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8 month old - month without independent sleep

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Megank1989 · 03/06/2025 20:38

Slight exaggeration but the last month has been bizarre. Before she turned 7 months I was able to start putting her down in the cot awake and getting her off with some cot side soothing. Then she had a cough so wouldn’t go down, then it seemed like maybe separation anxiety, then two teeth popped up and beneath all this she’s been learning to crawl. We’re religious with bedtime routine, and she’ll go down for 30min, we’ll then aim to settle her again but she rarely stays down for more then 10min. For the past month I’ve basically then had her asleep on me downstairs until I go up to bed. I’ve been cosleeping once she’s up and I’m in bed anyways to protect my sleep, so that’s not an issue. But this lack of an evening is tough. What makes it all the more strange is we were away for a few days in the middle and she was going 7:30-midnight stretches for the in laws! And when I went to a gig on Saturday she went back down after a false start until past 11. Tried to recreate by staying out of bedtime routine entirely but she went right back to refusing to stay down. Anyone else had this around 7-8 months? I’m not going to be sleep training under 1, if at all, as she has shown many times that she can go and stay down. Just looking for reassurance that other people have had this!

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Springadorable · 03/06/2025 22:17

I'd look at the room first - try another layer of clothing or one less, or consider how the mattress was different between home and away. She's probably still teething too, so a dose of nurofen before bed might help.

CocoPlum · 04/06/2025 10:58

8 months is peak separation anxiety time. Is she waking and realising you're not there?

Megank1989 · 04/06/2025 18:13

CocoPlum · 04/06/2025 10:58

8 months is peak separation anxiety time. Is she waking and realising you're not there?

I think so - so maybe she went down ok when I physically wasn’t there? By all accounts wasn’t crying it out.

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