Hi
My little boy is 8 months old - he's never been a good sleeper and had a horrendous 4 month sleep regression. At best he has slept all night with one wake up for a breastfeed but I can count how many times on 2 hands,
Previously he'd self settle for naps and bedtime but recently not and he's never been able to self settle at night. Since 6 months he learnt to crawl and stand/ furniture walk and liked to practice these skills at night but he's also been unwell twice, got 6 teeth and we've been away a couple of times which I don't think has helped and has disrupted his sleep. Now he'll only go to sleep if he lies on my bed with me there in some form and I normally transfer him up his cot when he's 80-90% asleep - this works got naps and bedtime about half the time and the other half he's got so distressed from waking himself up in the cot I end up waiting until he's 100% asleep.
Naps are variable - 1 day he had good lengthy naps and the next 3 lots of 30mins
He tends to be asleep by 7 (routine = bath, breastfeed, book, song and then bed) but for the last 2 weeks is waking at 10/11 and standing up in the cot but can normally be settled in the cot - then again at 12/1 when I'm having to feed him but then he wants to sleep In our bed and screams blue murder if put back in his cot drowsy , he can then wake every hour and normally if he's been up lots of times I feed him again around 4 and then let him in our bed (which I don't want to but I'm so tired) just so we get a couple of hours sleep.
He also won't really settle for my husband at night and seems really clingy with me at night but he's fine in the day so I'm not sure if he has separation anxiety or not. We are moving house tomorrow and he will have his own room (previously in ours)
My Qs are:
Is it ok to try CIO if the baby ? Has separation anxiety or would it be cruel: not work?
Would you wait a week to see if he settles in his own room first?
Any other tips?
I'm trying to reduce the time he nurses for in an aim to nightwean but it's not going well 😫
Thanks!
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Beccanorm82 · 30/09/2016 14:15
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