My 1 year old doesn't sleep

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Hi there

Just wondering if anyone is going through the same thing with their child.

My son hasn't been a great sleeper since birth but it just seems to be getting worse like he won't settle in his own bed and climbs onto mines and because I have work and so tired I let him sleep on mines otherwise he'll scream for hours! I've tried it before and he doesn't settle.
Even at that when he's on my bed he'll wake up almost every hour moaning or crying and being a fidget. I know it's him just being a baby and some parents are lucky and get a full night sleep but I just want to see if there's any ways of his getting a good night sleep without wakening up every so often.

Has anyone got a child that doesn't sleep during the night and know any tips or ideas ?

I wish I had advice. But I'm going through exactly the same thing with my 1 year old and I know how exhausting it is.

Hopefully someone more qualified to answer comes along soon, but until then you have my sympathies.

Dd was just like this, I nearly lost my mind from sleep deprivation. This is what I did:

I put her cot in my bedroom so she could see my bed. Gave her a big hug and said nap time! And laid her down. I then laid on my bed where she could see me, but I didn’t make eye contact or give her any attention. Obviously she hated this! But within about 45 minutes she actually laid down and went to sleep. She was fine, she knew I was there, just furious I wasn’t picking her up as normal.

I then continued this for all naps and nighttime sleep for around a week. The crying lessened to less than 1 minute by the end of the week.

I then laid her down in the cot (still in my bedroom) and said night night, and left the room. Once she’d cracked that I moved her cot to her room and the rest is history. She now sleeps through no issues at all and has done for over a year (she’s now 2.5). I feel like a new human!

I have a similar problem. DS wakes up more when he’s hot so I put less clothes on him. And when he wakes up I firmly say LIE DOWN and don’t give him attention or cuddles. It is working because he wakes up less often and goes straight back to sleep. The next hurdle is to persuade him to sleep in his cot!