2 weeks ago we hopped on a plane for a family holiday to Fiji.
Prior to that, I had a beautiful placid 8 month old, who self settled, had good day sleeps, woke up twice overnight for milk then straight back to sleep. She wasn't clingy and hardly ever ever cried.
Since we left home that day, I've had a clingy, unsettled baby who appears to be trying to break the world record for longest amount of time an 8 month old can go without sleep! She has been doing this hysterical, inconsolable screaming from 3-5 every evening, and is awake most of the night. I don't know how she is surviving on so little sleep.
I'm really worried that I'm not going to get my bubba back! We've been home for a week now and it's not getting any better. I'm at the end of my rope, I can't listen to the screaming anymore!
Anyone else travelled and come back with the wrong baby lol?
YES YES YES!!!! We're still 'officially' on our honeymoon. DD is nearly 9 1/2 months old (8 months corrected, so the same as your little one) and she's being a little demon. She slept all day in the car, an absolute angel. But, as soon as we'd get to the cabin at night she'd scream, cry, wouldn't eat or drink, want to be cuddled, or not cuddled, and take up to 3 hours to go to sleep and then wake 1-2 (or 3) times over the night, rather than just sleeping for 10 hours.
I know how you feel. I cried myself to sleep more than once over the last 10 days. We're at FILs at the moment, so she's being better just playing and sleeping rather than sitting in the car all day.
I feel your pain. I truly do. I wish I could offer advice, but I can only offer
Donyou guys normally follow a routine? Being on holidays throws this all out of whack despite ur best intentions and some kids can't cope with the break to routine and the other changes like a portacot and extra stimulation of new surroundings. We took dd to NZ at 7 months old and it took her a week to get back to normal. Hang in there, this too shall pass.
Maybe have her ears checked. Flying can mess with people's ears.
Saying that though, my 8 1/2mth old has been the devils spawn for the best part of 2weeks now. He's never slep well, but is now waking hourly and being awake for hours at a time. I can't put him down and if he's with someone else and sees me he will scream bloody murder until I take him. This is the age they get rather clingy and experience seperation anxiety though, so I can forgive the screaming for me all the time, but the not sleeping is doing my head in. I do think he's teething rather terribly too at the moment though.
What happened to my baby? Help!
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