So, my LO is 7 mo. Her sleep has always been an issue and we took to bed sharing to get through. However, its got to the point that both my husband (when he's allowed to sleep in the room!!) and I disturb her sleep and end up waking her up. I'm therefore trying to get her in her own cot, in her room.
I've set up a bed of blankets on the floor for me for now and last night LO managed two hours in her cot with two resettling (just patted bum in cot) and then slept on the floor with me until 5.30am. She usually sleeps until 6am.
My concern is that she's going to be missing out on sleep. Today she is around an hour down on her usual sleep for this time of day. Is this going to be a problem? She has had 3 naps, one for 20 minutes as my husband was looking after her and then two hour naps for me so she has had a decent two naps at least... She'll have one more nap before bed but will still be down on how much sleep she usually has in a day.
Is there anything to do to help her when she's had less sleep? Also any tips for getting her to stay asleep in her cot would be fab, I put my top from yesterday in the cot along with my pillowcase and her muslin that she sleeps with always. I have white noise that I will try tonight that she uses for naps.
My main point in this long winded post is, is it bad for baby to be missing put on sleep when trying to get her to sleep independently?
Thanks all