Hi everyone,
DS is 8 months old and has been having a lot of trouble sleeping at night for a while. He was STTN from 4-6 months (thanks to a combo of shh-pat and PUPD), and then everything went awry when we started solids at 6 months. Since then, he has been having really long NW (1.5-3.5 hrs every night, alternating between crying, lying quietly, and chattering happily). We have tried stopping solids, and it seems to help, it's worse when he has a cold or other illness, but it's consistent. The rare times he doesn't wake, he is up at 5am. We're really struggling, as my 3-year-old DD has also been sick and having trouble with sleeping at night (hopefully temporary!).
Our best thought is that it's related to solids, since it started after he started eating, but I don't know. He loves to eat, and is enthusiastic about both mashes and finger food (we offer him a combo). We are usually the ones who cut him off so that he doesn't eat too much. He doesn't seem to react to any specific foods, unless this NW is a reaction we just don't recognize?
DS has also had trouble with naps, but we've worked really hard on those, and here is what a typical day would look like:
Wake 6am
E - 6:10 BF, 7:30 solids
A
S - 9:30 (may last anywhere from 25 mins to 1.5 hours, always woken after 1.5 hours)
E - 10:30 BF, 12:00 solids
A
S - 1:30ish (usually approx 1.5 hours, could be longer if first nap is short, could be short if first nap is long - total nap time 2-2.5 hours)
E - 3:30 BF, 5:15 solids, 6:00 top-up BF
A
S - we try for 6:30 (to combat the EW), but it's usually 7, we've started to offer him up to 5oz of expressed BM in a bottle at bed, and he usually seems VERY eager for it
NW can be anywhere from midnight to 4am. He's getting better at falling asleep independently, and will fall asleep initially with PUPD. He can *sometimes* be resettled from a second short nap, but not often. No paci, no lovey.
I need to drop off DD at preschool between 8:30-9:00, and pick her up between 3:40-4:10. So DS cannot sleep during those times - It's been a juggling act to try to keep him napping while accommodating her drives.
I'm worried because we're going on vacation in 1.5 weeks and will all be staying in the same room, and I don't want him to wake up DD.
Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thank you so much for your help!