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Advice on 1 year old getting to sleep

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orzo15 · 06/08/2025 19:06

My 1 year old has always been fed to sleep. He hated the crib so we have been cosleeping for a couple months with me going to bed at the same time as him. Last week we got him a floor bed so I can get my evenings back.
Over last month or 2 he has often resisted falling asleep from feeding and will bite me in a cheeky way. He is a big biter in general and I have tried so hard to get him to stop but it doesn’t seem to be working.
so I’ve tried feeding him lying down but he will bite so ill take him off and he will then play a bit more and then I have tried cuddling/patting him to sleep with a song and at first he will wind down but then starts absolutely screaming and thrashing around. After a while of screaming (while I am lying next to him trying to comfort) I then will feed him to sleep or rock to sleep.
its not a time problem, he’s just dropped to 1 nap so it awake 6 hours before bed so definitely tired enough. what can I do? Persevere through the screaming and hope he eventually learns to fall asleep that way? Start rocking to sleep and placing down instead? I would have been happy to keep feeding to sleep but I won’t be bitten anymore. I don’t have a partner or anyone to take over or help with bedtime

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NuffSaidSam · 06/08/2025 19:13

I would look into some gentle sleep training. This all seems quite chaotic.

I would establish a clear bedtime routine, bath, PJ's, story, feed and a cuddle, put into cot. I would then leave him in the cot until he falls asleep whether you do this by shushing/patting or going away and coming back or sitting close-by but not interacting is something to look into; there are various methods you need to find one that suits your parenting philosophy.

mumsiemoo2 · 06/08/2025 19:20

Hi OP

no advice, but following this thread. Dd 14 months, fed to sleep still, currently 15 weeks pregnant and my milk appears to be drying up, she’s biting lots. DH is away this week but we have agreed from next week, he will do bedtimes, rock her to sleep. As she will scream until she gets milk or uses me as a dummy if she’s with me. Hoping this will break the cycle 🤞

orzo15 · 06/08/2025 20:06

@NuffSaidSamwe have a routine that we’ve had since he was tiny, bath pjs teeth story milk. It’s the last few weeks it’s gone chaotic. He doesn’t have a cot, he sleeps on a floor bed because he would wake as soon as I transferred hin to the cot

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orzo15 · 06/08/2025 20:08

@mumsiemoo2glad to hear other people are having similar situation to us. He is biting so much but gets angry with me when I try to cuddle him and won’t feed him. I don’t have anyone to take over bed time so feel overwhelmed at the moment of how to stop this

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