Bad sleep habits for a 6 month old

[Gollymissmollypleasesleep]

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help or provide a bit of sympathy/ tell me she’ll grow out of this?!?

My DD was a good sleeper as a newborn but we hit the sleep regression bad at 12 weeks and have never recovered. In fact her sleep has just gotten worse!

She will very rarely go down in her cot, and if she does it’ll be more maybe an hour or two at most. How can we introduce this without hysterical tears when even a slightest bit awake?

She seems to only want to settle to sleep on me or DH or very much cuddled up next to us/ or breastfed to sleep. It’s gotten worse as the weeks have gone by - at 12 weeks she’s go into the cot after feeding and stay there the whole night (with a few night feeds of course!). Now her eyes snap open and she screams even if she seems super asleep.

It’s starting to really get tiring, not having an evening at all as I often end up just going to bed with her at 7 or 8.

Any tips on introducing a more successful bedtime?

I forgot to say that she’s 23 weeks now - so this has been going on for a while

No advice but watching with interest! My LO is now 7 months and very much the same. He has, at least, been happy to go down in his cot but in the last couple of weeks we’ve had quite a few ‘waking as soon as put down’ moments 😬
Lots of people will suggest just going with it and co-sleeping. Is that an option for you? It isn’t for me - I have weird sleep habits! I’ve been riding it out in hope that he’ll just grow out of it but it does just seem to be getting worse for us too

Also watching - my almost 7 month old is also waking as soon as she gets put down, screams inconsolably until she's picked up again and then falls asleep in my arms... Only to wake up again as soon as she gets put back in her cot.

Co sleeping really isn't for us either, and actually as she seems to want to sleep on me rather than next to me it probably wouldn't help much,! Hopefully someone will be along with some tips.

No tips yet but at least we don’t seem to be alone with this issue!

The past couple of days we’ve given up on any attempt at a bedtime routine - got her bathed and into pyjamas by 7 but then had her with us eating dinner and watching a bit of tv before coming to bed with me around 9. No fussing or crying, but I doubt it’s a long term solution... it’s not enough sleep for her and completely takes away any sort of an evening for me!