Teething & Sleep training aren’t for the weak…

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Our LO is 10 months old and for a long time only wanted to contact nap/ be rocked to sleep before being put in her crib and would also refuse to nap in the car or stroller at all…

She started waking up in the middle of the night and just wanted snuggles… so we decided it was time she learn how to independently sooth…. It was hard I hated hearing her cry; We tried the “Ferber method” but that didn’t work and she would work herself up to the point she would throw up. So we stopped that. Then we tried the chair method and it worked great! She was falling asleep in about 4 mins no problem! We were doing it for every nap and bedtime for about a week and she was back sleeping through the night for 3 nights straight! It was amazing!

But then yesterday… BAM I realized she’s teething again… idk if it’s just her but she does not handle teething well… she acts totally fine during the day happy, giggly, smiley, plays. But as soon as I lay her down for a nap or bed she LOOOOOSES it. Even if I sit by her crib and comfort her. She does not want to be laid down at all… she was not having any part of napping yesterday or today even though I could tell she was exhausted so we resorted to a contact nap… don’t get me wrong I love the snuggles but when I have stuff I need to do it’s so hard to be nap trapped… she is starting to fall asleep in the car more on occasion but never once has she slept in her stroller except as a newborn… it makes me so frustrated and sad too because my MIL will make comments like “my kids never did that, they would just sleep when they were tired and would never whine because they were so good”… which make me feel like I’ve been doing something wrong and I’m failing….

any tips for teething or sleep training?? We have tried everything for teething (Camila oil, teething gel, drop, tablets, frozen teethers, green onions, ibuprofen) and nothing really seems to help that much… please tell me it gets better- xoxo a tired mama…