DS is nearly 1 and has always been a fairly good sleeper until recently and I feel like we’re stuck in a vicious circle of overtiredness that I don’t know how to get out of. I went back to work doing Monday-Wednesday three weeks ago and he’s with his nanna for one day and the childminder for two days. He is fine at the childminders until it comes to nap time and he just resists it. Usually at home he naps in his cot so the childminder has tried both a travel cot and in a pram but he ends up napping much later than he usually would and when he’s finally asleep it’s only a cat nap. He’s exhausted by the time he gets home and then is a nightmare to go down for the night, sometimes he isn’t asleep until 10pm, then instead of waking around 7am like he was previously he’s waking no later than 5:30am. He sleeps through but it’s a lot less sleep than he used to have and he thrashes around and groans all night so sometimes I’m waking every few minutes because it’s so loud. We’re both exhausted. I’m at home with him 4 out of the 7 days a week and I’m trying to let him catch up on the sleep but it doesn’t seem to be happening. He’s constantly yawning and rubbing his eyes and he’s grouchy because he’s always so tired.
One thing I will add is that he had a development delay and has been for physio and within a week was sitting independently, rolling across the room and is now trying to crawl. So it’s all happened all at once so could some of this also be developmental? When he’s thrashing around he’s constantly rolling in his sleep and trying to move.
Any advice on how to get out of this rut? He is clearly so tired but just hates sleep at the moment.