I know of the 4 month sleep regression etc but my issue is not that 20 week old baby keeps waking (although that is an issue) but increasingly that she will no longer sleep anywhere but on me or my husband. I understand this of newborns and we did hold her all the time then, but around 2.5 months she became a champ at sleeping at night in her cot in our room, while still being held for daytime naps. Sadly as of last week she will no longer be put down at night for the most part. Some nights we get 2 hours of her sleeping in her cot, some nights absolutely nothing.
I cannot put her down drowsy but awake as she'll scream.
When she is successfully put down but wakes up within 10 mins, or when she wakes as soon as i put her down, I try to leave her til she actually cries rather than grumbles. At that point i pick her up and 99% of time, if it's not a feeding wake up, she falls back to sleep the minute her head lays on my shoulder. She will go from wide awake to snoring in a matter of seconds in this scenario
I can't cosleep as our mattress is very soft, nor do I want to introduce another sleep crutch at this age.
She is formula fed.
She is rocked in a chair and/or fed to sleep for each nap and sleep
She has 3 naps in the day and used to "go to bed" around 6pm, waking every 4 hours until 6 am when she'd go back to a play, nap type pattern. Those were the days!
I'm not going to leave her to cry but should I try pick up put down ad infinitum in the hope it works or do I just ride this one out?!
Please help us!!