My 9m old has recently become really difficult to put to sleep. She’s never been a baby that could be put down and left as she is extremely determined and will stay awake for hours in her cot. We have been able to give her a bottle and put her to sleep, or for naps, turn everything off and put her on the sofa, laying down next to her and she will drop off and then moved to the cot.
Now, nothing is working! She fights sleep really badly, she won’t even drop off in her pushchair, the car seat stays in the car so can’t really put her to sleep in the car during desperate times.
White noise and lullabies aren’t working, she won’t be rocked, she will continuously get up and generally hurts herself in the process as she gets so tired she can’t stand up as strong as normal. I feel like I’m in a catch 22 as she won’t be held and she can’t really be let loose as she will knock herself- looking for any tips?! Tonight it took almost 2 hours, she’s also poorly at the mo which doesnt help at all- but it’s like once she’s overtired it’s impossible to get her to sleep... well it’s getting impossible even when she’s not overtired!!