My little one has generally been a good sleeper besides the odd regression etc. Recently however it feels like we have gone backwards. He wakes up absolutely inconsolable and wants cuddled, then put down, then cuddled etc.
Anyone heard of this or have any tips? We usually bath/ story/ feed then cuddle to sleep. Which has worked a dream for ages. But this seems to be a nasty habit. Do I do sleep training now?
Xx
Not exactly the same situation but Mary-Elizabeth is 14 months old on the 8th and although she would usually wake once or twice in the night for about half an hour, for the last month she’s been waking in the early hours (very early) and absolutely won’t go back to sleep again for about 3 hours!! I’ve tried EVERYTHING. It’s exhausting 😩 xx
hugs to you. The wee darlings eh ha ha xx
Oh no, you must all be knackered!!
Maybe if you gradually wean him off cuddling to sleep, when he wakes in the night he'll be able to settle himself without you?
I've never fancied sleep training but I read about 'sleep nudging' in The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read, it's where you 'nudge' baby to extend the boundaries of their comfort zone in terms of what they need to settle themselves. We've not really had to do it here - Millie could sleep on a washing line - but I like the sound of it much better than leaving baby to cry. Apparently it takes a while, but it's not distressing for either of you.
Hope he's back to sleeping like an angel soon xxx
Oooh, thanks. I will check that out x
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Here's an article explaining it a bit more. Good luck xxx
Oh it’s horrible isn’t it?! I can’t remember what age it was but it was an awful sleep regression and went on for what felt like ages but might of been just over a month. Unfortunately don’t have any answers we just had to wait it out and it did get better. Hopefully it won’t last too much longer xx
Thank you xx
Hey Camillage, no advice really but I feel your pain. My lb has never been the best sleeper but when he’s hit a developmental stage he’s been a nightmare with night wakening and crying. We’ve just gone with whatever is needed to get him back to sleep in his cot, which involved cuddles and sleep music. We’ve kept his bedtime routine consistent through all these times, and eventually he’s come out of it. Xxx
Thank you. It is just hard at the time. The poor wee darlings don't know what to do either xx
Sleep regression is tough. My sister recommended the “ wonder weeks “ app which lists the development ages & prepares you for sleep regression. My niece would have sleep regression bang on when the app predicted development stage it helped my sister at least know when! I haven’t done sleep training- I’m probably making bad rods for myself but I bath Francesca evenings, she has nursery rhymes & then lullabies, bottle ( she still hasn’t taken to any cup- we’ve tried 6 different ones ☹️) cuddling me them falls asleep on me I put her into her cot, most nights she goes into her cot but some nights she won’t settle unless on me, usually she is out of sorts with teething & she is very clingy not even keen to be on my husband just wants me ( hubby feels a bit hurt) Teething has a lot to answer for! I am hoping when she is a bit older & talking she’ll be able to sleep after I’ve read her a story. ☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻 It’s very hard when they can’t tell us what is wrong, a bit of guesswork! I’ve had mornings when Francesca has decided it is time to get up at 3-4 & nothings wrong she just thinks it’s playtime & it’s taken us ages to get her back down to sleep 😬luckily Francesca is a pretty good sleeper most of the time & can sleep from 8pm-6am. Hope he starts sleeping better soon ( it’s so hard being sleep deprived) xxx
Hello
It’s exactly the same situation with my 13month old Leon!!!! Ive been however putting this down to cutting breastfeeding....we are at the moment managed to cut off completely daily breastfeeding but nights are just not possible to be changed, he is crying shouting and so awake and only way of getting back to sleep is just giving him a breast. Leon is at the moment at the worse ever sleeping pattern, he can be awake on hourly basis 🤦♀️I’m very annoyed and tired with this but read this can happen a lot at this age. We too have quite nice daily routine, only one nap a day, good intake of food, routinely bath time and story time and I see he’s extremely tired, but even then he fall asleep at 8-8.30pm he is awake again after one hour time
I guess this is something to be survived at the moment.
Ps. So happy see you here all of you ladies😀nice to exchange experiences with our little ones🥰
Angus go to sleep time is around 7pm. We start with the bath some time between 6.20 and 6.30, then story, milk, sleep. He generally falls asleep in our arms and then we pit him in bed. X
Thank you all. So last night he slept right through. So much so that I am going to have to actually wake him up in a minute. They do like to keep us on our toes! Xx
🤣🤣🤣 bloody typical!! Good news though xxx
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