10 month old not settling to sleep

[SunshineIndoors123]

I have no idea what to do regarding my 10 month old sleeping

I used to rock him to sleep but he's too big and heavy now to transfer to the cot without me waking him up. Also, I think he's uncomfortable falling asleep on me, so he wriggles and kicks and wont settle. If i put him in the cot he cries to be picked up but then if i pick him up hes wriggling and kicking to go down. So we end up in this cycle of picking up/putting down and hes not happy either way. If i leave him in the cot (and sit beside him and try to sush him/comfort him to sleep) it doesnt help, if anything it exacerbates things and he gets more cross hes not being picked up...but if i pick him up he fights to go down. More nights than not this is happening and it can go on for hours. The crying breaks my heart and I don't know what to do to help him settle. He's never been a great sleeper but this is another level and im absolutely broken with sleep deprivation.

I'm not asking/expecting him to sleep through, i just need to be able to settle him when he wakes up and have it not take hours. I would appreciate any words of wisdom anyone might have please.

Anyone?

Hiya. I don't have the answers unfortunately but just wanted to say I'm having a similar time to you with regards to my 8 month old. It's tough isn't it!

@owloak awful, isn't it? He just screams and nothing I do comforts him, so we just wait it out until he wears himself out and goes to sleep. I feel like it is such a horrible way to fall asleep for him. I have no idea what to do. I'm sorry you're going through similar x

Hi @SunshineIndoors123 are you able to provide an update on how things processed? I'm having trouble with my 10 month old and wondered if you found anything that helped?

Can he sleep next to you in the bed?

I'm
In this situation too he keeps standing up in his cot. I time all sleep time just after a bottle which can help. White noise and shhh can help
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@KeepCalmMumma hi, so around the time I posted this, we had some hot weather and I put at fan in his room (obviously not pointing directly at him) and I think the white noise from it helped as he suddenly started sleeping through, and did so for about 3 weeks. He's 17 months now and I can't say he's slept through continuously but things have been much improved from that point. So you could try some white noise if you haven't already, but I think mostly it was a phase he just grew out of.