1 year old baby waking during the night

[annilt]

Hi All,

New to this forum

Our little boy goes down to sleep like an absolute legend at 7:30pm after a bath and some stories and sometimes a small bit of milk BUT he seems to wake for anything up to 1hr between 3-5am.....last night for example, he woke at 2:45am and was just chatting to himself, he had also turned himself in his cot - we then went in at 310am and gave him his pacifier and turned him round and he ended up awake for an hour, crying every time we put him down until eventually at 4am he fell asleep whilst having a cuddle and went back down in his cot until 745am.

Any advice would be appreciated - he typically will have one long nap during the day and sometimes a snooze in the late afternoon, he's also a BIG eater.

Thanks in advance

[newkidontheblock]

Hi there and welcome:) Could you post your routine? Your night waking sounds like a result of undertiredness, as I think he might be getting a bit too much day sleep. He might be ready to lose the catnap and be on one nice nap in the day. If you go for 1 nap a day, you will have to judge how long he can handle before BT without getting over tired and you can do early bed time to help him cope. Or you could cap the morning nap and do a short CN just to get him rested enough to handle bedtime. 

You can read about the 2-1 transition here - From 2 to 1 nap transition (10-12m and older)

We also have a great support thread where you can chat with others going through the same thing
Anyone want to talk about the 2-1 transition #27

Hope that helps!