My daughter used to be a great sleeper but for the past few months she has been waking up crying nearly every night. It's not consistent. She can wake any time between 8pm and 5am. She has a great bedtime routine and mostly goes to sleep on her own no bother.
We have had a lot of changes recently but I wouldn't have expected it to go on for as long. We moved around 4 months ago after a bit of upheaval. She was also potty trained 2 months ago but still sleeps in a pull up. However is mainly dry through the night. Potty training was a breeze, she was clearly ready. She also moved into a bed about a month ago as she asked to sleep in it.
I am 6 months pregnant and so worried that she will continue to wake once the new baby is born. I'm finding it very hard to keep calm at night and feel really sick when I have to get up.
I've read so much on the subject but can't pinpoint what is wrong. I feel like I'm failing as a parent I just can't figure her out. The past few nights she has been refusing to put a blanket over her. We have to sneak in once she is asleep to put it on as it's very cold.
We try not to interact with her and try give her time to settle herself before we intervene. Sometimes it can go on for about 4 hours through the night, others she is back asleep in 15minutes. She would settle if we stayed with her until she fell asleep or came into bed with us but I am really trying hard to not get into that habit.
She is a great child through the day. Fairly well behaved and lots of fun. She tends to have 1 nap through the day and I try not to let her sleep past 3pm as she goes to bed at 7pm. The past couple of weeks however I would say she has only been managing to nap half the week. I've been keeping a diary to see if i can pinpoint if there are any similarities. It doesn't seem to matter if she naps or not.
I guess I'm just wondering if this is just a phase. It just seems like a super long phase to me. I'm just so fed up.