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Why have we gone backwards?

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SausageSmuggler · 20/11/2011 04:54

Actually there's a few reasons the question is how can we sort it?

DS is 12 months and has until about 3 weeks ago been a pretty good sleeper we'd have maybe 1 night in 10 where he didn't go all the way through.

Recently though he's been waking up again but there's no pattern to it. Generally it's after 3am but sometimes he's up for half an hour sometimes its over 2. I think the reasons have been: teething, the clocks, a cold and he's now getting over conjunctivitis. We haven't helped matters because we've never really let him self settle at night out of courtesy for the neighbours though he does do it during the day. Unfortunately co-sleeping isn't an option, I can probably count on one hand the amount of times I've put him in our bed and he's actually gone back to sleep. Our bed is a playground it seems.

I'm 22 weeks pregnant and while I've been really patient taking into account his being poorly etc I really don't need this shit. So my questions are: how can we get him to self settle at night? How can we get him back on track with his sleeping?

Seeing as it's nearly 5am I may well come back and add to this later. I've left him in his cot with some books in the hope that it'll keep him occupied (sometimes works) but he's whinging still.

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sleepdodger · 20/11/2011 05:00

Sorry no help just sympathies I'm in the sodding 3/4/5am club with you Wink

SausageSmuggler · 20/11/2011 05:22

Well it's always nice to have a friend!

DH has taken over now because DS's moaning was keeping him awake so we've given him a bottle in the vain hope it'll help. Very rarely resort to that in case he starts waking for a night feed again but at the moment he's up anyway so don't see what difference it makes. Sad

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catieb78 · 20/11/2011 07:54

am also with you. Our son always slept through the night but he hit 12 months and wakes every night.sometimes he settles within 15 minutes but sometimes it takes 3 hours. If i leave him he screams. Also at the end of my tether. Husband is all for giving CC a try, but am really anti it :(

mauwmauw · 20/11/2011 09:31

My sympathies ladies, I feel the same my LO is waking up at night deliberately to get into bed with us and she ends up sleeping with us in bed every night! But she does self settle at day-time nap and bedtime. It's driving me nuts being beaten up by a 14 month old in my sleep.

SausageSmuggler · 20/11/2011 21:43

To all the ladies with restless babies: Good luck and god speed for tonight. We'll rendezvous back here in, what 5 or so hours? Wink

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rumcrumble · 21/11/2011 06:32

I could have written your post word for word except I'm not pregnant. Ds has just turned one and just started nursery a few weeks ago. He has had ear infection, conjunctivitis, now has another cold and is teething and on the cusp of learning to walk. One of us has had to sleep in his room the last few days to settle him when he wakes up.

He used to sleep brilliantly, like yours, would wake one in 10 for a quick cuddle.

Aaaargh.

Not going to do cc as there is so much going on and he has not been completely well for about 3 weeks. I'm not sure I agree with it anyway but ask me again when I haven't slept for 2 months!

mauwmauw · 21/11/2011 09:14

My little princess made it all the way through to 4am when she woke up and started shouting, she ended up in our bed and slept till 7.00. We needed the sleep so just gave in. Previous night she was in and out the cot so a bit better I guess.

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