Okay.... every leap I’m convinced it’s the worst but it keeps getting worse! Whyyyyy. We have 15 days left of leap 5 and idk how we are going to make it. We sleep trained my LO when she was 4 months old, so she is putting herself to sleep no problem. She goes in her crib and is out within minutes every time. However, the last three nights she has proceeded to wake up 30-45min after going down for the night SCREAMING. Now, I know my baby. It’s not a pain scream, it’s a “pick me the fuck up now... what’s your problem?!” Cry. The first night I thought she was teething and this was what everyone talked about when babies cut teeth but we are on night four of the same exact thing at the exact same time and I’m starting to think otherwise. The first night I ran to her crib and picked her up (mistake one if you’ve ever sleep trained your baby). She fell back asleep two minutes later and slept through the night. Night two, same thing. Night three, I said no more picking her up because I don’t want her thinking this is a new routine and I rubbed her belly instead and she freaked out. I gave in (thinking she’s teething and in pain) and picked her up. She fell asleep, I put her down and she woke instantly screaming again. In that moment, I knew it wasn’t the teeth. I looked it up and found that during this leap babies may experience separation anxiety. I really don’t want this to affect her ability to fall asleep but she is screaming so hard that it ends in a coughing fit and me eventually going to pick her up. I know sleep training isn’t for everyone but we literally went through hell to get her to fall asleep on her own and I would really hate to do anything that could reverse it. Ughhh I feel I can’t ever win with this baby. It’s always something. Welcome to motherhood. Don’t even get me started on the 15 minute naps she has been taking.