Hi mummies!
I’m in desperate need of advice...help me!
My LO has never really been the easiest to get to sleep since birth but he’s now 9 months and for the past 3 months he has been an absolute nightmare to get to sleep when he wakes up of a night. It can take me and my partner up to 2 hours.
Even during the daytime naps my LO fights sleep relentlessly, he will grunt and squirm and fidget even though he is tired and yawning his little head off he just hates going to sleep and never gives in.
I’ve tried giving him extra ounces of milk during his last feed and his feed of a night.
I’ve tried offering him water instead which was a huge mistake because he was NOT happy and that ended up being a 2 and a half hour fight to get back to sleep.
I’ve tried trying to make him have an extra nap of a day, I’ve tried cutting them down.
His routine normally consists of, wake at 7, bottle, nap until 9, breakfast 9:30-10, nap at 11 until 12 (when he does nap it’s only for around 40-60minutes) 12:30-1 lunch, 2 nap until 3, 3 Bottle, 5pm tea, 6:30-7 bedtime routine, 7-7:30 bottle and he’ll be asleep.
At bedtime he is the easiest to put down as he will go with no hesitation. Do you think he’s going to long without a snooze between 3 and 7?
Should I give him an extra nap and make his bedtime later?
It’s getting beyond a joke and every month someone tells me it’s another milestone and another regression and another excuse but when do the excuses end? It’s so exhausting and theustrating seeing other mums showing their babies asleep in their high chairs or on the floor., my LO won’t even fall asleep on bed never mind anywhere else!
Does anyone else have a 24-7 round the clock non sleeping baby!
I don’t know what else to try? I’m running out of energy and me and my partner are struggling, please help!!!!
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my 9 month old HATES sleep!!
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Anon120055509 · 13/01/2018 01:58
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