Help! My dd is now 18 weeks and we’ve been battling a suddenly unpredictable sleep pattern since just before Christmas and I’m EXHAUSTED. It less the sleep more like the constant battle to GET her to sleep.
Previous to this she was a good little sleeper: down at 7:30-4, feed, down again to 8, cuddle in bed, up and ready to start day by 9 (I know, spoilt...), napping every 1-2 hours for a consistent 1.5 hours during the day, super easy to put to sleep.
Now however: napping through the day every 1.5-2 hours before napping for maybe 1.5 hours if I’m lucky but that is only when being held, put her down and it’s an instant wake up... come night time she’s ready for bed around 7, perfect, then comes the routine of constantly putting her down for hours upon hours, last night she was asleep by 11 then up again at 2:30, 4, 5:30 and 8 to start her day.
She’s still up now and I’ve just has a good cry because she’s laughing like this is all a big game 😩
DP works long hours, gone from 6:45am to 8pm 5 days a week, sometimes works nights, and dd WILL NOT tolerate him putting her to bed.
I’m just so lost and tired and not sure what I can do to help.
(So I don’t drip feed, she has a steady routine we do every night (bath at 6:30, full body massage, books, feed, bed), room is kept nice and dark, have tried warming her bed before she’s put in it and have tried self soothing I.e. putting her down when sleepy but not sleeping)