Baby sleeping

[Walker1992]

Does anyone have and help or tips my daughter is 6months old and use to sleep 11hours at nights for the past 8 week shes been waking every few hours and for the past week she wont sleep unless o have hold of her.

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Could be teething.

Theres normally a sleep regression around 4 months old that can last up to 6 weeks if you're unlucky.

Perhaps it started as a sleep regression then became a teething issue?

If it's teething I know many people strongly recommend Ashton and Parsons teething powder. My three have all worn amber bracelets (on their ankles, with knots between each bead in case of breakage and choking hazards, safety first) and none of them have made much fuss at all. I'm dont normally buy into lucky heather and the like, and it may just be a coincidence, but after it worked for my eldest it made sense to spend stick with the idea. Plus, they only cost £7 and last really well. I bought 2 for the first child to fitness she grew and used the same two for the second, wearing 24/7 in baths, bed etc. By the third they were looking a bit worse for wear so i splashed out on new ones.

At 6 months a baby is old enough to learn behaviours so if you pick her up when she cries she will come to expect it. Similarly, if you leave her to cry she will learn to self soothe. I'm not suggesting just leaving her screaming for hours but you can google sleep training techniques involving going in to reassure with increasing time gaps, only using your voice or a hand on the chest, things like that. It feels horrible knowing they're distressed and you're not responding, but it will be short term pain for long term gain.

I allowed my son (3rd child) to learn bad sleep habits from 8 to 10 months old, for an easy life with everything else that was going on, but bit the bullet last week and started leaving him to cry, only putting a hand on him rather than picking him up and refusing to bring him into my room even if we were both awake all night. The first night was really rough but the second was so much better already. By the fifth night I could go in to his room put a hand on his chest for maybe 30 seconds then leave again with him fast asleep. We did that maybe two or three times a night for another few days, then this week he has gone through without crying at all. They're really adaptable so it shouldnt take too long if you stay strong. Thenworst thing you can do.is give in 'just this once' as it will undo all your hard work in a second. I Dont know whether my little boy is sleeping through now or still waking a lot and just settling himself, but I'm getting much better sleep either way. Now I just need to work out how to stop the 2 yr old shouting about bad dreams and the 4 yr old from coming to tell me every time she goes for a wee on the night 😂