9 months of sleeping hell

[mummyofone1]

Hi looking for some advice on my baby's sleeping habits, or someone to just say they have got through similar problems.

My baby has always been a bad sleeper, he will only nap in my arms, refuses to go to sleep in cot in the day, wakes screaming if I try and move him to the cot and takes a ages to resettle. Will not sleep in pram or car seat, not even with black out cover. He now has 3 1 hour naps in the day, any less than results in a very hyper hour overtired baby.

At night he can fall asleep in cot with an hour of sshhing and patting but there's no guarantee he will stay asleep. He used to wake a few times a night for bottle/ dummy but now he is waking for 2 hours in the middle of the night every night and will not go back to sleep. He will cry if left in cot, or cry if I try to cuddle him back to sleep. This is the same if even he has less naps during the day.

We have a good bedtime routine and he is usually asleep 7, but he may wake a couple of times before falling into a deep sleep.

Has anyone been through this and has sleep training worked? I think he's constantly in a cycle of being overtired.

xx

Anyone? X

Sorry to hear what is happening right now- it's so tough. We had this last summer when lo was 10 months or so and teething. We had months of up and down, comforting, extra stories, more bottles. On the end, in desperation, we let her cry for 10 mins or so and she went to sleep. After a couple of days she was sleeping straight through. If they're ill or teething maybe I wouldn't have done this, but at my wits end we did and it worked. Not for everyone I know but just a thought...

Yes this was me until my girl turned 2. It was hell on earth and I thought I might die from sleep deprivation.
It will pass.
Nobody knows when!

I did the whole - leave them for 2 mins and go back in - thing, I laid on floor and held hand through cot bars for a few months.

In the end I think she just sorted herself out but you can try anything that might make it easier

Good luck

Thanks for the advice, it's good knowing I'm not the only one going through this xx

The daytime naps sound too long so they're probably not tired enough to sleep all night. One short morning nap and longer lunch nap is plenty. We used to do everything we could to stop them napping late afternoon/early evening so that they would sleep through.