Hi there,
well, I'm at a loss. I have no idea what to do with my schedule or how to adjust it to make my little one happy. He was perfect before... he is now 10 months and the bad sleeping has been for about 1 week. Before that he was sleeping through the night, waking up once for a feed around 4am (maybe not needing a feed, but would cry and cry and then if I fed him, put him back to bed AWAKE... he would settle fine on his own without crying).
He was napping twice a day for 1.5-2 hours a day. My schedule was a bit off with feeding sometimes, but otherwise it'd look something like this:
Wake up at 630am
E-645am
A-645-945
S945-1145
E 12pm
A- 12-3pm
S 3-430
E 430pm
A430-7
S 7-330am, feed, 330-630am
He is breastfeed and eating solids.
Now he cries and cries before naps. I go to check on him every 10 minutes but it makes it TERRIBLY worse and he amps up and wails and wails. He is not in pain that I know, he is dry, fed and just NOT happy about me putting him to bed.
Often after the crying (it lasts about 30 mins for naps... then he sleeps and wakes at the 45 min mark and will not settle).
Today for example, he woke at 630- I put him down a few minutes after 10 as we were at my son's swimming lesson. He cried for about 12 mins, then slept for 45 mins.
Then he wouldn't settle... he got up happily and was awake until 220 when I put him down for his second nap. He didn't seem very tired though and so I more watched the time than his signs.
Could he be transitioning to one nap already? IT seems so early. Or do you think he's just stimulated by learning to move and shuffle around? I'm totally at a loss. He's been crying already 15 minutes and I hate it but he is slowing down and I hate to go in and amp him up even more again.
But I fear that he is starting to get overtired if he only have 45 mins and then only 1.5 nap ALL DAY.
What can I try?
Thanks so much for any help.
Ali