So for about 3 weeks my little girls sleep has been awful. I’m exhausted by the time she’s actually asleep for the night. She’s won’t settle in her cot at all and if she does it’s after crying/screaming and me having to go in on several occasions to calm her down. If she does eventually go to sleep in her cot, she’s then awake every hour. To begin with I put it down to sleep regression and teething but nothings improving the slightest if not it’s worse than what it was. My sister looked after her for a few hours tonight and after my sister experiencing it, we spoke and mentioned maybe it’s separation anxiety. I feel like maybe it is a little bit of separation anxiety, im a single mum so she’s with me 24/7 and I feel like she just wants my comfort all the time, sometimes during in the day she’ll crying and get quite worked up if I leave the room to go make her a bottle or even go to the toilet. Is anyone else going through anything similar or has been through similar if so any advice is hugely appreciated at this point as I really don’t know how to improve her sleep etc. She’s only now fallen asleep and it’s 2am
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I’m going through the same exactly thing with my little boy it’s draining at times because he’s nearly 10 months and he just wants me to pick him up 24/7🫤

I’ve not had a decent night sleep in 5 months because my LG is waking up so many times throughout the night. She’s currently been awake now for an hour and half and no sign of going to sleep 😭 I have no advice but you’re not alone 🥲

My little boy has never slept through. A handful of nights he's done one wake (since 4m) but more often than not its up to 5 wakes. Thankfully he's fairly easy to resettle but it's so draining. I hope it will just get better in time

Currently going through this stage and its H A R D. the only thing i can recommend is giving yourselves and breather if she isn’t sleeping straight away. come downstairs- have a play (non stimulating toys) or read a book and try again, just keep remembering this will pass, and it won’t be like this forever❤️
Whats her nap schedule like? Does she need longer wake times/shorter day naps?
Lastly have you considered co-sleeping, its what me and my son are doing and we’re both getting more sleep because of it- albeit only a few hours more

at the moment she’s nap once and that could be an 1-2 hours around lunch time. Lately we’ve co slept quite a lot because it’s gets so late and I’m physically tired from it x

yeah my little girl constantly wants me, like most days I can’t leave the room without her crying