My LO is 11 months old. We have been dealing with NW for a while now but the problem in the last month is that it is taking 1-2 hours to resettle to sleep. I am at a loss as to OT, UT, early bedtime and on and on. I think that my exhaustion hasn't helped for clarity. I feel like I have been working my butt off trying to get him to be a good little sleeper but nothing seems to work. I used BW with my older two and even though we struggled, we made it though and now I have two really good sleepers. I am freaking out that this little guy will ALWAYS be a bad sleeper.
He is a run down of his schedule, it isn't always this easy as he is between home and an in home daycare.
5:30 wake-up and eat - (just transitioned from breast feeding to exclusively formula)
7:30-8:00 breakfast and bottle formula
9:00-10:15 morning nap (at daycare)
11:30-12:00 Lunch
12:50 bottle of formula
1:15 - 3:15 afternoon nap (depending on day - can be shorter or longer)
4:15 snack
5:30-6:00 dinner
6:15 bath and start bedtime routine
6:30 bottle
6:45 read story, rock and put to bed
I do need to mention that he doesn't do well with cutting teeth and just recently he popped another tooth. Also, in the last month we have moved to a new house. The last two nights he is going to bed and crying and upset, where as before we could lay him down drowsy but awake and not hear a peep until the early morning hours.
The night has been going as follows...usually up anywhere from 1 - 3 am. Last night it was 1:30am and it took us until 3:00am to get him back to sleep. I used a combination of PUPD, WIWO, hand on his body. Then it was as if he was so wide awake that I rocked him until he was drowsy but awake and was able to lay him down. He was quiet for about 20 minutes and then started crying and screaming. Due to him being so worked up I picked him up and it was like he wasn't even tired. He goes from being drowsy to wide awake and talking etc.
My husband works nights so I don't him there every night for moral support. I am sure that I have started some bad habits as I have been doing whatever I can to get through. However I know that he isn't getting good sleep and neither his mama! I have started to feel like maybe he is one of those kids who only needs 8 hours of sleep - which seems ridiculous for an 11 month old baby. People keep telling me that he goes to bed too early but I am not comfortable with him going to bed later and getting over tired.