Wel, we kind of started to take over the schedule he follows at daycare:
He wakes up at 6:00 (sometimes earlier, mostly refuses to sleep more even if he's tired unless it's on me)
Lunch around 11:00
Nap at 12:00 till 13:30/14:00 (sometimes nap time is hell too...)
Fruit around 15:30
Dinner at 18:00
Sleep ritual (bath, book, milk) around 19:00, down by 19:30.
I breastfeed so he's used to drink and get drowsy just before I put him down. Since 2 days I make sure he has milk before the book, to make sure he learns to fall asleep without me. But for now that's not working.
He has a pacifier and little blanket that he refuses when I put him down again and again and again...
So after I put him down and leave he gets up, throws his beloved pacifier and blanket on the floor and screams. I come in, take his things, give it to him (if he accepts, if not I put it next to him) put him down, and leave again. Over and over again until I give up (his brother needs to sleep too) make him drink again until he get drowsy, give his pacifier and blanket, put him down and only then he's off. He really needs me ánd keeps his brother awake.
The beginning of the proces is he enjoys (jumping up, diving back in bed,...) but when he finally sees I'm serious, he starts screaming. But if I pick him up to sooth him, he starts playing with me in stead of relaxing.
No idea where this will end...
Ohw yeah, every night he wakes up often with upset intestines (spastic colone) and the only thing that calmes him down is the breast... (lots of exams already, seems that he has to grow out of this). This kid is tired and so are we!
THANKS!!