DS is 2.2yo and although has generally been sleeping through since about 18/20mo, he's always had periods of waking in the night. Invariably I'll go in, lie on his floor til he goes back to sleep, then go back to bed. Recently we got into the habit of giving him milk when he woke as a) he was asking for it and b) would make him go back to sleep faster.
I'm currently 33 wks pg and finding the waking/lying on the floor (albeit on a mattress) exhausting, and I can't be doing it when I have the baby too.
So last week we introduced a Gro Clock (he's an early riser too - 5/530am), stopped giving him milk, and either DP or I have been going in and just sitting with him - while he cries - until he eventually goes back to sleep without milk.
Thing is, we're not getting anywhere. Last new nights he's been awake for 1/2 hrs, just crying, batting us away, not actually saying he wants anything, just sitting there crying. Eventually we've given in and brought him into our bed, given him milk, and he's fallen back to sleep instantly and happily and slept for another few hours.
At the weekend we were staying with family so we shared a bedroom and he slept 11hrs solidly and didn't wake until 7am.. THIS NEVER HAPPENS!!!!!!
After a night where he was awake crying between 3-5am, and eventually slept in our bed until 8am I'm thinking...
Do I just declare all attempts at 'sleep training' A FAILURE and just all sleep together in our bed, with baby in crib when he/she arrives?? Do I just give in to it for an easy life over the next few months? DS get's more sleep, I don't have to get out of bed, and am sure we'd all be happier??!!
I just don't know what to do.