My 9 month old is normally a great sleeper, like 10/11 hours without waking, maybe once on a few occasions.
friday night he went down at 845, he woke at 1145 and I tried to soothe him back to sleep in his room but every time I put him in his cot, he instantly started crying. He will sleep on me in the rocking chair fine. At about 3am I gave up and brought him in bed with me (I know schoolboy error but I was so tired).
After his bath tonight, he had his milk and fell asleep on me during this. He did seem quite unsettled during his feed, kept bursting into random crying but eventually went off. Again, as soon as I put him down he cried instantly. He would not settle for anything, so after about an hour I brought him downstairs. He was wide awake and started laughing and playing around. I tried after 30 mins to put him in his cot again, he fell asleep on me prior to this, but instantly cried again. He’s now asleep on the sofa next to me. I will try again to put him down in his cot but if he doesn’t, I am unsure what to do. I know I should persevere but how long am I meant to do this for? I am back to work now and my partner works full time, so I can’t stay up all night trying to get him to sleep so I fear I will end up bringing him into my bed.
i have read about the 9 month sleep regression, is this just what it is and am I doing the right thing? If I wasn’t back to work I would stay in his room for as long as I could but obviously now I need to try and get a relatively good sleep.