AIBU to not know how to get my 8mo to bed/sleep?

[HariboFrenzy]

Pfb started teething at Christmas. Since then sleep has been awful. It feels like unless I am with him all the time he whinges and cries. I try and follow a bedtime routine of tea (porridge) followed by bath 30 mins later then dressed for bed, then bed. But.he.will.not.sodding.sleep. He's still awake now. When he does eventually sleep he will wake between 3 and 4 and be awake for 2 hours. I'm starting to feel really low as I'm knackered and never get any time away from him That sounds awful but there's no regular nap time where I can just sit down and have a break.

Tell me what I can do to make help him sleep. What sort of routine should an 8mo have??

Oh sleep....

*Callaird
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Sorry to pounce on you but could you advise .... !

Similar to this thread my little boy isn't great yet at night sleeps. He goes down fine, mostly, and settles on his co-sleeper in a sleep sack at about 7.30/8oc.

But then, he wakes a couple of hours later and there is no going back in the co sleeper, well sometimes, it's very hit and miss. But, in short, for the rest of the night it's short sleep cycles and feeding to get him back to sleep.... so he ends up in the bed and we feed almost dreamlike back to sleep now.

He naps during the day very well and doesn't need boobs! Why is night time going so wrong?!

Can I hire you to come and sort us out!!!

Thank you callaird that's really helpful. I did wonder about a nap at 4ish as he gets very tired around then but other things I've read say not to let them sleep after 3pm?
Last night he finally went to sleep just before 11pm but then slept til 6.20am. So a decent chunk of sleep for a change.

Tonight I bathed him at about 4.45, gave him his tea at 5.30 and put him down at 6.30, when he went straight to sleep. Fingers crossed for a good night!

Oh, and regarding co-sleeping, I'd prefer it if he was in his own cot (in our room) but I'm happy to bedshare if it means more sleep!

Havalina1

How old is your DS?

What is his day time routine?

Re hiring me - where are based (PM if you'd rather not disclose on a public forum!) I know quite a few night nannies/sleep trainers who might be able to help you out or I can do phone/e-mail consultations (as can many others!) if it seems to be a simple solution.

HariboFrenzy All the children I have cared for/sleep trained have had a late afternoon nap until around 1 year. If you think about it, they can't got more than two hours between naps in the morning, why would they be able to 5 hours in the afternoon?! Good luck tonight, I hope he sleeps well, happy well slept mummy = a happy baby!!

HariboFrenzy sorry I hijacked your thread there, apologies!

I have had 23 charges, all slept through 7-7 (or 7:30-7:30 depending on what routine my employers prefer)

As the mother of a night owl I find the above a little hard to believe. (Not that I'd have wanted DD "trained" into sleeping at those times anyway.)

I didn't have it cracked at 8 months (sorry).

Took me a few years, until I got guaranteed sleep.

My neice is 2, and still isn't sleeping through. I know of others who have slept through from 5 weeks. Luck of the drawer?

Wait till they hit their teens and you'll be dragging them out of bed at Noon