Oh I agree.. atm, its the age. My once wonderful sleeper tured feral at 8-9 months. No advice as any I would give doesnt go well with a gentle parenting site but wanted to offer lots of It must be horrible now that you are pregnant again... you need your rest! xoxox
What happens if you don't try to get her to sleep? My LO stopped having day sleeps around 9 months but started again (some days) at 12 months. It was easier on me to just stop trying. don't know if that would wwork for your LO, my DD seemed to thrive at that time with no sleep.
My DD1 was the same. It got a lot better after 12 months
I would just let her sleep in my arms, couldn't be bothered trying to put her down 100 times when she would wake up 5 mins later. She did grow out of it and is now a great sleeper.
I'm having some issue with getting my DS off to sleep as well so have no advice for you. Just wanted to send you a hug as it must be so frustrating. I hope this is a stage and passes soon.
You know I know....but I have no advice.
I've had 3 terrible sleepers. Only now, at 4yrs old is DD sleeping through the night more often than not. DS2 is waking 1-2hrly at night and is up for the day by 6am. I must say though he sleeps ok though the day.
Have you had her chacked out by a paed? I have no idea what could be wrong with her, but maybe there's something medical? I know she has issues with food sensitivities...maybe it's still that? Maybe her ears or something?? I don't know hunny.
I'm so sorry that you have to go through this, it really is torturous, especially when pg. DD was my worst sleeper, and when I was pg, it was so hard. Plus I was working, and crazily enough studying part time too. It was a VERY long few months until I stopped working and finished studying.
All I can tell you is rest when you can. Take advantage of offers of help from everyone and anyone, and if someone takes bub out, SLEEP! Don't clean or cook or anything like that, rest.
I went to a day session of sleep school when DD was 6 weeks old and it was the best thing I ever did so no judging here! I'm sure they gave you lots of tips on wrapping and settling techniques so I won't go into that. My DD can now self-settle really well. She sleeps all night but not much during the day either. She will sleep 40 mins max at a time. After sleep school I was so worried about trying to do things 'right' that if she woke up after a short amount of time I'd always try to resettle but I think it just stressed both of us more. Now if she wakes and cries
I get her up straight away. If she is happy lying there I wait 10 mins or so and see if she will go back to sleep (sometimes she does) if not I get her up. I guess my point is I wouldn't worry too much about resettling. Maybe work on her being able to get herself to sleep initially and then go from there. Like I said, I'm sure you've been given heaps of tips so wont go into them. If you do want some more ideas though just let me know
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but wanted to offer lots of
It must be horrible now that you are pregnant again... you need your rest! xoxox
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