Ok peeps I need advice on 2 things please - early waking & waking in the night!
My DD has always generally been a good sleeper, but at 9/10 months she started waking in the night. I’ve tried getting her to self soothe by doing controlled crying and going in and out of her room but she just stands at the side of her cot and gets irate whenever I leave the room. She will settle when I go back in, but the only way she will drop off is if I am next to her. As soon as she hears me move or leave she jumps up again - this can go on for hours!
Secondly she is an early waker. She’s normally slept from 7pm-5.15am which I felt was doable (after all she had been sleeping through) but it’s now getting earlier and she is now wide awake at 4am - again I’ve tried getting her back to sleep, I’ve tried feeding her then back to sleep, I’ve tried bringing her into my own bed.. nothing seems to work.
I am open to sleep techniques to help me crack this! I’m back to work in a month so I’m desperate to try and get her settled into a better morning sleep routine before then.. I don’t think I can cope with 4am starts before a full work day too! 😩
Advice please?!!! 🙏 xx