Should I sleep train 9month old previously good sleeper?!

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My 9 month old DD was previously a good sleeper from around 3 months old would be able to put her down anywhere (travel cot, Moses basket, crib etc) with her blanket and dummy and she would drift of to sleep. She has slept through 7pm-7am from around 5months.

However since she has turned 9months she will only nap in the daytime in her swing chair, car seat in the car or being pushed in the pram. At night she will fall asleep after her last bottle but if I try and put her down anywhere she wakes up instantly and will not go down again she is clearly tired, rubbing her eyes and sometimes drifting off but fights it and ends up standing up bouncing around and will not stay still. She will stay up till 11/12pm some nights and wakes frequently in the night. I’m wondering if I need to start sleep training or if this is just a phase and she may start going back to being a good sleeper on her own (is this wishful thinking?!).

I also want to move her to a cot in her own room so should I do this with sleep training or wait to sort her sleeping out before making a change?

If you want to sleep train, I would definitely move lo into own room and do it in one swoop. But that's my preference for dealing with it all in one go.

What's lo routine? Maybe it needs tweaking?

Is lo teething?

All sleep issues are “a phase” as there are so many sleep regressions at this age

You could leave her and see if she goes back of her own accord; try some gentle sleep training or go all in and try controlled crying

Personally I’d move her in to her own cot first for a few days then try some sleep training

I would exclude teething and ear infection first. She is just at the age when ear infections are very common. Due to the anatomy at this age the pain is severe when horizontal and gets better when propped up.

Her routine at the moment is

7am bottle
8am porridge
9am nap for 30mins (last few days she’s napped for 1hr though)
10am bottle
12pm lunch
1pm nap (30mins or 1hr30)
3pm bottle
3.30pm has a nap for 30mins if 1pm nap was short
5pm tea
6.30pm bottle

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I would exclude teething and ear infection first. She is just at the age when ear infections are very common. Due to the anatomy at this age the pain is severe when horizontal and gets better when propped up.

I don’t think it’s teething her bottom teeth are through and no other signs of teething for the top. I haven’t considered a ear infection so I will look into that thank you!

It’s probably because she’s falling asleep on the bottle and then is disturbed because you move her. At this age she needs to fall asleep where she’ll stay asleep.

I’d move the last bottle a bit earlier in the routine so to do bottle, then brush her teeth, read her a story and put her down with eg white noise and a comforter and let her fall asleep in her cot.

I would wait it out a bit to see if things go back to normal.. I have an 8 month old and any regression has usually only lasted up to 2 weeks before going back to normal again! It feels like forever though and I've considered sleep training many times 😄 my LO also falls asleep after his bottle and struggles to fall asleep by himself in his cot, but manages to do 12 hours at night without waking so to be honest I don't care where he falls asleep if he stays asleep. Hang in there!