Hello everyone
I apologise in advance for what will probably be a long post/rant, but I really need some help or just some wise mummy's to tell me it will all be ok!
My 7.5 month DD is and always has been a terrible sleeper. She has never STTN, not even close. I won't bore you with the details but day and night sleep has always been a fight with her - she is very sensitive to overtiredness and just cannot switch off.
At around 6 months we started to turn a corner and up until 2 weeks ago I was getting most days 1 to 1.5 hrs of napping in the morning and afternoon all in the cot (night sleep was still rubbish).
Now that has all unravelled and I don't know why. She is not napping for more than 30 minutes at a time again and night sleep is going from bad to worse again. Even her morning nap which I could always rely on has now shrunk to 30 mins. I cry every day, I feel like I'm never going to have any sort of routine with her and I'm destined to never sleep again, she is fussy and cranky all day long. Does anyone have any advice please, maybe I need to try and change the routine?
Example around 6 months ish before it all fell apart was:
Awake between 6am and 7am (not STTN, I am still ff her twice along with resettling her for at least another 2 wake ups)
Nap at 9am for 1 to 1.5 hrs
Nap again at 12.30pm or 1pm for 1 to 1.5hrs
Bed between 6pm and 6.30pm (she likes an early bedtime so I really try to respect that, some days she has gone to bed at 5.30pm if she wants it)
And then yesterday:
Awake 5am! Fed her and tried for an hour to get her back to sleep, eventually went back at 6am only to wake at 6.20am
Nap 9am, 30 mins
Nap 12.30pm 30 mins (have also tried, 12.15pm and 1pm, no difference)
Nap 3.15pm 30 mins (she was beside herself by this point and screamed for the rest of the afternoon until bed)
Bed 6pm but didn't settle until 6.30pm, millions of nightwakings and awake again at 5am still exhausted.
Sorry this is so long and thanks for reading!
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Desparate for help/support - 7.5mth old terrible sleeper, not sure I can cope much longer
Gab3478 · 18/06/2013 16:35
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