Hi, i know I'm probably duplicating threads but I'd love some adivce. My LO is 4 and a bit months, and generally a good sleeper. Usual routine is wake between 6-7am, back to bed after an hour till about 9.30. Then usually naps for a couple of hours about 11 / 12 ish and sometimes again at 4ish depending on wether we're out and about. Historically I have had no problem putting him in his cot and he puts himself to sleep if I get him in it at the right sleep cues during the day.
However, he's recently gone through the 4 mth growth spurt which mucked his routine up and consequently I wound up bfing him to sleep a lot. Since then, his routine has gone a bit out the window - I can't recognise his sleep signals very well any more, he doesn't seem to have any in the moring to the point that he can be up for 3 hours from 10am but unable to settle himself to sleep for his daytime nap due to being over tired. I've alwyas struggeld with the 7pm fed and it's got even worse - we've just had some v bad evenings and tonight was worst yet. He was put in cot drowsy at 7pm, woke up and started crying. I alwyas pick him up beciase he's v windy baby. This carried on 4 an hour. I then caved and brought him downstaris whereby he sat and gurgled happilu in his chair till about 9.15, then we did nappy quick top up bf and he was out like a light. Basically he wouldn't stop crying earlier until I left his bedroom, at which poitn he stopped immediately and smiled, the little monkey ! Dp says hes being manipulative and to just leave him to cry but i really struggle with that. This has been offset by him shifting his night feeds round so I'm only feeding twice not 3 times between 7pm ad 7am and developmentally he's just started rolling and being v active and alert. I'm due to go back to work at which point he will be with dp and grandparents a couple of eve's a week, and i need to ge t this cracked b4 i do ! and thinking that maybe cc is the only way to do so....
Sorry for the long post but would appreciate any help !