Our little man (10m) was born with bilateral talipes so has had full leg casts for the first 9 weeks of his life, tenotomy op, boots and Dobbs bar brace full time for 3 months and now wears it overnight until he's 5.
We've always had a semi ok time with sleep - not great but not the worst of my friends. However, I'd like him to be sleeping through as I'll start work soon and I know he can do it.
A good night is: Sleep at 7pm, wakes up for his dummy 11pmish, 2-3am wake up and has a bottle, 5-6am wake up.
An average/bad night he'll wake up several times more, mostly after the 11pm wake up.
When he wakes up he's definitely looking for comfort. Eg his dummy, bottle or cuddles soothes him.
He seems to be really frustrated with the boots and bar. He bangs them, cries, claws at them etc. He also gets quite hot, because he needs to wear the boots and socks so can't sweat through his feet properly as babies do. He can't move himself from front/back/side to get comfy either, so needs our help to do this.
If he doesn't have his boots on (rare, maybe three nights in total) he's slept right through.
Anyone have any suggestions with helping him sleep through? I feel like we're making excuses for him, but I'd be miserable trying to sleep in them too!
Thank you!