Hey all,
My 6 month old DS has never been a brilliant sleeper. The newborn month was fairly normal. Months 2-4 he would never settle during the day. I'd rock him to sleep but he'd wake as soon as I put him in his basket, and sometimes we'd spend the entire day in this cycle. He would always sleep fairly well during the night however, waking only to feed.
More recently, this has changed, so he can be persuaded to have regular naps (he might stir himself awake halfway through and have to be coaxed back to sleep, but he's much more regular than he was). Instead, he wakes every hour of the night. Sometimes multiple times within the hour. Recently he's decided 3AM is a great time to play.
I generally get him to sleep (day/night) with any/all of: a feed, dummy, rocking, white noise. He's especially fond of his dummy.
I've been trying to get him to sleep by himself during the day, so that hopefully sleep training him during the night will be easier. I'm trying to break his sleep associations/dependencies, but it's really tough going. I take him up well in advance of his nap time (by about 30 mins), give him a feed and then lay him down. He'll cry for an hour with no end in sight, at which point I cave and give him his dummy and he falls asleep in two minutes. I really don't know what to do. I'm out of ideas. Please help.
Much love even for reading this far
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jenesaisquoixo · 24/10/2020 16:20
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