Advice for 7 month old who doesnt sleep well

Hello, i wanted to see if I can get any advice.... I have 7 month old she has never been good at sleeping apart from when she was 3months she napped and slept really well but as soon as she turned 4 months old she went back to sleeping terribly I kept getting told that it's was 4 month sleep regression and it would get better but she is 7 months now and it's still terrible... I try get her to go for a nap when she starts yawning/rubbing eyes or if she been awake for about 2 and half hours. In a dark room I try rocking her which doesn't work if it does she will wake up when I put her down or I try either breastfeeding her or patting and singing next to her lying down doesn't always work this way either if it does she will only sleep for a few minutes. I try get her sleep this way for half an hour to an hour but it never works. I stop and I try again when she seems tired again and it's the same thing. I tried getting her a swing to get her to sleep in it worked twice for ten mins but she refuses to sleep in again. She seem to nap best in pram or baby carrier but again this is not always the case... most of the time she just ends up getting really tired and falling asleep on me during a feed at like 4 when she hasn't slept all day but again this nap will be about 10mins or 20 at most. The evening bed time is just as bad I was doing bedtime routine with her at 6 bath book bed but its the same thing that happens with her naps recently I tried giving her a later bedtime... put her down at 8 I tried for one whole week every night for 3 hours to get her to sleep but no luck... she will only sleep when I feed her to sleep and I go sleep too (which is about 11pm I go to sleep which is when she will eventually sleep too) she need to be right next to me anytime I move she wakes up... it's getting a bit exhausting now and I just don't know what to Do everyday when she gets tired now... I get told just to carry on with routine and eventually she will sleep better... I am spending days for hours trying to get her to sleep but it's not working...

Any advice would be much appreciated

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I’m so sorry! It’s really tough when they fight sleep. You are likely missing the “sweet spot” for her wake windows. Wake windows are really just averages so they range a lot child to child & I come across a lot of babies that don’t give adequate sleep cues or they will sort of fake you out. I recommend experimenting in 15 minute increments. So since you are usually aiming for 2.5 hours, I would first rule out over tiredness and try 2.25,2,1.75 hours and then experiment with pushing out further and doing 2.75,3,3.25 and so on. Don’t even spend more that 15-20 minutes trying to get her to sleep, it’s stressful for you which is stressful for her due to co regulation and can create a negative association around sleep in general. I recommend aiming to try this for the first nap of the day and opting for contact naps (carrier or on you) for the rest of the until you get the morning nap sorted out. I offer a free clarity call if you are looking for 1:1 support options.

thanks for the call and I would be up for a call

Of course! Here’s the link to book that https://www.dyshonfamilysleep.com/claritycall

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