Hi all
So just the other week I posted a thread about moving my little one to his cot after months of co-sleeping. He is 9 months old. For about a week, he was doing brilliantly at settling himself to sleep. He was still waking in the night, sitting and then standing, but would settle back down with some assistance from me. Well fast forward a week and things have become the worst they have ever been.
Let me explain what a typical night now looks like:
Will settle to sleep at bedtime peacefully and soundly. No tears, no fuss. In his cot like a dream.
40 minutes later... hysterical screaming.
Won't settle by being patted or having his back rubbed. I will pick him up and he will stop crying like a switch.
Back in the cot drowsy, will hysterically cry until picked up again.
This week, his Dad is helping a bit more with the bedtimes as they have been so horrendous. When Dad picks him up, he will cry and protest until I get involved and take him.
Eventually, after battling with us both, he will begin to fall asleep in my arms again but this can take anywhere up to 1 hour or more.
The last few nights he has eventually gone to bed at 11.30pm, 10.30pm and just now he has drifted off in my arms again and I'm trying to find the right time to transition.him back in the cot.
Once he's back down, he will still wake frequently and will only be settled by picking up.
I'm really at a loss and can't keep this up as I go back to work on Monday.
I also don't want to keep picking him up out of his cot but it's the only way he will stop screaming.
What is happening all of a sudden? Why have we hit such a HUGE brick wall? Is it sleep regression? Separation anxiety?
I really don't want to go down the cry it out route and will avoid wherever possible. Please someone help me 😔
He even did this for his naps today and I ended up crying my eyes out with him. I'm really finding it hard and hoping it's just a phase.