1 year old. Worse than a newborn.

[JessieDeFrog]

Help. Just....help.

He wakes roughly every hour and screams until he is cuddles back to sleep. I've stopped giving him boob at night, it made no difference anyway.

My husband and I take turns sleeping in the other room. I don't know how much effort he puts in to keeping him in his bed.

I think we need help, but with lockdown, we are feeling a bit lost as to where to start.

I need some support. I'm in Cambridgeshire. Any advice would be very welcome. Please

That sounds really hard, sleep deprivation is the worst.

I hesitate to say this as I know it's not a possibility for some, but if you can afford it, I would use a sleep consultant. We had serious issues with our 18 month old, tried everything and was at the end of my tether. We bit the bullet and paid for a consultant during the first lockdown and it changed our lives. DS sleeps from 7pm to at least 6am every day, often closer to 7am. It was all done remotely over the phone and WhatsApp and the one we used was lovely - and most importantly for us, used methods that didn't involve leaving him to cry. I know controlled crying works for some, but I couldn't stand it and it didn't work with our DS anyway as he is so stubborn he would just scream for hours.

I think it cost us around £350 for the initial assessment, report and sleep plan, with daily support for the first 3 weeks, so it wasn't cheap, but honestly it was the best money I've ever spent.

I meant to say, I can tell you some of the things that worked for us, but they may not work for your DC as the recommendations only came after going through a really long questionnaire about DS's sleep and then a long telephone call where we discussed everything. She said she used lots of different techniques depending on age/temperament of child/why they might be waking.

Thank you. I think we are at that state where we need extra help. We did controlled crying with our DD, but the attempts with my DS don't seem like they would work as he seems more angry than upset. Well done to you for getting it sorted for your little one.
Any tips on how to find these miracle workers?