No longer self settling

Commenting because same 🥲 he gets so frustrated sometimes I have to pick him up and give him a cuddle to calm him down otherwise he’ll cry so so hard

Leave him a minute or two and if he starts crying go in and lay him down & walk straight back out. Sometimes I end up going in 4-5 times before my lg eventually soothes herself to sleep. This stage has been the hardest but I try not to make a habit of being in the room or cuddling etc as that will break the self settling cycle. It was similar when she learned to roll. They fall asleep eventually but they need to know you are not going to be there all the time (just close by for when they get upset). Hope that helps!! X

@Holly that’s really helpful will definitely try that tonight thank you! Just when you think they’re sleeping a lot better and self settling it all goes out the window again🤣x

@Hannah wishing you luck! It takes a lot of patience but worth it for them to learn how to be more independent with sleep 🤞🏽there is always something changing and going on just when you think you’ve got things going lol! X

When they learn a new skill, they fight sleep as they would rather practice their amazing new skill and don't want to miss out on any wake time practicing it. Mine did this for a few weeks, fighting day naps and waking more frequently in the night. She was rolling round the cot and sitting up and down, like she was delighted to have discovered she could do this independently. It stopped after 2 weeks and she's gone back to before. No doubt it will happen again when she learns something new again :) It's just what babies do unfortunately but everything is temporary! During those moments I reverted back to rocking her to sleep. It's made no difference to her ability to self settle now she's got the sitting up madness out of her system. It's not possible to spoil children with love or cuddles. If your baby was a good sleeper and was capable of self soothing before, a 2/3 week blip won't put them down a bad path.

Just to add, sometimes I think we go down a rabbit hole and overthink things. Babies are not robots. As adults we've all likely experienced not being able to sleep well when we've had a lot on our minds. It keeps us up at night. That doesn't mean we later forget how to sleep? Babies can do this too. They learn a new skill and it keeps them awake more often, but they eventually go back to how they were before they started fighting the nap and thinking about their amazing new ability.

@Annem that’s reassuring thank you, I was worried that from rocking him again he would get used to it but fingers crossed once he’s got his standing up out his system he will settle again 😅x