13mnths and wont sleep and moaning when he is asleep

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......help, I am exhausted. Is there a growth spurt or sleep regression at this age? He's almost 14mnths and its been a week since we had any long stretches. He's never been a 7-7 but atleast a 6:30-6 with one wake up.

Aaaaaaaaa help please

Any growth spurts at this age should not be affecting his sleep to any significant amount. All of your baby's calories should be taken during the day, not at night. So if more calories are needed in a growth spurt, that will come from bigger portions or more snacks.

Are you feeding in the night? Breast, formula, cows milk?

It is not all that unusual for children to moan in their sleep. But it does suggest his sleep is quite light, rather than a deeper refreshing sleep. How's his daytime naps? I am thinking this might be down to over-tiredness.

Thanks. He is starving all the time at the moment and has just started walking. He naps between 1.5-2.5 over two naps in the day and is down by 6:45 at night.

We are upping naps but for soothing he usually feeds at night

I am just so worried he is not sleeping

Well, trying to be as gently as possible here, your son no longer 'needs' any night feeds. Not in a calorific sense anyway.

He may need them from a comforting point of view. It may be that you like or don't mind night feeds for the benefit of bonding.

Both these things are OK if that is your way of parenting, so don't feel you have to change things unless you want to. But if feeding is his only means to sooth in the night, then learning coping strategies may be more relevant than stopping.

Thank you, it is a habit we have slipped into, he does not go to sleep on the boob, never has and I think today we realised the issue, 6new pointy molars have arrived! He is really struggling and I am not sure the previous cc is going to help at the moment.

I totally get that he doesn't need the feed and up until the last ear infection 3weeks ago he wasn't feeding at night but there's a lot going on with me going back to work, him starting to walk and having numerous ear infections that we have started a new habit but I don't feel it is right whilst he is struggling with his teeth to do cc again.

What do you think?

I can't say I am a fan of CC. But agree that it wouldn't be right to do that now while he is in pain. Hopefully once his teeth are through and ear infection gone, he'll go back to not feeding in the night without any fuss or bother.