So my daughter is 11 months old next week. She's never slept through, the best we have had was from 7pm to 4:30am and back down after a feed but this must have only happened a handful of times.
She's on a floor bed and has been since about 4 months. She has had periods of being in a cot but this never seems to make a difference.
Anyway - bedtime seems to be stressful for her. She ramps up and is usually inconsolable by the time I get her down. She used to be fed to sleep but now settles with a cuddle/rock (which isn't sustainable and needs to stop soon, she's a lump)
She's started waking every hour recently and at the same time is refusing to nap any longer than 40 minutes in a day (used to have 1.5hrs in morning and 1 hr in afternoon very regularly). We are trying to keep night feeds to a minimum and stretching her to a feed every 4 hrs over night but thats as good as we've got so far.
I don't know what to do. I have just been diagnosed with PND and have terrible sleep anxiety, it's all i think/talk about. I feel like i don't know how to care of my own daughter and i am absolutely exhausted.
Anyone experienced this and had it turn around? any good news stories out there? Or any tips? I'm at a loss.