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FebMama · 03/01/2024 11:07

11 month old. 2 naps per day. One shorter morning nap and one longer in the afternoon. Up by 3pm ready for 7pm (ish) bedtime.
Will go down awake and will settle himself to all sleep for naps and bedtime.

Will start off the night ok and get a few good hours of sleep in. But from around 11pm onwards (just as I'm going to bed) will wake up. Can settle if I sit next to his cot and hold his hand but will then wake every hour or two after this. The only way we get some level of sleep is by me bringing him into the bed but even then it's not great.

Have tried to get him settle himself for 10-15 mins but he goes from whinging to full on hysterical crying and then wakes up the 4 year old.

He's currently learning to crawl - as in going on all fours in the crawling position but hasn't quite mastered the skill yet.

What can I do? When will this get better? I wake up in the mornings more tired than I was going to bed and I don't know how much longer I can do this.

He used to sleep 12 hours 7-7 (on and off) but has in the past done this for a good few weeks before something else interrupts it again.

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Mammyloveswine · 03/01/2024 11:30

My second did this around the same age... I thought I was going to lose my mind! I was so overwhelmed with exhaustion it was awful!

It was just a phase though and I can remember slowly but surely his sleeping went back to normal!

Can iou leave him with dad and you go sleep at s relatives/friends house for a night or two just to get s decent sleep?

My second is turning 6 tomorrow and can confirm he now sleeps like a teenager!

FebMama · 03/01/2024 19:01

@Mammyloveswine thank you for the reply. It's reassuring to know it's not a me problem 😩

DH really tries bless him but DS2 just doesn't want comfort from him and will end up hysterical until I arrive. It's difficult for me to go elsewhere as both of us work although I suppose I could on a weekend but then he'd struggle with settling DS2 when he wakes! What seems to be happening at the moment is both kids end up waking up and he has DS1 whilst I have DS2, team work 😂

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