Separation anxiety at night

[SaraJS216]

My DD (8 months) was sleeping from around 7pm-6am, until the last week or so when she will wake in the night (not always at a consistent time, could be midnight could be 3am) crying.

She'll stop crying when I go in the room and comfort her - I don't pick her up, just put her dummy back in and rub her tummy, gently shh to her. She's bottle fed and hasn't had night feeds for a few months now. But as soon as I leave the room the crying starts.

A couple of nights I persevered and it took her over 2 hours to go back to sleep, but I don't feel I can do this every night as we are both exhausted the next day. Other nights I've given in and taken her in to bed with me and she'll go back to sleep fine.

Has anyone got any suggestions that have worked for them if they've experienced this please?

Currently in exactly the same boat with my 8 month old DS so good to hear we're not alone. What we've been doing is putting him to bed as usual and then at the point he wakes up and won't resettle (anywhere from 12-5 really) just bringing him in bed with us. Don't know if this is the "right" thing to do but at the minute it's the best way for us to all get some sleep while we ride through this phase. Interested to hear if others have been through this and have advice to offer!

@countdowntobaby2020 sorry to hear you're having the same issue but reassuring that I'm not alone with it! I've been doing the same and then worrying she's getting in the habit of sleeping in my bed and won't get out of it.. but like you say, that seems the only way to get some sleep at the moment