Regression? Trauma?

Maia

Alright ladies, lemme hear your thoughts and experience.

You’ve probably seen me say here that my baby has never slept through the night. Never. She was waking 2-3 times to nurse and I was fine with that. She was taking 3-4 stretches.

A week ago she had pneumonia. It was awful. We spent night in a hospital where she did not sleep one bit. Not even like 30 min and the 10-15 min she managed to doze off were on me and sitting up. Another night at home was the same way. She was so so sick.

But thank God she is better. Still coughs a bit but she’s 90% better.

Her sleep, however, took a 180. She now only wants one nap a day, that lasts anywhere to 1:00-2:30 hs. But her night sleep is awful. She’s up every hour to nurse or crying or calling my name. Every single hour all night long, from 8pm til 8am.

Is this a regression? Is she traumatized by pneumonia? Is it related to refusing the second nap (which also happened after pneumonia)? All of the above?

P.S: I will not sleep train. I don’t agree with it and couldn’t let her cry. But thank you for wanting to help.

We bedshare, FYI.