So my LO is 5.5 months and his sleeping is becoming a real "issue" I've tried everything! I will try and break it down so as to avoid waffling on.
I solely breast feed (recently been trying him on very small bits of food, just for tastes etc.)
Each nap he is only doing 30 mins. I've tried lulling him back just before awake time so he goes into the 2nd sleep cycle, but he will only do an extra 10 mins. There has only been a handful of times in the past few months he's napped for a few hours (just one nap has been that long)
On Sunday he did 5 hours, woke for a feed once and went back to sleep for 4.
Last night he went to sleep and did 2.5, but was then up every 90 mins.
He's a baby that loves being outside. We get plenty of fresh air, he has lots of tummy time, play time etc.
He has no issue napping anywhere
Doesn't fight naps or bed time
Has had gum/teething issues which seems like from day dot. He has lots of teething rings and on occasion I'll give him calpol (I don't like relying on it too much)
He sleeps in his own room and has for the past 2 weeks as he outgrew his snuz pod.
He has been able to roll from back to front at 3 months and started to crawl at 4 months.
If I put him down on side as can no longer lay him on back as he won't sleep like that, he will sometimes roll on front by himself in his sleep and stay there, but last night even when he did that or I put him on front he woke up. I have tried to leave him to settle himself, but once he wakes up he starts crawling and "climbing" all around the cot and makes so much noise it's clear he's not going to go back.
I do feed him to sleep at bed time. We have book, bath, lullabies and feed. He goes down at 7:30/8:30 each night (depending on last nap time)
Could it be he's too cold? It's around 21/22 in his room and he has a baby grow on. I dont put a blanket on him for safety reasons and the gro bags restrict him now he's fully on the move with rolling over him etc. I do check his chest and back of neck and it is cool, but not cold! Shall I put a little vest for on underneath?
99% of the time he is wakes up happy from naps and sleep. He is a content baby who just loves playing, being around people and is a lovely little character already.
I'm so over reading all the sleep training stuff on t internet and Instagram sleep trainers as I just feel that all babies are so different and they're not robots! I've tried my best to give him a nice bedtime routine, make sure he does nap in his own room as much as possible and keep he awake time after he wakes up from his night time sleep to 1.5 hours and then the rest of the day 2 hours.
I have never put him down awake at bed time or nap, but he does sometimes wake up a little and then put his thumb in mouth and goes back. He's never had a dummy and doesn't like them.
I also want to go from breast to cup as we've recently tried a cup and he can handle that fine, but anything that is a sippy cup or with spout he doesn't like and I don't want him to then not be able to latch on to my breast.
Anyway, I feel like I have waffled on. I also don't know what I'm expecting response wise, but maybe there is somewhere out there who has a similar experience or is going through one now.
He's just done 45 mins and so I went back to bed! I just would like a few hours more 😂