DS is just about 10 months. Routine is this -
Wake 7, breakfast 8, nap 9, wake 10, lunch 12, nap 1, wake 3, snack, dinner 5, bath 6, bed by 7. (Bath, story, breastfeed,bed)
His daytime naps are great. He either falls asleep breastfeeding and I put him in cot, or I put him down awake after breastfeed and say night night and leave room. He then might have a little whinge, have a bit of a potter round cot and then goes to sleep. If he wakes he goes back to sleep.
Night time, if he falls asleep breastfeeding I put him down and he wakes 30 mins later screaming. If he doesn’t fall asleep feeding and I put him down awake he starts screaming as soon as I put him in cot. I’ve tried leaving it a minute or two to see if he’s just making a fuss but he definitely isn’t happy. If I sit by cot he just screams and reaches through bars for me. So for the last few weeks I’ve either brought him downstairs to try and watch tv and have a bit of a chill (doesn’t work because he’s tired and complains) or I give up totally and get in my bed with him and watch Netflix on my phone.
The only way he will sleep at night is next to me. But his daytime naps are perfect. What the hell is so different? I use blackout blinds day and night, I use ocean white noise day and night. I don’t get any time with husband at the moment, and while I don’t mind lying in bed catching up on tv, honestly I’d love to claw back some evening time. I don’t see how it can be separation anxiety because if I leave him in his cot with monitor on for a shower in daytime, he plays happily. Doesn’t worry that I’ve left room. He’s definitely tired (I make sure he gets plenty of crawling and practicing standing in) He sleeps through more or less next to me on my bed (will wake to feed once or twice but as we go sleep at moment it doesn’t really disturb our sleep).
Pleeease has anyone got any ideas??