Hi, my 7.5mo has been a pretty horrible sleeper since day one until six weeks ago we started some gentle (as possible) gradual retreat style sleep training. Even with her previous hourly wakings she was always pretty good at bedtime though and we could generally put her down and sit out of view until she fell asleep. With the gradual retreat we had got to the point of being able to put her down and walk out, we had a week of this with no bother or tears, she’d just chat away for a bit and drift off. Now she’s screaming blue murder suddenly. Separation anxiety maybe? She is fine when left with grandparents etc but I know being on your own in bed is totally different without the reassurance of an adult nearby... should I go back to sitting by her bed? I don’t want to undo the progress we’ve made at night though as she’s now sleeping until 4/5ish which is a HUGE improvement on how things were before.
She doesn’t have a dummy anymore as it had become more of a hindrance than a help, and she wasn’t bothered a bit to lose it to begin with. The night we ditched it we went from 45 min wakings to 3 hour stretches overnight, even before starting the gradual retreat. So I’m loathe to reintroduce one really.