Sleep training / teething help!

[Marvelwife123]

Little one is 15 months and never been a great sleeper but has done some full nights but has now regressed. Teeth are definitely a factor, anything specific that worked for you?

We have done gentle sleep training that seemed to work but what we have been doing doesn’t seem to work any more. I’m reluctant to try cry it out they are very strong willed and I would bet money would cry for hours.

Any advice or anything to try for teething or the sleep front?

At this age good sleep is all about having good sleep hygiene and habits.

So baby going to sleep where they stay asleep. Independence in going to sleep. Good sleep environment. Good routine and structure.

It's difficult to tell from your post how sleep can be improved, since you give very few details about current sleep habits.

Sorry here’s some more details:

We have the same routine every night, bath, story, cuddle and I do still breastfeed. I then put them down to sleep in their cot.

If they wake we try not to pick them up and pat them on the back. If they are distressed we pick them up and sit in the rocking chair. I night weaned to stop any association with breast and they don’t have a dummy. They do have a white noise machine, black out blind and black our curtains.

When you breastfeed before sleep or when you rock before sleep - you could do with working towards putting baby in the cot at a (much) more state of awake-ness.

By this age it's really, really important to put baby in their cot fully awake for them to go to sleep in there. Without this (ie putting down asleep or very close to sleep) creates issues.

In terms of teething, as you'll know from when other teeth came though, it's when the teeth cut the gum that it causes the most significant pain. That lasts 2 or 3 days usually. So if this issue has being going on longer than that, it's more likely to be something else.

It could be that your daytime nap routine is affecting things.