Hi Ladies,
It's going to be a short story. DS is waking at night or sometimes moaning at bedtime for the last 6 weeks or so. I know that he is going through a lot:
- teething - 2nd years molars
- developmental stuff, he is 2y 2w old
- has gone though 2 really tough colds during that time
- he has a strange separation anxiety right now, as during day he screams like hell when he cannot see me and 100x per day he says "i am afraid, i am afraid" and runs to me to have a hug.
His sleep problems are erratic as he can have 4-5 good nights and than 5-8 worse. I was quite sure it's teething as he was waking in the first part of the night, sometimes crying through sleep, gel is helping a lot. But than it's a bit better but he still cries for his bunny or whatever. NWs are a extremly short. It's just me touching him or giving him the bunny back or using the gel. At BT I use WI/WO if he needs as nothing else is needed. Sometimes he moans for 5min, sometimes for 15min.
His routine is 7am-7pm day-night with 1h nap at 1pm till 2pm, he nods off within a minute. I cut it at the beginning of Jan after 1st illness as he was needing more and more time to nod off at BT. Usually when he is sleeping too much, the results are protests at BT and waking at 5:40 to the dot:) so that's why I am not sure if less sleep is needed. He is an average needs sleeper, until 18mo he has been doing 12h nights for ages (roughly as he needs time to nod off and lies quietly in his bed in the morning) and 2h nap, cut to 1.5h at 18mo and than to 1:15 around December/Jan and now it's rather 1:00h as I was thinking that maybe it will help.
The case is that I think I just need to ride it out, but I need encouragement that this is a good direction. Would you cut his day sleep more? I would wait but need some stories from you that it's just like that at that age and that I should wait or maybe rather react.
Anyone to share your experience?