Sleep advice 💤 (sorry it’s a long one).
Just wondered if anyone’s had a similar issue and been able to solve it?
14mo, have to admit has been a generally good sleeper....in cot in own room, 9/10 times no wake ups overnight.
We follow a good bedtime routine: milk, bath, book, cuddle until asleep then place in cot, we thought we had this sussed and we were down to 5 mins cuddling/rocking and into bed for the night at about 8/9 months old. Then she was poorly and it all went wrong, since then hit and miss but lately more often I’m spending my evenings in her bedroom. She falls asleep within minutes in my arms but if I put her in her cot she instantly wakes and stands...I pick her up she’s zonked again within seconds, put her down after 5/10 mins and the same again.....and again and again! This can last any varying amount of time up to a record 3 hours.
If I try and settle her without picking her up she cries, escalating to total hysteria pretty quickly.
Sometimes letting her sleep on me in the chair for half an hour helps, sometimes it doesn’t, and sometimes I think a bit of a power nap on me gives her a nice boost of energy to refuse her cot for even longer 🤦♀️
Naps are the same, very hit and miss.
I don’t mind contact napping in itself, but my mental health is plummeting having no time baby free, if I can’t keep on top of things in the house I turn into an awful impatient shouty mum which I hate but I can’t seem to control, so I don’t think just embracing the cuddles and lowering standards in the house is an option for me 😬 I’m also getting really tense in the lead up to, and angry during these marathon bedtimes which I’m sure isn’t helping but again I can’t quite get a grip on my emotions in the moment.
I’m all for a bit of gentle sleep training but I don’t see how this can happen given how mad she goes every time I’ve tried to settle her without holding her?! We have a video monitor and I’ve watched her wake up and resettle after a little whinge many many times so I know she’s capable!
TIA for any words of wisdom.