Hello
Just wondering if anyone had any further tips for us - this was my post a few weeks ago
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=231305.0Things have really got a bit worse maybe.... our daughter always was quite a good independent sleeper but now basically almost never will settle in her cot herself. She stands up, bounces, bangs her head, gets her legs stuck etc etc.........even if she has gone in very tired. She's quite a busy little bee anyway so difficult to stop this and I try to just lie her back down but it can go on for a long time. The last few days I have been settling her for bed either lying on our bed, on the floor of her nursery (!!), or for naps just made them work around going out in the car or pram as I've just found it too hard.
Bedtime is the worst - she has the same usual routine, bath, bottle (given usually on our bed or beanbag as she doesn't like being held) and then she's sleepy, sometimes even dozing but as soon as we put her in the cot, she bounds up with a second wind. She has a dummy and a lovie. She's waking in the night and howling.....possibly teething? Probably waking sometimes 4-5 times before we have given in and brought her in our bed but this has been going on for weeks now and I'm not sure how to break the habit. She goes right to sleep in our bed during the night, in the car seat (even if the car seat is just in the living room during the day.......if I will be going out shortly after) and in the pram on walks.
Easy is not very predictable at the moment as she wakes at different times every day but something like this....we have cut out the night feed since my last post and she's accepted that no problem.
7.15 Wake, bottle, solids 1 hr later
10.15 Sleep 45 mins-1.5 hours
12.00 Solids
1.30-2.00 Bottle
2.30 Sleep - cap to 1 hour max
3.30 awake
5.00 Solids
6.30 Bath, bottle
7.15 ish sleep (except she is probably sleeping at more like 8-8.30 the last few days)
Should I post my EASY in the forum if you think it's to do with that?
She's very spirited and I think the PD makes her more crazy and fractious if we try that. This last nap in the end I laid on the bed humming to her when she finally went to sleep, then moved her to the cot.
I do think there is some separation anxiety and also developmental stuff - but not sure how to handle that - do we just wait it out until things settle down? I see a lot of threads for LO at the same age, so must be a tricky time. But I feel we are just getting more and more bad habits as me and DP get more and more tired...
Appreciate any input.
