Just spent an hour composing a post about my DS2 sleep habits and it’s disappeared cry
So here’s the bullet points ha ha!!:
18 months old DS2
Formula fed
Slept through once in 18 months!
Happy, content baby in day time (bit of a toddler temper LOL) who has one nap (approx 2 hours)
So here’s the problem:
We put him to bed after his bath (between 6.45-7pm) and he snuggles happily into his cot with his bottle and off to sleep he goes!
Then anywhere between 10pm and 3am he wakes and will cry, scream, shout, laugh, chatter or squeal for approx 2+ HOURS! EVERY...SINGLE...NIGHT.
Things we’ve tried:
Milk - he drank it and still woke up
Cuddling - he quietens until put in his cot then starts again 5 mins later (not even when we’re still in the room!!)
Brought into our bed - it’s not the blissful co-sleeping sitch people make out - he snuggles then pulls hair, scratches, pinches or just generally acts up and wants up!
Sleep training - patting, shushing, leaving room quietly
Singing - he goes quiet (please make it stop mummy! LOL) but then awake 5 mins later
Ignoring - made no difference
We tried making his bedtime earlier and later and tried an extra short nap in the afternoon (he stopped this about 3 months ago but I thought I’d try and get him to have a cat-nap) to no avail
We are literally at our wits end! I’m so exhausted I’ve started sleeping through the noise but DH is a light sleeper so hears it all and spends ages back and forth to bedroom. In addition my DS1 has a bedroom next to baby’s and although he is an amazing sleeper, it’s obviously waking him eventually...
Our other 2 were ok sleepers - both had a bottle in the night till 18 months but would just go straight off to sleep after.
Any words of wisdom? Anyone had similar who are now fab sleepers?
We could probably cope if the end was nigh but after 6 months of it, this seems like a pipe-dream!!!
Sorry for long post (my first draft was even longer ;-))
xxx