Too emotional

I’ve been crying since about 3 this morning it’s now 5:50 because my little girl won’t go to sleep. She woke up and just won’t settle and it’s really getting to me. I’m getting so overwhelmed with her fussing and crying and the fact she won’t settle. She’s 10 months today and I’m honestly loosing the plot, I just feel like I’m failing and I’m getting so stressed and exhausted.

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First time mum over here 👋 😘 first of all, it's OK to let it all out, hun ❤️ I've had my share of crying and feeling like I'm not doing enough for my little girl. She's only 13 weeks old but we've been through uncontrollable crying and fussing (both me and her 😂). I'm currently sitting on her nursery floor in the dark, watching her fuss and babble and basically doing anything but sleep. Sending love and a sleepy hug from Gloucestershire 🤗❤️ xx

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10 months is a sleep regression age so don't beat yourself up about it, its normal and you are doing amazing. I know it may feel like you failing but you aren't let me reassure you on that. And when it comes yo feeling like you are loosing the plot and exhausted you will have nights like that even weeks sometime but it will pass she will be sleeping through, with no issue in no time. Just try get her as settled as possable and with the lighter days with us/upon us, maybe grab a book you've been reading/wanting to read and read it just to give your mind a bit of a break too.

I can imagine some people are against what im going to say but I have a gliding recliner chair in my LO room and I usually will console and get her back to sleep on that (sometimes with a warm bottle) and then read for 15-30 mins, then put her back in as it give the LO's body enough time to relax on the startle reflect, get comfortable on you and to get comfort from your smell to help the brain relax

It works 9/10 times

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My one month old would struggle to sleep some days as well, I usually take her out for late evening stroll before bed, also gave you tried white noise, my sister brought me a sheep called Ewan, he has a red light and plays pink and white noise, I had him the last two days and it's really helped, I play the womb sound with the red light and she's out for the count, also a warm bath before bed, one of the baby bath bubbles has lavender in it to help soothe them

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I’ve been crying since about 3 this morning it’s now 5:50 because my little girl won’t go to sleep. She woke up and just won’t settle and it’s really getting to me. I’m getting so overwhelmed with her fussing and crying and the fact she won’t settle. She’s 10 months today and I’m honestly loosing the plot, I just feel like I’m failing and I’m getting so stressed and exhausted.

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