Hi, I’m a new mam and really looking for some advice. My baby boy is a terrible sleeper and always has been, he is 14 weeks and has not slept through yet and won’t nap for more than 25 mins in the day. By 6 he is so tired off not napping in the day and just cries until he’s in the bath then cries until he’s in bed. He’s going to bed at 7 I have tired to push it back to 7:30/8:30 but due to lack of naps it’s impossible. With the naps I have tried EVERYTHING, sleepyhead, walking in pram walking in sling. Took him for a drive around our area still only slept for 10 mins!! He is toot tired to play in the day and just wants to be sat on sofa due to not sleeping in the day. I try putting him down when he’s tired he will go straight down but the thing is he wakes up after 30 mins max, it’s not a problem getting him down most times, it’s just the fact he wakes up. Now on the night, he will go down in his cot no problem, he was in the next to me in the sleepyhead. However he was getting annoyed in the sleepyhead not being able to move, so we took that out. Then he was waking himself up off moving in next to me and hitting hand on side etc and nearly in my bed by how much he shuffles. He is very big by the way he is popping out of his 3-6 already! Anyways I thought we will bring his big cot in and take one side off. It’s better as he doesn’t wake when doing his shuffles etc, but still once he’s awake that’s it. He will have a feed at one and then he will go to sleep for a bit then once he’s up he’s up, if I let him on my bed he goes straight back to sleep but the second he’s put back in the cot he wakes and screams. I give dummy, comforter etc he also has his my hummy etc. But will not sleep until he’s back in the bed. So at first this was 5 then now it’s ending up 12 he’s in my bed. I am getting no sleep with him in the bed as he scratches, hits his arms off me etc. Also there is a window and radiator on my walls so my bed is the in the middle, so to let him in I have to put pillows against the cot where it’s attached then keep my arm there and doing that for hours on end with not being able to turn sides is horrible. Mr arms are hurting this morning. I just don’t know what to do I am really stuck on what else to do, if I could sleep with him I would but he’s also a rigger shuffler and ends up on his side with his head shoved in so I sped half the night also pushing him back.
Any help or advice please... he was been like this from birth but I thought it would get bette not worse