Hi
My DS has always been very good at going to sleep, maybe a wee bit of chatting but we used to not hear a thing when we put him down (we have put him down to self settle since he was 7 weeks without props, so he has always done it!). For his day nap he still goes down like a lamb, no crying or wailing. A few weeks ago he started crying and screaming at bedtime (we had relatives staying so I thought maybe he would settle back to normal once they had gone) but if anything things have got worse and he now takes between 30 mins and 60 mins of crying and screaming before he goes to sleep. When you go into comfort him/give him some water he has a brief cuddle then wants to talk and point to your nose and ears etc, cute, usually but not at bed time! We have tried leaving him for the whole crying etc but that doesn't seem to shorten the time. He generally sleeps between 1.30-2.30 hrs in the day(usually goes down for a nap between 12.30pm and 1pm) and goes to bed at 7pm and sleeps for 12hrs, sometimes a wee bit more. For the last few weeks he hasn't been waking until 8.00/8.30am as by the time he gets to sleep it is around 8pm, or later. I have tried to extend his bedtime to 7.30pm and make sure he naps no longer than 1.30hrs (no later than 2.30pm) to see if this would help, but to no avail. By going to bed at 7.30pm he now isn't alseep some nights until nearly 9pm. What can I do. I don't want to be putting him to bed at 8pm, I think it is too late and frankly I want some timeout at that time of night.(I am 15 weeks pregnant) Should I be waking him in the morning earlier than 8.00am? Sorry for the ramble but am at a loss on what tactic to try.
Thanks in advance.
