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Any suggestions? 25mo old waking multiple times a night

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ipswichwitch · 17/11/2013 07:37

DS has always been a crappy and light sleeper but lately reached a whole new level.we moved him to his new room a couple of weeks ago - im 36 weeks pregnant and his old room is to be the baby's room (better this way for a whole host of reasons). Now, DS loves his new room, it's all decorated in stuff he loves and he has a new bed which he actually asks for at bedtime. That in itself is novel since bedtime up til now has always been somewhat a battle of wills. He goes down quite easily now. So far so good.

Then it all goes wrong. He starts waking every hour from about half 10 and now won't settle unless holding our hand. He's tossing and turning so much I don't know if he's waking himself up. Not sure if his final molars are coming through so we tried calpol last night with no effect.

Because he's waking so often one of us (usually DH) ends up kipping on his floor because we simply can't face the endless up and down all night. We have coslept in our bed in the past but want to avoid it since I'm only 4 weeks from due date an will have the baby in side car cot with us which will guarantee to keep DS awake if he's in our bed too (doesn't take much!)

I'm probably too sleep deprived to make sense here, I guess I'm asking if anyone has any ideas/suggestions since we're getting desperate - the only one here who doesn't seem to be affected by the lack of sleep is DS typically! I don't know if its the new room thing and he'll take more time getting used to it - he seems so happy to go to bed there though.

Anything you can add will help - family are no bloody use, they keep muttering on about how all theirs slept through from 5 min old and they never had any of this and it's probably all my fault for bf!!!

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PoppyWearer · 17/11/2013 07:53

I wanted to offer some sympathy as my DC2 28mo is also sleeping badly at the moment. I'm putting it down to teeth (I've had a look and his molars are coming through, and he says "teeth ouch" from time to time. He also has a cough which wakes him up. And once awake the monkey tendencies kick in.

Maybe try Nurofen Kids instead of Calpol? It has a bit more punch for teething than Calpol, IME with DC1.

Does he still nap in the daytime? Can you cut down his nap?

How unhelpful, the comments from your family (I have the same).

I hope it gets sorted soon and that you get some rest before your new arrival.

ipswichwitch · 17/11/2013 09:57

Thanks poppy, I'll give the nurofen a go. He is coughing a bit through the night - he's always been quite snotty and snores too so that really isn't helping. I think the last molars are coming in - he won't let me have a good look (usually a sign of him teething) and he's reluctant to brush his teeth.

He does have 1 daytime nap of no more than an hour just after lunch. Any more than that and he's a nightmare to settle for bed. We did try to skip it altogether but he got overtired at bedtime an just screamed hysterically so I don't think he's ready to drop it yet.

Fingers crossed for both of us it's just a phase and will soon pass!! And yes, I wish the unhelpful relatives would sod off! Especially self proclaimed expert BIL whose only DC is 5mo and not even started with teething yet. I keep thinking just you bloody wait!

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