Hi all - honestly we have tried everything! Bouncer/bath/pram/put down pick up/not playing properly ages before and only reading books/the room is completely dark/white noise!
He sleeps in a sleep sack with his arms out as he's a thumb sucker.
He is four months.
So the issue is this - from say 4pm/5pm we cannot get our baby to sleep! He just will not sleep from late afternoon until midnight! At midnight he goes to bed pretty easy!
Honestly this isn't a huge deal at the moment but I'm just concerned that I don't want an unruly toddler refusing to sleep when I say!
He's ebf and at least used to feed to sleep but now he doesn't fall asleep during!
Really the question here is - what can I possibly do to fix this?! We do a routine every night but it doesn't really matter - we start at 8pm but as he doesn't sleep until midnight no way he associates it with sleep!
Do I just need to leave him to do this??
At the moment we have been trying to get him to sleep since 8pm... did the usual wash, cream and massage, pajamas, food, story and then pick up and put down.
He then got very angry so we used the bouncer but that's not working either. We've literally been sat in a dark room for over two hours and he's still wide awake!!
Now he's starting to get increasingly angry and cry even when he's held which is very unlike him!
The main issue really is this means he's up for seven hours straight which is hugely excessive for a baby! Shouldn't it be 2 hours max?!
I always put him to bed during the day as soon as he does a sleepy queue! Although to be honest nap time is always a painful struggle!
Ughhhh any help greatly appreciated