So up until a few weeks ago our 4 month old was sleeping 7pm - 3am, having a quick feed then sleeping until 7am. He would have I'd say 4 naps a day totalling about 4.5hrs and this was perfect! All of a sudden he's taken a u-turn and is now just horrible. Most nights he sleeps fine 7pm - 3am, has his feed but then refuses to go back to sleep, I spend until about 5am trying to resettle him when I eventually give up and bring him into our bed. Other nights he will go back to sleep but wake every hour so 4am 5am 6am 7am. Daytime naps have also gone to pot, usually because he will be up at 5am so by 7am is screaming the house down wanting a nap then throwing the rest of the day out of sync. Not only that but he is waking our 2 year old so she is now up at 5/6am when she used to sleep until sometimes 8am, so I feel awful for her as she is so knackered all day long. Losing my mind here and really struggling. I don't care if he doesn't sleep through the night but the awful nights, stupidly early mornings, stressful erratic daytime naps and an unhappy tired baby + toddler are bringing me down, constantly finding myself in tears just feeling like everything is crumbling around me, I'm totally losing control of it all. Can anyone help try and get my baby back on track? I'm struggling with what to do if he wakes at 5 and by 630/7 wants a nap as some say hold out until 830/9 - well this is insane he would make himself sick with exhaustion. He does self settle but has a dummy so when he won't resettle after his night time feed I tend to make sure he's got his dummy, white noise playing and I pat ssh then sit on his bedroom floor. I repeat this until I'm confident he's asleep.
Sorry for the long post, trying to make sure I've explained everything in the hope someone can help me :(