hi everyone! Need your help and ideas please!! My son has just turned 6 months and we are a tired household at the minute! Every night he is waking around half 3 or 4 (originally was 5am but now has got even earlier) and he takes between 1.5 to 2hrs to finally settle bk to sleep!nightmare! His easy varies slightly depending on what time he wakes up but follows the pattern 2hr 10min 'a' time then nap.so originally I thought I needed to increase his a during day to stop the cot parties (he originally wakes crying then coos and squeaks for an hr before starting moaning again) however this is what has now happened with daytime naps: his 'a' time gradually decreases throughout the day so that we start with 2hr 15 then he cant handle more than 2hrs or extremely ot.
Do you think this is because he is awake so long ar night?! If so how do I reverse it?! Have tried sticking with a throughout day,but it just makes him extremely hard to settle for bt and he wakes every hr and a half all night! I have cut his catnap down to half an hr, sometimes twenty min but without any improvement.
Here is sample EASY
7am wake and eat
9:15-11:25 sleep
11:25-1:25 E and A
1.25 - 3 sleep (i have to wake from this nap)
3-4:45 E and A
4:45-5:05 sleep (has to be woken)
5:05-7:15 E and A
7:15-BT
12 MN dreamfeed
3:30 - awake and ready to party!
5am- back to sleep
So I am at a loss what to do! We used to feed or rock him at early morning wake up but Ive stopped this as dont want to create bad habits..Now we leave him until he starts to cry then go in to try and settle him.
Any ideas please?xx
