I seem to be on here all the time now!
Ds just turned 2 and on a few days has dropped his nap. That means he falls asleep on his milk at seven but tends to wake in an overtired way in the evening or night - screaming but half asleep.
Perhaps I should insist on a short nap?
He has just been unwell and is back to napping again.
Trouble is that when he naps he is going to sleep after eight and waking before six. Typically from 8.15 to 5.45. With a 1.5 hour nap after lunch.
After recurrent illnesses, he has got used to my patting stroking presence to fall asleep. I need to withdraw because he is waking in the early hours from 4.30 needing the same.
It is all such a mess that I really don't know where to start.
Short nights and not great habits.
I am so tired because I am often awake from before 5am and I am five mbths pregnant too. Haven't slept well since Christmas - tho the early waking is nothing new.
Can anyone advise me on sleep patterns? Gentle withdrawal? Early waking?
I long for a kind consultant to tell me exactly what to do!