8 month old refusing to sleep alone

rainbowdashh · April 2013

For the past three nights, my 8 month old will not sleep unless she's in my bed or my arms. Prior to this, every night she would start the night in the pack n play, wake up once, maybe twice. I would nurse her and lay her back down and she would go back to sleep on her own. But these past three nights have been awful. As soon as I set her down, she wakes up crying and won't stop. It's such a sad cry too. I've been letting her sleep in bed with me as a result, but I can't sleep this way anymore. I toss and turn too much and neither of us sleeps well. Any ideas as to why she's like this all of the sudden? Any tips? I haven't been this tired since she was born!

EandIMommy86 · April 2013

My daughter did this when she was like 7 months. She has similar sleep patterns as your daughter. She will grow out of it. Mine mostly has. I attributed it to teething or just being at the stage where she's more aware of her surroundings and is attache

hmd · April 2013

DS has been doing this too, and we have been sleeping with him also. It is driving me nuts. Although last night was a little better. He just seems to want mama, but I am hoping we get through this soon. I do try to move him back to

Mrs.RockyM · April 2013

this is the age when they start to realize that they can get you to do things by crying. Personally I think it's time to start letting her realize she's got to go to sleep on her own. I don't do the full on CIO, but some sort of sweeter app