Did we ruin our progress?
So we had an awful month in April with two bouts of illness, baby learning to crawl, and cutting a tooth. She was previously sleeping independently with 1-2 night feeds but we did what we needed to survive that month. We had done SLIP from PLS before this hell month. FINALLY last week we turned a corner and fully eased off the extra comforting we were doing - feeding before bed, holding to sleep - and LO was sleeping independently again, plus dropped her night feed and was sleeping 8 to 8 🙏. Naps were 2/3/4. Lo is 9 months.
Husband was doing more of bedtimes as we eased off the comforting to give me a break, but then it seemed like she wouldn't go down for me when it was my turn and would cry and cry so I held her more to help her settle for a couple nights. My thinking was her other tooth was cutting or another illness (I have a cold rn) so I want too worried about a little extra comfort because she'd been sleeping so well.
Now it seems she can't independently sleep AT ALL, needs to be held to sleep for bedtime and naps, and wakes at night screaming but struggles to sleep even while held. The only thing that works is the baby carrier.
Did I really ruin everything that quickly or is something else going on? Really hesitant to start a method involving crying as we are going away soon. Please help!!