Sleep struggle
Well here we are 6 months old! However I’m struggling with sleep slightly. She’s always been a good sleeper, hasn’t co slept not something I’ve wanted to do really as get too anxious with her in the bed with me. Past few weeks when she’s been waking up she will not go back down awake she cries and cries and gets herself so worked up. We are talking 2-3 hour stretches of trying to get back to sleep. My health visitor said to try the hand on chest sh sh sh two steps back go back if she starts crying again but she’s not even stopping crying when I put hand on chest. Last night I tried just leaving her for ten minutes, went in reassured but she just got so worked up. I breast fed again after 2 hours and she went back to sleep. We’ve started solids and are on lunch and dinner as well as her usual feeds but doesn’t seem to be making a difference. I’m aware that she could be a lot worse but it’s the same when she naps she will contact nap which I love but will not be put down and I’m starting to worry she just does not have the ability to self soothe. I’m not really sure where to go next? Does anyone have advice? She’s in her own room now but even if I go in and sleep in the bed in her room it doesn’t make a difference she just wants to be on me
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@F. I saw this method so if she’s still crying after the time you reassure do you leave them to cry? And what happens if after the third time they’re still crying?
So with my son what I did was, if he’s still crying in the 3rd attempt (which he was) I pick him up, give him cuddles, kisses and then leave him to cry! Then I’d go back in after the time… do you use a dummy at all by the way?
@F. Yeah that makes snese because last night when I tried to do cry it out I would go in and reassure but she just was screaming even when I was touching her chest and soothing her. She has a dummy
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I’ll be honest, my boy was like this and I had to sleep train him for my own sanity! He’d only just sleep on me and putting him down was awful! I used multiple methods to help soothe him in between but mainly followed the feber method! He adjusted pretty well but every time he hit a regression, he’d need more soothing which I allowed to comfort him but never again have I had to have him sleep on top of me!