Sleep issues I don't know what to do anymore

[Doodlebug]

Hugs to you hun, sleep deprivation is the worst!

No other advice to offer but I hope something works for you soon! The mattress on the floor in dd's room sounds like a good idea, means you'll be away from your room for a while but she'll get familiar with her room at the same time.

Hope she settles down soon for you and your necklace arrives super quick!

[turtleschell]

Ah thanks everyone for your advice, it feels so good to know that other babies do this. All the babies at MG are such good sleepers, makes me feel like a failure sometimes.
Last night was quite good, she slept in her cot the whole night and woke up about 7 times which was pretty good, coz I actually slept between the wakings and it was great being able to cuddle up to DH!
I'm getting a new bed in a few days that I'll probably buy a side rail for if she still needs to co-sleep, but I'm going to try and keep her in her cot coz I think we both sleep better that way, weirdly enough!

[PollyA]

Our DD would not sleep in our bed at this stage, She seemed to want her own room. On really bad nights we went into her room where we had a queen size mattress on floor against the wall and gave her plenty of space to toss and turn, this seemed to work
The teething necklace also worked wonders for us, 13 hours sleep the night it arrived (We wer averaging 7ish before that)
Good luck

[Fig]

Turtleschell, my DS has been doing what you describe for the last 6 monhts or so. It has lessened now, but it still drives me crazy when he does it. The way I have found to cope with it, is to get us both out of bed, let him play for awhile, then he is able to let me resettle him.

I am in the middle of 'trying' to wean him off feeding to sleep. The days he doesn't feed to sleep he does do better in general with all his sleeps, so with my DS possibly it is a self settling problem.

Its great you made it through the night with him in the cot...i totally get lying in bed awake worrying they are going to fall off the bed - so annoying.

[Shanti]

9mths was a terrible sleep period for our DD also.... the girls have given some great advice.