Hi there,

My daughter (who is 8 mths today!) is currently teething (her second tooth is coming through) and her sleep has cut right back. Her old routine was roughly the below:

8am - nap for 45 mins

12pm - the 'big sleep' of anywhere between 1.5 - 3 hours sleep. On average it was about 2 hours.

4pm-5pm- 40 min sleep

Now usually I have to lay with her for about 30 mins to an hour before I sneak out (bad , I know) for her lunchtime sleep and she'll usually cry out for me about an hour into her naptime and I have to go in and lay back down with her and feed her back to sleep. Her afternoon nap is where I cannot sneak away, she is onto me and wakes at the slightest movement from me so I usually have to lay there for the full 40 mins (ugh).

Now, her lunchtime nap has whittled down to half an hour and her afternoon nap has just gone altogether with this teething business!

Has anyone else gone through sleep diminishing when their bub is teething? I hope to god her sleeping gets better! At the very least, I want to to be able to leave her to sleep on her own so I can do things or have 'me' time, it's driving me nuts!