Hi,
My DS is 17 months and has always been a shocking sleeper. First 12 months we co-slept and he would wake and feed (BF) frequently (sometimes hourly)through the night. At around 13 months we took the brave step of night weaning him and put him in his own room/cot. It took around 3-4 weeks but he eventually started sleeping for longer periods and we actually had a whole week of 7pm-5am!!!
He is currently experiencing teething pain on and off and has done for about 4 weeks now (I can usually tell as he wakes frequently at the beginning of the night). I can cope with this as a dose of calpol and quick cuddle usually does the trick and he goes straight back off.
What I CANNOT deal with anymore is the anytime from 4am wake up and wanting to get up malarkey!!
As he is such an early riser I generally get him in with us for a cuddle and BF for around half an hour to prolong the getting up.. but its getting earlier and earlier and this morning it was 4.10am.
Any suggestions???