Sleep too much during day awake all night

[GemWigley2318]

Hi all, I have a bit of a nightmare situation here. I have a 7 month old who currently has 7 new teeth cut in and due to bad teething he would have a few naps during day when the teething was bad, and wouldn't go to sleep till 3 in morning then would get up at 12 lunch time. Now his teething is better he's stuck in that routine and no matter what we try he won't sleep. How do we get him now to sleep from a reasonable time say 7 in evening and go through? Any help is so much appreciated.

Sorry for long winded post.
Thank you all x

You gotta bite the bullet and wake him up early. Start a 7:30 am routine off. Then sort his day time naps out then bath and bed.

I have a sleep schedule I used to try and stick to when it went tits up I’ll try and find it!

This is from the baby sleep whisperer. It was ok and worked for us and gave me something to work from instead of thinking ‘wtf am doing?’

It will be tough for a few days but wake him up at 7/7.30 and do everything you can to keep him awake until nap time. Let him nap and then wake him again until next nap. Hopefully by the time it hits 7 that night he should be tired enough to sleep

You need to re-set his pattern, so I think you’ll have to wake him, then ‘allow’ a couple of naps before bed time.

If I got him up for say 7.30 what time is best to let him nap. Should his 2 naps come no later than 3, as if I'm trying to get him down for 7pm how do I go about it?

I was given the book ‘teach your child to sleep’ by my health visitor when I was on my knees with ds1. It has practical solutions to lots of sleep issues including late waking and not going to sleep at night. It also gives ideas for routines. It was by far the best book I ever bought because it did not ‘preach’ a particular parenting style instead gave facts and suggestions so you can choose what to do based on your personal preferences.

I think my friend who has a child about same age does a one hour nap at 11am and a one hour nap at 3pm. Yeah she would find that if LO slept after 4pm she wouldn't go down at 7. Equally if she misses either nap she won't sleep well that night.

You see it's quite difficult we still live at home with my parents trying to save up to move out. With 2 disabled brothers who make a lot of noise late at night they don't realise no matter how much you tell them to keep it down. And a dog that barks whenever the door knocks. Do you think it's impossible or with difficulty well manage a routine?

I found with ds1 and ds3 once we had established the routine they would sleep through anything however ds2 is a very light sleeper and is much more likely to wake if there are noises in the house. Sometimes white noise can be helpful as it masks the other noises. I would gently encourage the routine you want and I am sure it will fall into place.