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Moved 6 mo to own room for first time - DISASTER!

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Shugaplum · 16/08/2010 11:49

Ds has been sleeping through the night since about 3 months. He's been in a cot right next to our bed and would usually wake once or twice in the night because he's a very active sleeper and gets himself stuck in funny positions or because he wants his dummy at about 5am onwards. I didn't mind this waking as I was right next to him and could just put my hand in the cot and move him/find his dummy for him and then go straight back to sleep.

However, now he's 6 mo I have put him in his own room and it has been a total disaster. He'll go to sleep fine as usual without a dummy and sleeps really soundly until about midnight. But from midnight onwards he keeps waking every 30 mins to an hour and crying. I go in, comfort him and give him his dumym and he falls straight back to sleep. Only to wake up again 30 mins/an hour later. I had to get up TEN times last night and his room is at the other end of the house so I am fully awake by the time i get back to bed.

Does anyone have any ideas why he is waking up like this when he didn't in our room? It's been 3 nights now and getting worse rather than better. Please help!

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LeslieWinkle · 16/08/2010 13:46

He might be still to young but my DD found this helpful to find the dummy at night.

We weaned her off the dummy when she turned 1 but in the mean time the sleepytot let me get more sleep!

Firsttimer7259 · 18/08/2010 14:05

You could try an intermediate sleeping arrangement with him in the same room but further away from you or in the corridor. And then go for the own room. Especially if his room is far away. We have just done that with my DD, also 6 months old and while I wish she would sleep more she does not seem to be missing sleeping with us.

Also I would keep other things about sleeping constant, such as the dummy. I still breast feed her to sleep most times but am holding off breaking that pattern until we are all settled into our rooms

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