Baby won’t sleep anymore. Stays up hours and wakes up 2-4 times. A night at 7.5mos
She used to sleep through the night. This has been almost consistently since we started solids (which we have done incredibly slowly). We have started a probiotic and gas drops. Mom and dad both work. As mommy, I do have the luxury of working from home. Nanny here with me in the mornings, then we go to grandma’s house in the afternoon. I legitimately get nighttime scaries now. I already don’t sleep in my own bedroom anymore, I sleep in the living room to be close to her nursery if she needs me.
Do not tell me to tough it out “that’s just how it is.” And to not tell me to cosleep. I have way too much anxiety for that.
I pump most of the time and my supply has dipped since my period returned and she gets more formula now. I am getting very little sleep. Dad needs more sleep right now, dealing with health issues and so I’m managing all of that, too. I cook most meals, I deal with bath time. The few times we do solids it takes so much time for setup and cleanup and she hates the chair
She only naps on people, and she used to sleep through the night so easily in her crib. She does not go down any earlier than 9pm, usually not really out till 10.
I’m losing my mind. I need help from the people who have overcome this situation. I do not want any “well you need to just suck it up and do it” advice, I do not want any “you need to be doing this perfect routine that works perfect with my baby.” I need to hear from people who have gotten out of this cycle to baby consistently sleeping and napping.
I know it’s developmentally appropriate for the baby to wake time to time, but I cannot function on little 2 hour bursts of sleep. I didn’t have to do it until now since like the first 6 weeks (long before my maternity leave ended), so it’s very jarring to suffer through now.