I finally got my lo into a routine since moving her into her own room where she would sleep for long periods of time. She has never been a good sleeper after the 4m sleep regression and this for me felt like such a big improvement. We went to London for a week a couple of weeks ago to visit family, when we was there she would not sleep on her own but I thought it was probably the disturbed pattern and new environment. However, since being back she has been even worse. When I get her to sleep max she will sleep on her own is around an hour and a half (that’s on a good day). She’s back now usually to around 45 minute wake ups but the main difference I am seeing is she is being very clingy. Before if she woke up she would take herself back to sleep, now if I’m not in the room she will just cry and cry. When I try rock her or hold her hand to sleep in her cot, every couple of mins she will turn around to check I’m still there. When she eventually gets into a sleep, it’s not for long and she will wake up really upset I’m not there. Which has led to me going back to co-sleeping as in my bed she will sleep for longer stretches. So I’m unsure if this is regression or if she is just being extra clingy. I can imagine a lot of mommas would be happy with their baby in bed with them if they were getting long stretches of sleep. But for me I just feel like I’ve gone backwards and all the progress I made has just gone. I went out the other evening and she was left with my mum who she is used to spending time with, however my mum said she was just crying on and off for 3 hours until she eventually fell asleep and she thought it was because I was not there to soothe her. I am unsure what to do or if this phase will just pass.
I will also add the current situation now is she was meant to nap around 11:30ish and she has just cried and cried until now. I tried rocking her, feeding her, patting her back, walking around with her and she was just refusing to sleep. I just put her back in her cot and walked out and with exhaustion she has just gone to sleep.