So my nearly 9 month old is typically awake 12-2 and again from 5. He is very hard to resettle and when he does I think it's more that time has passed rather than anything I've done.
He settles himself for naps and bedtime lovely.
When he wakes in the night I have tried milk (often refuses, it doesn't settle him), soothing pats and rubs in the cot, picking him up (he arches away), ignoring the arching away and keeping him on me (he cries on me and difficult to get him back in cot if it does work), disappearing chair (he isn't calmed by me being there, his room is too small to go far), controlled crying and proper cio (he cried for +2hrs and i didn't try it again).
I have tried things for a few days at a go each so try to give it a chance.
I took him to a cranial osteopath yesterday for treatment for a stiff neck and he didn't sleep any better following that either!
I'm reluctant to pay for a sleep consultant as I am not sure what they could do that I can't do myself. But am not sure what else to do. Does anyone have any experience with consultants?
Cosleeping is not an option logistically, and I'm any case I feel its unlikely to work or address the route cause.
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Haypanky · 23/01/2018 08:05
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