Bit of a back story for you - My DD had always co slept with me and DP from birth right up until 7 months old. We tried for weeks to get her into her own cot and every attempt was a complete fail. I decided to finally take the plunge after months and months of rubbish sleep and gently sleep train her after being recommended to read the Lucy Wolfe Baby Sleep Solution book and successfully managed to use the stay and support method to transition her into her own cot (still in our bedroom) within 1 night. Prior to this she was waking anything between 3-4 times per night but even when she would sleep we would both be left there lying wide awake because she is a reeeeealllll fidget ass. Anyway, the first night she slept right the way through from 7-7. I’m not joking when I say I felt like I’d hit the fricking jackpot. This was the first night she had EVER done this and especially with it being her first night in her big girl cot - I thought I’d finally managed to crack the problem. After that we had maybe another 5 nights or so of great sleep, the odd wake up through the night here and there but was easily settled with a couple of oz’s of milk and she seemed to happily roll over and nod back off. Then this fucking sleep regression thing came creeping in. We are on week 4 now of her literally waking every single hour around the clock, which 5 out of 7 nights will also include like a 2/3 hour wakeful period in the night aswell and then still up for the day between 5-6:30. For the love of god I’ve never been soooooo sleep deprived in my life. She literally wakes up balling and won’t go back to sleep unless held and even then when out of desperation I take her out the cot and place her in bed with us, she’s still waking up constantly crying.
How long does this frigging thing take to go back to normal? I know there’s no ‘magic’ solution to fixing a regression but if anyone has any of there regression stories to share so I don’t feel like I’m the only mama on the planet to be experiencing this and let me know how long there LO’s lasted. I feel like it might help me to see a light at the end of this long ass tunnel.