I have posted many times about my daughter who is the worlds worst sleeper. 16 months old, used to be breast fed to sleep but for the past two months my husband has been fantastic and puts her to bed every night without much fuss. I have even managed to get her to sleep without the boob 🎉
She will sleep between 2-4 hours initially but then frequently wakes crying for the next 2-4 hours before crashing out again around 4am until 7 ish (she will wake once in that time but is fed back to sleep with no issues). She's not fully awake unless I leave her to cry for a few mins, she kinda just sits up crying half asleep. Sometimes I can manage to get her back to sleep by rubbing her back/shushing her, sometimes I feed her, sometimes my husband takes over ( like he is now whilst I write this post).
My problem is not getting her to sleep, it's staying asleep so "sleep training" doesn't work as that means changing/making things worse for the initial bed time and we've got that down to a fine art. She has a good bed time routine, she has between 1-2 naps a day, always up at least four hours before bed time.
Why won't she stay asleep?? Am I missing something? Is it a sign of something ?