Hi
We have recieved some fantastic help here in the past. Managed to get my lo sleeping through the night for a full 3 months. But we now have problems again with my 19month old son. We worked out that the night wakenings were previously due to overtiredness with not napping well at nursery 3 days a week. We put Joe to bed an hour earlier on those days and from that day onwards no wakenings!
The problem is now different, we moved house and area 4 weeks ago. The house is a lovely farm cottage with a Rayburn cooker which means it is warmer than our old house. The room where the Rayburn is located is under Joe's bedroom which makes it quite warm also and quite a dry air. I try to keep windows open and cool it down durning the day as much as possible, we have also bought a humidifier for his room. I feel the problem is no-longer related to overtiredness as Joe is having fantastic naps 7 days a week. He is now with a childminder where it is much quieter and only for 1-2 days a week. He naps as normal there. The wakenings are not everynight but probably 5 nights a week. They are not at the same time, may range from 8pm-12pm and sometimes early in the morning also, but not as often. When Joe wakes up he is looking for a drink of water. Once he has had a drink he will return to his cot with no fuss and go straight back to sleep. I do pick him up because I feel he needs some comfort and help to settle into his new surroundings, I don't know if I should be doing this. I've tried leaving water in his cot but this has not worked. Joe is very happy and settled during the day and there is no problem at nap time. His routine is as follows:
6-7am wakes, milk to drink
8am breakfast
10am snack
11.45am lunch
12pm nap 2-2.5 hours
3pm snack
5pm dinner
6pm snack
7-7.30pm bed, milk to drink
What is the best way to tackle this, Joe is going through a lot of change at the moment with new house, living on a farm, area, childminder, mother and toddler group and friends. We are keen to get back on track after a month of wakenings again.
Any advice or suggestions grately appreciated.
Grace and Joe
