Hi. My LO is 5 months old and has become really difficult with his sleeping over the last week. He is quite a sleepy baby in that he needs to go down for a nap after 90mins of being awake. If he doesn't then we are all in big trouble!
Anyway, for at least the last 2 months he has been quite easy to put down. He has his daytime naps in his moses basket and night time he is in a cot. In both places I have been able to put him down awake but sleepy and, sometimes with a little help, he will fall asleep easily. He tended to nap for 1-2 hours 3 times a day and sleep through from 8pm til 6am at night. So for about the last week things have REALLY changed. When I put him down, day or night, he really protests. He whinges and moans and this will often end up in all out screaming. His arms and legs will be flailing.If he does manage to fall asleep, which is rare, he will wake himself up after 1 sleep cycle, (45mins) with his flailing arms and legs. During the day I have often had to resort to putting him in the pram or car seat and then walking/driving for up to 2 hours. When I do this he falls asleep in minutes. At night we have to be more persistent, and he is usually at his most tired, so after lots of grumbling and crying we will normally manage to get him to fall asleep. He will wake a couple of times in the night whining and with some shushing he falls asleep again fairly quickly.
I don't understand what could be making him so unsettled. I'm not really seeing any signs of teething. He has been playing with his gums but thats been going on for weeks and its no worse now than it has been. Does anyone have any ideas on the possible cause and what I may be able to do to help? Its a real test on my patience looking after him at the moment and I'm beginning to struggle.
Thanks all.