Morning! We have come a very long way since I posted on these boards, demented with sleep deprivation when DS was 9 months and I am very grateful for the VAST improvement. But I would like still more sleep please.....
DS goes to bed at 7pm, I feed until drowsy then cuddle him until completely asleep at 7.30pm when he gets put in his cot in his own room. He then either sleeps through until 4.50am or wakes once about 1.30am when DH goes in and settles him with a rock in the rocking chair. This takes about 20 mins and he goes down completely asleep. He has never self settled. We have never done any sleep training other than the "No cry sleep solution" approach of breaking the feed to sleep association with the "Pantley pull-off".
He is then awake for the day come rain or shine at 4.50 am. I've tried everything, even feeding back to sleep in bed, to no avail. His room is pitch black and he has white noise all night.
I suspect the issue lies mainly with daytime sleep. He eats well and is now on the 91st centile. When with me he naps for 20 mins at 9.20 ish - 9.35am when I wake him up. He then has two hours from 1.30 - 3.30 pm.
He started at the childminder four days a week and has settled well but his naps with her are completely random. Always at least 2 hours and never before 9am. Sometimes when we have afternoon visitors, I let him do a long morning sleep from 9.30am till 11.30 and he then manages to power through till bedtime.
NONE OF THIS MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE!
4.50 am awake. I would love some suggestions. I'm worried he's only getting a total of 12 hours sleep in a 24 hour period. He is generally gorgeous and happy but is getting increasingly grizzly and whingy.