Help my 10 month old will only sleep on me 😭😭

[Judenosleep]

Hi, hoping to hear others experience of their 10 month olds sleep.

My lg just turned 10 months. She slept great until the 6 month mark when she got chicken pox. Sleep has deteriorated even more over the past two months and the past 6 weeks have been horrific. She will only sleep on top of me, the second I put her down she will waken. She will no longer sleep in cot and will not even co sleep next to me. A good night is up every hr, a bad night is up every 15 mins.

She is bf on demand but at night all she wants is to be cuddled. She is a very happy sociable baby during the day. Good nap routine. Has anyone's babys sleep improved after the ten month mark?

Shush/pat does not work, she gets annoyed and screams to be picked up. I don't wish to do Ferber. I am at a loss as to what to do. Any advice welcomed 😴

at 10mo, she definitely does not need to be sleeping on you.

does she BF at night? Mine had very bad sleep for a bit at 12mo just after an illness because she was having a growth spurt and was extra hungry. it improved when I did bigger meals in the day.

I'd try to teach her to cosleep next to you in the same bed and then take it from there.

Mine was a terrible sleeper from day one, he's a sleep fighter. From about this age I started giving him a bottle and a little rock then popped him in his bed and went out of the room. Luckily for me hes never done the whole crying screaming thing, he just mucks about in his bed. I just kept going in re settling and at about 13mo he started to just roll around getting comfy after I left and finally started sleeping right through instead of the waking up many many times a night. It's hard and a pain in the bum but self settling is the best thing to get taught, I know sleep deprivation is torture. Solidarity op and I hope you find a solution asap😊

Had a very similar baby. Co-sleeping was the only way we got her to stop sleeping on us.

Thanks so much for replying. She does bf at night. She has definitely had growth spurt and December was a month of illness as she had an ear infection and the cold. I'll try and increase her meals and see if that helps. She's been up 3 times already since 8pm 😞

Thank you, I agree co sleeping is the only way, I just need her to lie beside me instead of on me lol. My oh is in now trying to settle her so fingers crossed he can get her to sleep

I agree, this gives me hope. I tried her with first bottle of formula today and she didn't take any so will persevere. I'm back at work in a month so need the situation to improve even a little bit 🙏🙏

Devilsmommy

Parietal

I used to comfort feed mine until he fell asleep, then slide him into my armpit, roll him up in the cardigan I was wearing, sliding my arms out, then transfer him to the cot in my cardie, hopefully still asleep

If he has to learn to take a bottle, be prepared for that to be a challenge. Mine never learnt! But my friend had a much better strategy. She did the same bottle (no changing to different teats) at the same time every day until baby learnt, took about 10 days but it worked.

I'll try this 😃

Hi honestly I feel your pain as my LO is exactly the same and I’m going crazy! I genuinely feel as though I can’t take another night of it. If I move him an inch off me he wakes up and cries. Have you managed to sort it?