(I posted this in the wrong category (general sleep issues) by accident. Re-posting it here.)
DD is 8.5 MO. She began sleeping 12 hour stretches just before 7 months. At 8 months she started waking again but was not looking to eat, just for a little comfort: a head rub, back rub or short PU. I was usually in and out within 15 minutes. Now these NWs have become hours long! I will sit beside her crib and comfort her but she doesn't go back to sleep. Lays there and cries on and off. If I pick her up she will start to fall asleep in my arms but as soon as I put her back in the crib she is up again and crying. The other night I was in there for FOUR HOURS IN A ROW. Desperate, I dragged up her play-mat from downstairs and she and I went to sleep on her floor until morning. That was three nights ago. The last two nights my partner did the same (it is a weekend) after she and I took turns trying to get DD back to sleep.
Her day routine is fairly consistent. Up at around 7:30am (although the last few days she has slept in a bit). Four BFs and three solid meals. Activity time of 3 hours in morning and 3.5 hours in afternoon. Two naps of approx 60-75 min each. Bed at 7:30pm.
She learned the inchworm crawl one week ago and is close to a regular crawl now too. Cut her bottom teeth in the past few days. Sep anxiety (cries when I leave the room).
Please help! I am going back to work in 5 weeks (partner taking over the parental leave) and I want to enjoy these last few weeks without being deliriously tired.
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