9 month old sleep battles

[Bomama23]

Hi! I could do with some advice!

no matter what I do my baby gets up at 5ish! No problem whatsoever! Ive tried to adjust sleep and nothing has ever worked!

I put my son down for a nap then at 9am as I read anything before this time would contribute as extra night sleep!

he sleeps anything from 45 minutes to an 1hr and 30 so I’ve started capping his nap to make sure he is up by latest 1015.

usually wakes at 10am. Has bottle, plays, has lunch and then goes back to sleep at around 130-145

im trying to stick to 3.5 for second nap… it’s a battle… he doesn’t go down easily and I still have him sleeping in my arms and then after 10 minutes he goes into his cot.

he may have 36 to 1 hr nap- depends how he feels but again cap this nap!

im trying to get him into a routine of going to bed at 7ish and he will not go down anything before 4 and 1/2 hours after second nap…

bedtime is then a nightmare… he is tired, eyes are closed but protesting! I go into a dark room (all set up as the internet suggests) and I rock him to sleep! This can sometimes take over an hour to do- 30 mins wind down time including a bottle and a chill out…

he seems fine during his wake times but this sleep thing is driving me barmy! Routine is just not great in terms of timing and I can’t figure out where we are going wrong!

I know we shouldn’t be rocking him to sleep! I get that bit but he is just so unsettled and I can’t seem to figure it out!

can someone give me some magical advice please!! 🙏

Mine was a sleep fighter who only had short naps until about 15 months. If I was you I would not cap his first nap because maybe he's getting overtired which then makes them wired and harder to put down. Can't help with the rocking to sleep thing, I did it until mine was 15 months old and now still feed him before bed on my lap but can now at least pop him down and leave the room and he falls asleep himself after a little wriggling about and babbling away. Solidarity op I've been there and it's exhausting but it really does get better with time 😊

Sorry forgot to say, my little one gets up at 5-5:30 every day and always has. I just had to get used to it because no matter how I tried to change up sleep times he always got up at 5 no matter what

Thank you for replying!

I hate waking him up when he is asleep! He looks so peaceful! Tonight we have already had three wakes so think it will be a long night and I’m back at work tomorrow 😞

I don’t mind the early morning as when he starts child care it means I can spend time with him in the morning! That suits me I’m just so worried he isn’t getting enough sleep overall and I think he is overtired and can’t seem to break it!

it’s like he knows now… he starts crying on the way up to the nursery every night! It’s soul destroying when your trying so hard to get it right yet feel like it’s going so wrong 😑

We dropped to two naps at that age, although our little one was ready for it. Perhaps that could lead to longer night sleep? Huckleberry have good sleepy schedules available free for all ages on these websites pages.