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16 month old - sleeping habits seems to have regressed - is this just a phase??

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ceebee74 · 20/12/2007 19:59

DS's 'going to sleep' habits have regressed this week. He used to go to sleep on our bed with me sat with him and then I moved him into his cot whilst asleep - we did this for months upto about 3 months ago when we started putting him in his cot awake and he fell asleep quite happily without a murmur or fuss.

However this last week he has started crying when I put him in his cot - the first few days, he cried for about 30 seconds and then went quiet and fell asleep. However on Monday night, he wouldn't stop crying, despite us comforting him, and made himself sick (which is not unusual as he can be sick at the drop of a hat!)

These last few nights, we have gone back to him falling asleep on our bed and not really sure how to move it back to how it was and should be. Controlled crying is not an option as it will only end up in him being sick.

Any thoughts or ideas?

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ceebee74 · 20/12/2007 21:14

bump - any sleep experts out there?

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nannynz · 21/12/2007 10:30

What ever you decide to do you need to be consistent.

Since he has fallen asleep by self I would make sure his bed time is really calm, put him in cot and read a book/sing to him, until he is relaxed(does he cry at nap time in cot) and nearly asleep, as he gets better at going in his cot you could slowly move away from the cot until out the room.

What time is his bed time/has he recently started walking or something new, perhaps he is over tired and you could try moving bed time back 15 mins or so.

As for the making him self sick - as long as it doesn't happen a lot just keep calm and ignore it as much as possible. I had a champion thrower upper if she did not get her own way and the only way that it stopped is if I didn't make a fuss when she did it.

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ceebee74 · 21/12/2007 15:14

Nannynz - thanks for your comments.

Naptimes are absolutely fine - he will be put down wide awake in his cot and left quite happily even though it sometimes takes him 30 minutes to fall asleep!

Nothing has changed that I can think of - he started walking 3 months ago so it is not that. His daily routine is the same as ever - although the night it started was the first night I had not been there in a couple of months and DH ws doing bedtime by himself

Not tried the singing/reading to him as we have always used the 'dump and run' tactic of putting him in his cot as if we sit with him, he seems to think that is a cue to play rather than sleep - but may be worth a try.