I am really struggling with DS 1's sleep at the moment. He is in bed at 8.30 pm, we leave him to go to sleep on his own, but he usually cries so we keep popping in and out of the room. It often takes him 40 minutes to drop off. He wakes nearly every night and we have tried leaving the room after checking everything is OK, but he'll cry for around an hour and seeing as it's every night, we've given in and now one of us goes directly in to sleep with him. I just don't know what to do with him anymore, he clearly doesn't want to sleep on his own, but there isn't room for his cot in our room and co-sleeping was an absolute nightmare. This has been going on for about six months. We now also have a newborn baby which makes it all even harder. Is this just normal sleep for a 2 yo and do I need to suck it up? Or would I be justified in calling a sleep consultant and would they be able to help me? Or does anyone on here have any ideas ?
He goes down like a dream for naps by the way, no tears and he's asleep within 10 minutes.
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Would I be justified in calling a sleep consultant?
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ElektraPlektra · 13/11/2016 13:55
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