1 year old - sudden issues to go down

[admitchell]

Hello, I'm back again. My boy is now 1 year and 1 month old. He was a relatively good sleeper, on EASY since I can remember. Now his routine is:
7:30/8:00 - get up and milk
9:00 - breakfast
11:30 - milk
12:30/13:00 - nap, 2 hrs max
15:00 - dinner
16:00 - desert
18:00 - tea time
19:00 - bath time
19:30 - milk
19:45/20:00 - bedtime

For last two months we have been struggling with NWs. I think it is teething because he had no teeth until 12 months old within 1.5 month he got 5 of them! I know one nap might seem early but I tried to keep one nap + a catnap for longer, didn't work. Last three days I have been struggling to put him down in the evening. His dad is away and he is always very involved in the evening routine. What happens is that once we completed our routine and I want to put him down to his bed he start crying already on the way down. Something I never experienced with him. Last night it took 2 hrs to finally have him asleep. Tonight it took 30 min. I don't really know what to do. I pick him up and once he's calmed down I put him back. Then he starts again. At some point I had to leave him because I had to go to his sister. He was crying for 10 min. When I got back and picked him up he couldn't stop crying for few more minutes. And then he fell asleep on my shoulder. Not ideal but I think he was simply exhausted. Should I do PU/PD, stay next to his bed or maybe something else. This is so upseting.
Agata

[firsttimemummy]

Poor you.  It's horrible when they have gone from sleeping well to resisting it (I know as we have had it too!).  My DS is the same age as yours and is also on one lunchtime nap a day.  He was ill a few weeks ago and went back to 2 sleeps and is now back to 1 ... I think he is teething too and he wakens from 4.30/5am onwards (not for long and gets himself back to sleep then up 6.30/7am) but it's still tiring.

Do you also think it's because DH is away that is upsetting your son, with it being a change in routine?  When DS was resisting sleep recently (due to needing only 1 nap, I now realise) I varied between sitting beside him/PUPD and WIWO - I know you are meant to be consistent but it really depended on his mood and if one didn't work, the other would.  Also, some may disagree but I do sometimes cuddle DS until he is almost asleep at times.  I think if I do it twice in a row it is okay but any more and I worry about it being habit forming. 

You need to do what suits you and your family, esp with having a daughter too.  Hopefully DH will be back soon and your son's teeth will be through soon! Take care