My 6-month-old daughter has gone from sleeping through the night (6-8 hours) to waking every hour until around 4-5am, and I don’t know why.
I’ve read about the impact of teething and sleep regression, but this seems different.
She’ll fall asleep on my wife (following a feed) and is placed in her crib at around 10pm. She’ll then wake an hour or so later when we’ll typically find her in a kneeling push-up position, having rolled from her back or side.
It’s as if she’s disoriented, doesn’t like being on her front and/or can’t understand how to find a more comfortable sleeping position.
She sleeps in a sleep sack, which might impinge her movement somewhat. She’s also currently very much enjoying learning how to roll/sit/crawl during the daytime.
If we roll her onto her back - which is her typical sleeping position - she’ll remain agitated and continue to cry/scream. So, typically we’ll have to lift her out of the crib, and hold her until she falls asleep in our arms (usually around 5-10 minutes). We then return her to the crib, placing her on her back, and slowly crawl into bed, our movements masked by the white noise of a Snuzcloud!
What is it that’s causing her to wake up? Why is she rolling from her back/side into a kneeling push-up position, having been fast asleep only seconds before?
Any help or advice would be much appreciated as we simply can’t exist on 2-hours sleep, and neither can she!