Separation Anxiety at 3 months?

[katiek]

My DD is 15 weeks and all of a sudden she now cries her eyes out when I leave her to go to sleep at night (7pm). She is fine during her day sleeps and self-settles but once the evening hits she is a different bubba. She will wake up during the night screaming for no apparent reason but as soon as I come to the cot she settles down.

I have tried sitting in a chair in the room but she keeps howling. In the end I pick her up and she is quiet again and then falls back asleep in my arms. I thought it was too early for her to develop separation anxiety but I must have been wrong!! Does it get better? I am such a zombie today, I dont know how I will cope as my head is pounding.

Sometimes during they day when she is active she will cry if I go to the other side of the room. I guess this is another display of separation anxiety?

Please tell me she will get over this phase!!

Kate

[the_queen]

What a great mummy you must be, she adores you so much she can't bear to be apart from you! :thumbsup: Have you got a sling? Hug-A-Bub is fantastic, or any kind of sling that holds bubba close to you.

[katiek]

nope no sling ... she isnt too bad in the day really .. it is just the nights!! arrgghh!

[the_queen]

I co-sleep with DS and feed him to sleep, but lots of people would :shame: tell me off for that :laughing: but it works for me, I lay down with him at bedtime, feed him until he falls asleep, and then I lay there for 2 minutes or so to make sure he's really asleep, then I get up. Then he wakes for a midnight-ish feed. He's been like this since about 4 weeks old. But co-sleeping isn't for everyone.
Hope you find something that works for you!

[stellarella]

I do the same as Queen, it works a dream for us and I get lots of sleep.

PS. I dont think she has seperation anxiety...shes just a new baby and babies need to be near thier mums...its a survival tactic from our cave men days...imagine if mum left bub alone for any amount of time back then!!!

its just instinctive for her to be near you.

if you have no disgareement with co-sleeping maybe try it..or maybe put a basinette right next to your bed parhaps??