DS is 14 months. He had silent reflux as a young baby and was a poor sleeper. I spent many a night propped up with pillows. Eventually we managed a sort of co-sleep arrangement where the drop side of the cot was taken off and the cot secured to the bed. At about 6 months we could put him to bed awake but drowsy and leave him. Once a started to crawl and pull up to stand he it was game over, if we left the room he would kick up a fuss so we started sitting next to the cot until he went to sleep. He has been in his own room for four months, he has a regular bedtime routine and had been asleep by 7.30pm at the latest.
Now its gone to shit.
For the last week he has fought sleep, marching up and down in his cot before eventually caving in at about 9pm. He has always woken at about 5am, we bring him into bed and on a good day he will nod off again for 45 mins. He is still waking at 5am so is building up a sleep deficit, he is whingier during the day and we've lost our evenings (and chance to get any jobs done).
He still has 2 naps a day, about an hour and 20 mins in length each and as he wakes so early the first nap tends to be at about 9am. Im not keen on CIO as it would stress me too much to hear it and also he is sick when he gets worked up.
Can anyone suggest anything? Please? I am so fed up.
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polkadotdelight · 30/11/2015 20:54
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