doing wrong???
I have recently gone back to work 3 days. She is going to a cm, where the naps are variable. Sometimes she manages a normal length one, others it gets delayed and the days' schedule is all thrown off. She has also become a bottle refuser, and despite my laborious pumping of milk, she refuses to drink any whilst she's there. She has been teething but I think not too badly this week. I say that because when she is suffering with her gums, you really know about it! She has not been distressed during these waking periods. She has, to no-ones surprise, brought home a horrid sounding cough which doesn't seem to have helped matters but I feel like it's not the cause because she is still napping so well in the day. Please tell me what we are doing wrong. This is a depressing way to live. 