I feel stupid writing this but I just need some suggestions on what to do with our just turned 13 month old's sleep. It was a week before his 1st birthday that things started to change. I put it down to a development leap. Then he started nursery, just a couple of days a week, then instantly picked up a cold and all through this he's been teething - the 2 of 8 molars are poking through and I suspect more back teeth are on their way. All during this phase, so about 5 weeks now, we have been doing whatever works to help him get to sleep, because he's been going through a leap/ feeling uncomfortable because of a cold/ anxious because of starting nursery etc. Doing whatever basically means holding him to sleep. And now he's taking his first steps unaided, which is also causing restlessness with sleep. Sometimes he takes FOREVER to go to sleep (day naps and night sleep - at bedtime and then during the night if he wakes) and I know it's because there's so much going on. Before all this he was usually very easy to put to sleep. It was a book, lights out, place in cot as we sing a lullaby and then he would generally fall asleep without us having to go back in. I feel like we've now caused a bad habit because we've been holding him to sleep, more and more, so now he won't go down in his cot unless he's really, really, really sleepy in our arms and even then when we put him down, sssshhhh and pat and stroke his head gently until we think he's really nice and settled and asleep, the moment we move towards the doors he sits up and cries and holds his arms up to be picked up. The night wakings are torturous and tend to follow a similar pattern too. It's really taking its toll on us and tonight is particularly bad. It feels like we're at the end of our tether. What can we do to get back on track with the old bedtime routine, where he was happy to be put down in his cot without being held / rocked to sleep? I'd rather try a gentle approach than any kind of CIO method.
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13 month old naps and night sleep gone to pot
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serenfach1 · 04/10/2020 19:53
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