My 11mo ds has been brill at going to sleep since he was very little. After his evening feed, we take him up to his room, put him in his grobag, sing him a song, kiss him goodnight, and leave him. And he's always just gone straight to sleep.
Recently, however, he's started pulling himself up and crying lots when he's put down in the evening. It can take us up to half an hour to settle him. We use a mixture of cuddles, pu/pd and just being in the room, depending on how upset he is. Sometimes we can leave for 5 minutes, but then he'll start up again really upset.
We've tried bring his bedtime forward (it used to be 7-7:15, now about 6:45) because we thought maybe he was getting overtired (started crawling and cruising about a month ago - all of a sudden). He doesn't really show any signs of being tired - would still play happily if we let him. (In fact, on a couple of occasions when he first started doing this, we thought maybe he wasn't tired enough and brought him down to play for a bit more. He played happily, and then screamed even more when he was taken back to bed.)
Is this a thing? Is it likely to be a phase, or are bedtimes likely to be a pain for the forseeable future? Would especially like to know, because we use to go out on a Friday night to friends - would put him down in their travel cot at his normal bedtime, then bring him home with us at about 10.30, with no problems. Haven't done this for a few weeks, because of the bedtime issues, and want to know whether this is likely to be a long-term change...
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11mo suddenly rubbish at going to sleep
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cornflakegirl · 13/05/2006 13:14
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