Our baby boy seems determined to keep us on our toes and each time we think we have a sleep routine sorted it all seems to go completely off course.
At 8 months his latest thing is to stand up in his cot and make noise. We had this for four hours last night (six hours after he had been put to bed).My partner and I went into the room and endeavoured to settle him every so often but eventually each of us having had 1 hours sleep and with dawn looming ever nearer and the prospect of having to get up soon we gave in and put him in with us... where after he'd basically helped himself to milk, he eventually slept for a couple of hours. Whilst I have no problem with his sleeping with us in principle in practise he is a very light sleeper and wakes at the slightest noise (which is why we have put him into his own room and why he only gets in with us in the morning for his usual feed,play and a cuddle). I am at a loss to know what to do now as I am fearful that he will hurt himself if we do the controlled crying and he constantly gets up onto his feet am I being over anxious? Has anyone else had a similar problem? I've read the Gina Ford book but it does not mention such specific problems.