how do I stop my 16 mth old waking at 3am

[whichwitchisthis]

HELP!!!

It's started this last couple of weeks and seems to have turned into a bit of a habit for him now

He used to sleep through pretty well unless he was poorly or teething, even then he would wake go downstairs for a bottle with one of us and go to sleep, or at least sleep on someone's knee

Now he just wakes up at 3am and that's it for the day! He's wanting to walk around and play, and I'm just not sure how much longer it can go on for I'm knackered

He gets up at 3am, has a nap from 9am-1pm at the latest and doesn't go to bed till 7pm and then it starts again

I have tried making the morning nap shorter and all that happens is if he goes from 9am-11am is he needs to go again in the afternoon and it does not make the slightest difference to the time he wakes in the morning

There is absolutely nothing wrong with him when he wakes either he feels warm but not too warm, he's not soaking wet and he hasn't pooped

We've tried giving him a bottle and putting him back to bed but he just screams and screams and screams

Please any suggestions would be great, I can't even sleep through the day when he does cos dd is at home half of the week

You have to keep him awake more during teh day,. my 14 mo only has an hour otherwise he's up until all hours. Be strong, wake him up after an hour or so of nap and DON'T LET HIM GO BACK TO SLEEP UNTIL BED TIME

thanks right so if he goes for a nap at 9am I should wake him at 11am? (it takes him a while to chat himself to sleep) and then let him have an hour in the afternoon

Will that be enough sleep?

with a bedtime of 7pm?

Right that's my plan for today then, I'll be back tomorrow lol

Sounds like a good plan. An hour is enough for DS2, but DS1 needed at least 2 hours during the day and stil slept well at night,. You'll have to gauge it as the days go on

good luck

If you can bear it Iwould only do 2hr nap then try to do lots of play and take him for a walk etc in the aft.

4 hours seems like a massive sleep to me.

I would really try to focus on keeping him active and stimulated during the day so he's worn out for the night...

Of course I'm dishing out advice when mine is the same age and still doesn't sleep thru...
but she is pretty regular in terms of her need for sleep.

Let us know how you get on, good luck!