DD is almost 10 mo and we're having a very un-fun regression. Usually a great sleeper, she's showing loads of signs of the 10 month sleep regression.
- fighting sleep at bedtime when she previously self settled. If we put her down drowsy but awake, she screams. (we have a great bedtime routine that we've used religiously since 3 mo).
- waking at night and taking 3 hours to re-settle.
- her appetite is definitely lower
- she's fussy during the day (probably as bloody knackered as we are)
- she's fighting her naps (which were never great, to be fair)
We've read the online advice - remember its a phase (this is our mantra), don't create new bad habits, don't let her scream it out... But what do we actually do at 3am when she's screaming? Currently, we rock her until she's deep asleep (20 mins) then put her down - and she screams - so we rock her for longer (40 mins) and she goes down nicely... For ten minutes until she starts screaming again, repeat for three hours and give up and bring her into bed with us where she'll cat nap for an hour before its time to get up!
We both work ft and we don't want to either rock her to sleep or co-sleep so what do we actually do at 3am!
Any advice very gratefully received....