Help with 7 month old

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I’ve always fed my children to sleep, cuddled them as needed and had very low tolerance for crying. However my 7 month old is close to breaking me!

She used to feed to sleep, have a good block of sleep in her cot then cosleep and feed on and off from around 2-3am which worked fine. This has progressed to not sleeping at all unless I am in contact and feeding every sleep cycle. I hate cosleeping, find it uncomfortable and I wake up stiff and sore but can deal with it for half the night if needs be, I just cannot cope with going to bed by 8pm, having no time to myself and never being able to put my older child to bed.

Husband has been trying to put her to bed for the last few nights but he’s really struggling. She won’t sleep after a bottle, won’t take a dummy, won’t be rocked to sleep unless in buggy and generally is just very dependent on having me close.

Are there any gentle suggestions which would allow me have even 3-4 hours of not being attached to baby and techniques for getting her to not hate her cot?!

Google is your friend here. Start researching gentle cry it out techniques until you find one you are comfortable with. You are going to have to ‘encourage’ her to not use you as a human dummy, because to her that it the beat possible option, so of course she will cry for it.

Thanks, I’ve had a look and there’s a lot of talk of shush pat and pick up put down, both of which infuriate her. I don’t expect her to sleep all night, just want her to sleep alone for a few hours! I do know I need to break the sleep association but am not sure how to do that without a lot of crying.

My DS has just gone through this and for him, it was just a phase! He's always been a bit of a terrible sleeper but would always do 2 hours in his cot at night then i'd co-sleep with him. Just after he started weaning, he'd wake as soon as i'd put him in his cot. One night I had cold lasagne in bed as i'd tried lots of times to resettle him without any luck. He did this for 2 weeks (in this time, i ate dinner with the kids and got a now tv trial on my phone to watch the Handsmaid Tales) he's now back to normal with being in his cot and I blooming loved watching the Handsmaid Tales!!

My little one did this for a few weeks aged 6-8 months. Basically I couldn't escape after he fell asleep so I was going to bed at the same time, it was a phase thankfully. Just grew out of it.

Is little one teething?

My DD went through this at around the same age, just needed that reassurance of knowing I was there only lasted a couple of weeks, then back to dropping off on his own.

Dig deep and hopefully it's just a phase 💐💐💐💐

My 6mo is doing this atm too. Hoping it might be just a phase. Have read about a book by Lucy Wolfe that I'm going to read whilst trying to settle him this week.It has great reviews and no crying apparently

My older one had a sleep regression at this age too, but she could at least be put down for a few hours! It’s been going on a few weeks now and I’m on my knees with tiredness. I do know it will pass, just looking for some gentle ways to help it pass!

My LO is 7 months and going through something similar. She's still letting me put her down in her cot but wakes up multiple times before I go to bed at 11ish. And usually she'd sleep in her cot until the early hours and then we will co sleep but at the moment I'm having to bring her in when I go to bed.

I feel it's a mix of teething, digestion due to weaning and developmental leap. It is hard though, hoping it will pass soon for your little one and mine 😀 just wanted to let you know you're not alone! X

My LO was a good sleepier until about 7 months, now sleep wise he is a nightmare (though he is lovely in every other way!).

As I write this I have had 2 hours sleep all night because lo has been awake since 2am and DH is away with work 😔