In desperate need of sleep!
I’m so exhausted. I don’t understand what is happening or how to help my baby sleep.
My daughter just turned 11 months old and has decided sleep is for the weak. During the day she has 2 naps typically. 1 hour in the morning and then usually 1.5-2 hours in the afternoon. We have a solid bedtime routine around 7pm and that has been going fine. We read her a few books, change her diaper and get her dressed, put the sleep sack on and sing her a song, I breastfeed her with the lights on and then put her in her crib awake to snuggle with a breathable lovey and her soother. She typically puts herself to sleep in under 10 minutes.
The problem has now become at around 9-10pm, she wakes up fussing and crying. She used to sleep until about 12-1:30 and then wake up to eat, and go right back down. Now when she wakes up I’ll try to feed her and sometimes she will settle again but the second you transfer her to the crib she wakes up, stands and starts screaming. The past few nights she has been up for over 3 hours and just will not settle back down. Any attempt to put her down will have her screaming again. Any attempt to rock her in her chair and she’s just unsettled and wiggly and cranky.
I’ve tried the timed moments of leaving the room for 1 min, 3 mins, 5 mins, etc. but she will never actually settle down. It always reverts to screaming. I can’t let her just cry it out either because she would literally stay up all night screaming until she throws up. I’ve tried sitting in the chair in her room and talking to her, cribside comforting, rocking, rubbing her back, everything I can think of and she just will not sleep. Any time she settles, as soon as I take one step away, she wakes up and loses it.
I am at my breaking point. I go back to work in the office full time next week and I’m actually worried about having to drive in this tired. I am open to any and all suggestions to help this baby get some sleep!