9 month regression- mum guilt

I'm having such a hard time with my little girl. She's 9.5 months and having a massive sleep regression. She started sleeping through around 7 months other than the odd off day and has two naps a day averaging 2-2.5hrs.

It's been 6 weeks nearly of getting 2/3 hr sleeps every night. I have to camp out on her floor and hold her hand just to get any sleep at all. I think she is also teething which isn't helping matters.

I'm getting so stressed and I'm absolutely exhausted. I am starting to feel resentful and disliking motherhood which makes me so sad and guilty.

How can I improve things? She's only napping 20/30 mins as well a day so I can't even sleep then to catch up.

Does anyone have any tips to stop feeling so negative and down? I know its not her fault and she's a baby who is going through heaps of development right now but I still can't manage my patience with her.

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I always said I would never co-sleep but have been recently as he seems so much better at settling overnight when in our bed. I was up 6-8 times a night with him in his cot but its back to his normal twice if he's in our bed. I think if I wasn't back at work full time I might persevere with trying to get him into his cot but honestly right now I just need my sleep so doing what's needed to get through. Luckily my son is normally happy when he wakes so I just tell myself he missed seeing me and needed a cuddle so that I don't get annoyed x

I’m so glad it’s not just us! My little girl has just turned 10 months and the last 2 nights she has slept through! For us I think the problem was we were using a blanket that she could kick off and then get cold but now we’re using a sleeping bag. Kicking myself now that I didn’t think of it sooner. Could just be that she hit 10 months 🤷🏻‍♀️ the annoying thing is not knowing what is causing it but like you said I think it’s also the massive amounts of learning they’re doing! Do you have anyone around that could watch her while you nap?

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