hello
Please help, I am exhausted!
My boy is 13 months and has been on a routine from the early days. he does 7 til 7 with a 2 hour nap at 1230 from which I almost always have to wake him. for the last 2 weeks, though, he has been waking screaming at around 11pm or midnight and it can take him 2 hours or more to get back to sleep.
This is so unlike him. He normally nods off on his own and, if he wakes, he puts himself back to sleep without any difficulty or help from me. All I do is reunite him with his comforter (teddy) if he has lost it through the cot bars. I have never had to do shush pat, PU/PD or gradual withdrawal or any such thing and I am loathe to start now.
So what do I do? I am pretty sure the cause of the waking and screaming is teeth. He is dribbling lots in the day, off his food (eats less and chews for ages), clingy, grumpy and - in his mouth - I see both a first molar and canine tooth.
But how long will this last? And how I can I reduce the length of the screaming episodes? It doesn't seem to matter if I give him ibuprofen as soon as he wakes, later or not at all. It's always at least 1.5 hours of noise! Also does anyone have any ideas as to how I can prevent him losing his comforter through the cot bars? It is annoyingly small but he is very attached to it!
If anyone has experienced this or similar and has any advice or even reassurance, that would be great. I am expecting no 3 in October and so could do with some sleep sooner rather than later.
Thank you
