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Offline Pve421

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Middle of the night wake-ups
« on: November 05, 2014, 12:44:16 pm »
Ok so I'm looking for some advice on my 21 month old who wakes up at 430 a.m most mornings.some days he wakes and I can get him back to sleep, but other days he stays awake. We co sleep and I am still breast feeding. His naps aren't consistent because I work 2 and a half days a week and when he's not with me he doesn't nap at his normal time which is from 12:30-2:30/3:00 some days I need to wake him or he will sleep all afternoon. I also work until 8 2 nights a week and since I am the only one who can put him to bed, his bedtime varies as well. Any advice would be helpful  :)

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Re: Middle of the night wake-ups
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2014, 07:26:13 am »
Hi there and welcome to BW :)

It does sound like you have quite a few things going on that might be impacting on your LOs sleep and we will certainly be able to offer some help, I can see you are currently co-sleeping and feeding to sleep. What would your aims be ideally? Would you like to get him sleeping in a cot and falling asleep independently? If you could so this would there be someone else around to help with the sleep training?

Is he currently taking one or two naps each day generally, and at what time approximately?

Sorry for all the questions, there are things I can suggest but it's good for me to know what you'd like to achieve really so I'm not suggesting things that won't work for you. I do feel that the primary thing that would make a difference to his sleep would be a move to helping him settle for sleep without feeding. This will be far easier to achieve if he is not in bed with you and although it may not be easy, will mean that others can in future help you get him to bed. In the long run, his routine can then be more consistent day to day which will probably help him be more settled in his sleep.

The method I would be suggesting to help with moving towards independent sleep would be gradual withdrawal nd it is described a bit in this link, have a look and let me know what you think. At this age, there is sadly no such thing as a sleep training method without crying, but here we can support you to be with him as he cries so that the bond of trust between you is not broken.

Walk In/Walk Out vs. The Gradual Withdrawal Method (HOW TO CHOOSE)

Let me know what you think and we can add some more detail into a plan if you'd like. ((Hugs))
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Re: Middle of the night wake-ups
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2014, 11:40:44 am »
Hello and welcome  ;D

Following along, as if your aim is for DS to be in his own room I can take you through Gradual Withdrawal every step of the way. I have been there done that and it has been a life saver for us.

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Vicki.x.