5 month old EBF baby. Good sleeper from the beginning. Went into crib in own room and out of swaddle and into sleep sack at 3 weeks. Have always nursed to sleep, put her down asleep in crib between 7-8 PM. Started sleeping through the night at 6 weeks (9-11 hour stretches with no wake ups/feeds.)
For the past 1-2 months, no longer getting those long stretches. Started waking around 2-3 AM again. Recently, she’s waking up at about 10 or 11 PM. Has a long feed, not just comfort nursing. But when we put her back down, she wakes up about 5 minutes later and will do this over and over. Sometimes will bring her into bed with me eventually to co sleep because I’m desperate for sleep. I know there’s developmental stuff going on here most likely, but not sure how to move forward. She is very cheerful during the day, with no indications of fussiness or pain. Shows some signs of teething (chews constantly and drools a lot) but nothing otherwise.
Nap wise, we have always contact napped. She does best sleeping in our arms while we sit in a chair. Have attempted many times to put her in crib for nap but have never been successful. Use 2-3 hour wake windows. Never been the best at naps, but she used to sleep well at night so it wasn’t a huge concern.
Desperate for advice here. Beyond exhausted. Open to gentle sleep training (not CIO.) I am willing to let her fuss for a bit, the issue is that she immediately starts screaming as soon as she wakes up so she’s already past fussing.