DS now won't go to bed without a fight

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Please please help - my DS (6.5 months) used to go to bed like a dream - we had a smashing little routine of bath, massage, feed then bed and he'd drop off quite happily.

In the last week, however, every bed time has been a constant battle and he's now stopped sleeping through the night as well.

Previously he'd sleep through from 7 until 7 with no problem - now he's waking up 2 times a night crying. Doesn't seem to be hungry - I feed him when he cries but he doesn't want that much.

He has two teeth on his bottom jaw but I don't think he's teething at the moment.

He has started sleeping for shorter periods in the day as well, and I know it's going to be fun and games when he wakes up before 2:30 in the afternoon because the gap between then and bedtime is too long - if he sleeps again in the late afternoon then he's up all evening and won't drop off. If we put him to bed any earlier than normal he's up way before the crack of dawn. Am really starting to lose my sense of humour about this - please help.

Is this a phase that too will soon pass? Is really starting to get me down - I'd forgotten just how knackering broken sleep can be.

How long do you let him nap in the late afternoon if he wakes before 2.30pm?

How much sleep has he had upto then?

A trick is to go out for a walk that is the length of the sleep he was/needs for a week and that might be enough to get his body back intune as it were.

If he wakes early and won't resettle go for a walk around 4 and allow him a 30-45 minute nap to see him thru to the evening bedtime routine as less sleep in the day very often leads to less/more broken sleep in the night and it becomes harder for babies to catch up on the sleep they need.

I think when DS did this he was usually sickening for something. He would be odd for a week, then he'd come out in a temperature/sickness or snotty cold!

If you're happy to, you could try some medised or similar at bedtime; if he is feeling unwell, it will help him feel better and make sleep easier.

If he does have a late afternoon nap it's generally only for about 20-30 minutes or so and that's after maybe an hour and a half in the early afternoon (though sometimes an hour) so he will be overtired I think. Walk him miles and miles a day and that doesn't really make a difference - ho hum!

Will keep an eye on his temperature in the next few days in case it's something to do with that - he seems quite well at the moment and no temperature or anything like that so will wait and see.

Thank you! Will grin and bear it for a bit more and see if he settles down eventually.

Hi, help needed.
My four year old won't go to bed often wihtout a major tantrum. Last night I managed to get her into her bed where she started squirming and making objectionable noises. I started to read a story and she wrestled around pushing the book, I told her if it continued I would not read the book and go downstairs, which then happened. She stood in her doorwary screaming for in the end one hour and ten minutes. I went up on and off leading her back to bed each time not tlalking, each time she was back out screaming at the top of her voice. I was so stressed out. How can I stop this?

Thanks Anna