Wondering if anyone else has had this before?
My little boy is 9 months old. Never been a good sleeper but has gradually improved over the last few weeks & months and was down to waking once or twice a night, generally managing 5 hour stretches although had occasionally done up to 8 or 9 hours in one go. Still needing a bit of help to get to sleep initially but could obviously put himself back to sleep in the night.
For he last 3 days he’s been harder to get to sleep and awake for 1-2 hours in the night, generally between 11pm and 2am and even with me rocking/patting him etc will just not go back to sleep. It’s as if he has to wait for another sleep cycle to get tired enough to go back. He’s done this intermittently in the past with no obvious cause but it’s now happening every night and not only am I exhausted but he’s now only getting about 7-8 hours of total overnight sleep compared with his usual 10. This can’t be good for him on a regular basis.
He’s had 2 naps a day for a couple of months now although sometimes needs three if he wakes early and only has shorter naps. Nothing else has really changed. I doubt that he’s getting too much daytime sleep.
Has anyone had this type of sleep regression at a similar age? Did you just wait it out? I wondered if it was due to a rapid development he’s going through, practising new motor/speech skills in his sleep but don’t want to just let it become habit if it’s due to something else. xx