HELP ME before I cry

[EmilyandLola]

DD 8 1/2 months

Slept through from 6 weeks, till about 5 months...

BLW, to be frank, fed up with not getting any sleep. (I know, every parent feels like this too)

We bath, bottle, bed, and she used to fall asleep in her cot and only wake up once or twice for a little min or two, needing a stroke or to be re-arranged in her cot.

But now she's more mobile, I lay her in her cot, she sits up and if I leave her like I used to, she pulls her self up, falls over, hurts herself and screams.

At my wits end, I just walked round the village 10 times to get her to sleep and carried her up - but I dont want to make this the norm.

What do you all do with your mobile little ones?

Oh how frustrating for you. Have you considered trying her in a sleeping bag? It may make it more difficult for her to get up, therefor she may give up and go to sleep. Sorry if this is crap advice, but maybe someone else might have more ideas
Come on MN's

Already use a sleeping bag, she just rolls on to her front, and pushes herself to sitting with her hands, spins round and pulls her self up to standing in her cot.

(devious child)

Oh what a monkey! My other idea was velcro??

Might sound obvious, but does she have a sleep toy? A little blankie/bear that she only has in bed and associates with bedtime? Can't stress enough how much this works for my dd (16 months). She grabs the bear, sniffs it deeply, and she goes all sleepy. Lies on her back playing with it as well until she drops off sometimes. Might stop your dd trying to get up/out...?

What time do you put her to bed?
You might want to try a bit later?
Also, if she is falling over in sleeping bag you could try a sleepsuit. It might prevent some of the falling??
poor you, it's hard isn't it?
x

Ive had a little teddy in bed with her since she came home from the hospital, she just throws it at me...

Ive tried just the sleep suit, still wiggles around.

We have dinner at 6, play time, bath at 8, normally in there for 20 - 30 mins, screams when I get her out, then Jimjams, bottle, quiet cuddle, cot... then she really becomes alive, maybe I havent got a baby human, she's an owl isnt she...

But have you tried one of those sort of blanket/bear things like this?

It might be a bit late to get her into it now. i did it when I first moved her to her own cot (at 8 weeks). I slept with the blankie thing myself for a few nights first so it smelt familiar for her.

Good luck anyway.

It goes against most of the bedtime routines but you could ry bathing her in the morning. I find that bathtime can actually be quite stimulating for bedtime
She is still very young to be sleeping really well all of the time so this might just be a phase
Decide if you want to sit with her (no eye contact, no talking etc) or if you want to hold her, or if you want to sit away from her. There are many things you can try but they will all take a few nights to bed in (excuse the pun!"!)

go to bed with her. early night for you and guaranteed sleep for her. its a phase and she will soon change her sleeping patterns again.

Maybe this would be a better toy after all...?

If I go to bed with her, I lay with my back to her (she's still in our room) She just sits up and shouts MUM MUM MUM

Maybe now would be a good time to move her into her own room? How would you feel about that?

I cant, the spare room is FULL of stuff we simple dont have the room to move her (I was tempted to put her on the landing, but thought that was mean)

Maybe you could sleep on the landing

what i mean is, put her in the bed with you. co-sleeping does have benefits and doesn,t mean the end of the world, particularly in times of severe stress. maybe she just needs comfort.

little elf

Or maybe try these?

Only joking of course. Sorry!

It's good to try and keep a sense of humour with these things

Good idea re co-sleeping. If your dd will do it! I did it for the first 8 weeks, but since I've moved her to her own cot she has always been really fidgety when i've brought her in with us. Likes to bash my face in until I open my eyes!

well, i have got a bedside cot, I could try it I suppose, drop the side down so she's still in her cot, but the bed gets bigger to prevent DP complaining that women take up too much room.

What things do I need know about co sleeping, does she go to bed at same time as us?

i'd try taking her into bed at her normal time (to keep her routine). Could you then creep ut once she's dropped off and then go back to bed later when you're ready? You'll have to make sure it's safe all round - no gaps she could fall down etc. mine used to sleep beside me, in her sleeping bag but on top of the duvet so she wouldn't overheat. VERY important that they don't overheat.