Hey all, hope everyone is well.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience in baby of a similar age and whether anything helped to send them back off to nod!
For us sleep training is not an option, no judgement but please don’t say to leave him to cry it out/gentle sleep training as that’s not something we see working.
Exclusively BF 10 month old has always been an awful sleeper, severe reflux from day one and diagnosed CMPA at 2 months. Weaned off medication at around 6 months and all fine on that front.
We don’t really see much change at most of the regression stages as he’s always struggled to go down without nursing/being rocked (in awkward positions whilst pacing obviously 🤣)
He doesn’t oversleep in the day, usually having anything from 1.5 to 3 hours naps which can be over 2 or 3 naps, pushing to 4 some days because of the super early wake ups but never usually increasing the duration to more than 3.5hrs.
His bedtime routine starts around 7.30 and we get him down by 8 or just after. Not consistent with wake ups, good nights are two feeds and getting down within 25 mins each time, bad nights up to 9 wake ups and split nights, however we put that down to separation anxiety/hitting milestones/teething/illness!
Usually up for the day between 5
and 5.30.
Recently he’s been waking earlier and earlier, from about 3.45 the last two nights and impossible to get back down, he’s grumpy, crying, screaming and miserable most of the day because he’s only had 7.5 or 8 hours overnight.
He’s definitely a baby on the lower end of sleep needs but we know he needs more because of how fussy he is. Any advice or just someone who’s been through this telling us it gets better much welcomed!! 😅😭 xx