Hello everyone,
I'm a first time mummy and need a bit of advice. DS is not quite 9 months, he will be next Wednesday. Up until last week he was on a quite rigid sleeping schedule and routine (that he had chosen himself) that looked a bit like this:
7-7:30 Wake up + breakfast then playtime
9:30 Milk and more playtime.
10-10:30 Nap (depending on what time he woke up) for 1hr 20 mins.
12:00 Lunch then activities.
2:20 milk
2:30-3:00 Nap lasting between 40 mins and 1 hr 20 min
4:30 walk
5:00 dinner then playtime
7:00 Bedtime
Usually sleeps straight through.
Recently he is fighting the morning nap and its getting later and later. He'll scream until I go and get him up and then i'll try 30 mins later. Today it was 11:20 before he finally went to sleep and i'd had to get him twice and even then he still went to sleep crying.
He seems fine in himself, he's eating like a horse and is smiling and cheerful. He has no teeth yet and could be teething but he does not appear to be in pain.
Our bedtimes have also become a bit difficult recently and we have left him to cry it out a few times but he never normally cries for longer than 5 mins.
He is sitting happily on his own but is not crawling. I do think he is getting very frustrated about not being able to move about more. I let him spend lots of time in his bouncers so that he gets a chance to burn off some energy. He still has 3 bottles a day and is 3 full meals + puddings and sometimes a snack and is on the 90th centile.
Anyone else been through this? Any suggestions?
Do you think he could be ready to drop the morning nap? I think he is too young to do this but all babies are different and maybe he only needs one sleep.
Thank you in advance for all your help.