My 15 month old has never been a brilliant sleeper, we did have a golden age between 2 and 5.5 months where he reliably woke once or twice a night, which was reasonably manageable although he had to be held for a long time after a feed so if he woke more than once one would run into another.
Things went a bit to pot when we tried him in his own room. Then there was a really awful stage between 10 and 12 months where I really considered leaving my husband so I’d get some sleep (not really really but you know …)
Since then things have settled but they seem to be getting worse again. I’m trying not to think it’s just my life, he’s had an ear infection and he’s had a viral infection (probably the two went together) but I am getting a bit down again.
He wakes around four times a night but the three am (or thereabouts) wake up tends to take ages to resettle, often up to an hour and a half, and when I’m up for work at 6 that’s tough. So today he woke 330 and is still awake.
I do give him a bottle when he wakes - often he doesn’t want it - and I do the ‘right’ things as in I will give him a cuddle and reassure him but back to bed, no lights on and no stimulation. On the long wakes I will try things like calpol if he seems in pain, clean nappy, and so on. I honestly don’t know what it is.
And we haven’t even had molars yet. I really want to be thinking about TTC another baby when he’s around 18 months but I would like to get his sleep better first. I’m not necessarily expecting him to be sleeping 12 hours a night every night but being up at 11, 2, 3-4 and then 6 is just too much 