Hi, I’ve posted re sleep before and got some good tips, plus it’s nice to hear from other parents who can relate.
My BF 9.5mo is usually an ‘average’ sleeper, we had to work very hard to get him to go down on his own at around 4 months then we briefly got to 1-2 short wakes a night which for me was amazing.
In the last couple of weeks he’s been crying when put down, so is patted & shushed to sleep, as well as waking sometimes every hour, screaming while standing in his crib. I know this is developmental & probably a bit of hunger or thirst due to the heat.
I try to only feed him every 2 hours minimum and the rest of the wakes my partner or I comfort him back to sleep. Twice I have taken him out of the crib altogether at about 4am as all efforts are fruitless. He has white noise on & black out blinds. 0.2 or 0.5 tog sleep bag with nappy or vest.
He naps once or twice a day, probably getting 1.5 hours a day on average, last wake window is always at least 3.5 hours. I think we are close to dropping the second nap entirely but that’s impossible when his days start before 6am. We put him to bed at 730pm so a 6am start or later would be perfect, he has always been quite low sleep needs I believe.
I’m not sure what I’m asking for really - can anyone tell me if they’d do anything differently? I’m aware this will pass but I don’t want to cause any negative associations.
Thanks if you got this far!