Tired mum here desperate to get my baby’s sleep back on track!
My baby is 5 months and has suddenly become impossible to resettle after waking to feed and It’s getting gradually worse. When she goes to bed she falls asleep in her crib by our bed with a little help from me. Usually she wakes around midnight for a feed and has been going back down ok, then waking one or two more times in the night and needing to be resettled or fed to go back to sleep.
The last week it’s been hard to resettle her after about 3am and she’s rolling around in her crib and getting frustrated. Every time we get her asleep she’s awake and crying within about 2 minutes and we start again. Its ended with me bringing her into our bed at about 3am and banishing hubbie to the spare room. Last night was next level though, she woke and fed at 11:30pm and when I tried to resettle her began screaming at the top of her lungs. It went on for an hour and a half with no break and I was even scared she was going to hurt herself with the inconsolable yelling. She wouldn’t take my boob to calm down (ebf) and I had no idea what was wrong. Put her in bed with me once she finally calmed down and she literally slept the whole night and didn’t even move! Whilst it was great to finally get some sleep it’s not a solution for us as I’ve never wanted to cosleep and don’t want to be that couple who sleep apart (no judgement to those who do).
I don’t know what’s gone wrong, she hasn’t been a good sleeper for a while but it’s going downhill fast! We were hoping to move her to her room at 6 months but I don’t see how that will be an option if this doesn’t change. Any suggestions welcome. Thank you!