My son is almost 11 months old and up until a few months ago he slept through the night every night. He then went through a period of waking up every couple of hours but the past few weeks have been an absolute nightmare.
I do bath time, then feed him which he usually falls asleep during, keep hold of him for around half an hour (as he is quite refluxy so if I tried to put him down straight away he’d just throw up) and then try to put him down in his cot. Try being the optimal word. Some nights he will let us put him down but most of the time he’ll just start screaming straight away. This then goes on for sometimes a couple of hours until we finally manage to successfully put him down. He will then only stay asleep for an hour or so and the whole process has to be repeated again.
It started because he had a cold so he was very snotty and sad all the time, that was fine but the cold has gone and his sleep habits have remained the same.
He has ended up in our bed every night the past few weeks which is fine as at least we all get sleep but I don’t want it to become a habit.
I put a post on a few weeks ago asking for advice on the Ferber Method after being recommended by the health visitor but I tried it for 10 minutes and it traumatised us both so I don’t think it’s for me. Does anyone have any advice on how I can get him to sleep in his cot without just letting him cry? I’ve tried sitting next to him, stroking his head, holding his hand, giving him his favourite teddy (the list goes on) but he just wants to be picked up. Please help