5mo mostly has dreamfeed before I go to bed (seems to wake naturally around then) and usually one feed in the night. From 5ish he kicks the mattress and moves his head and arms, although he's not awake. He has periods of calmness and his breathing is regular, but as I relax he starts kicking again. It's impossible to sleep through. At 5.50 this morning I pulled him up for a feed as I got so irritated. Usually that would settle him but then he was cooing and kicking about. By 6.30-7 he usually wants to go back to sleep and by 7.45 he's desperate and whingey. However 6.30 is the latest my toddler ever sleeps (usually 6.10) and putting my baby back to bed at 7 just doesn't work for anyone else.
With the dreamfeed and night feed as well I am exhausted, red eyed and perpetually irritated. I'm losing about an hour each morning and getting a broken 5.5hrs max sleep.
What can I do? Move the baby to his own room? Is the kicking likely to be wind- or poo-related?
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SouthernComforter · 07/04/2016 07:55
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