6 month regression
My 6.5 month old has slept through the night since about 4.5 months old, even when we transitioned her into her own room and was fine with naps. That's all changed now. She only naps 30 to 40 minutes max 3 times a day, can just about make it to half 6 for bed, wakes at 7pm, awake until 9pm, the wakes somewhere around 1 to 3 and refuses to go back down until I eventually cave and let her sleep on me.
Today, I she wouldn't even let me rock her for a nap, nor would she settle if I put her down in her cot so we did 2 contact naps (1.5hrs and just over 1hr each) - something we've not done since she was around 3 months (she stopped liking them).
My question is will embracing the contact sleeping have a negative impact on her sleeping in her cot or will it just help her through this difficult time (bottom teeth cutting 2 weeks ago, top teeth coming in, learning to crawl, etc.)?
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Hi!! My daughter is 6 months old and is now coming out the other side of a regression!
In the day my daughter either naps on me or her dad, in the car, in the pram etc but she’s never napped in her cot during the day! Bar the regression, my daughter has slept wonderfully in the night in her cot (something I defo don’t take for granted!) - routine is key I think, so keep up with the contact naps if that’s what your LO loves - sleep is sleep regardless whether it’s on your or a cot! It hasn’t impacted my daughters night time sleep by her 99% of the time contact napping during the day and coming out of the other side she’s gone straight back to sleeping well in the night by herself xx
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