Need help, not coping very well.

[anna*]

I know Stan's in daycare but do you think this could work for you and Stan?

Thanks Anna! I'm trying an early night for a few nights, but if that doesn't shift things I'm going to have to try shorter nap (and early bed?) and will be calling on your wisdom. When Stan has had a shorter nap, he has woken even earlier next day, but I daresay the timing was wrong. With nursery, the only time he can't nap is in the 11.30-12 window, that's when lunch is. The earliest they really put him down is 12. Having said that, today he didn't go down til 2 and he only slept an hour!

Hi I like the idea of an earlier bedtime when possible,
also, have you tried wake to sleep? Sounds like he's waking during the lighter sleep period that we all have early in the AM.  White noise all night? Black out shades?
just throwing ideas out there for you...

W2S, white noise, blackout: check check check. He was in bed at 6.45 this evening, asleep around 7.30. I'll do another early night tomorrow, it's too much to hope he would sleep later.

On a positive note, he slept very soundly all night last night and went to bed so nicely in his big boy bed tonight, even though his daddy just got back from a week away (yay!!! And Stan was SO PLEASED to see his daddy! All week he has been asking me, "Mummy, find daddy?"). I was sort of hoping he would choose the cot, but no he is tucked up in his BBB looking very tiny and very beautiful. And soon I am on my way to my big girl bed too. It was an early start, and an emotional day.

[speechie]

Many hugs to you, and sleep deeply and long vibes for dear little Stan...

[louis-mummy]

Sleepy vibes to Stanley and hugs for you. X

[A pair of Charlies]

 

Snatched from real sleep can make any angel a bit narky  and I think that early a wakeup over such a long time must really wear away at you. You're only human, Anna. 

Random idea.... room temperature?    (In my head I can hear 'Checkkkkkkk' but thought I'd throw it out there, just in case)

Oh, and a friend of mine was telling me a while back... she kept a book (touchy feeling well loved one) in her LOs bed, so when she woke in the night, she could fiddle with the book until she fell back asleep. I tried this with my DS though, and no luck.

Huge hugs Anna 

[anna*]

5.30 again this morning :::yawn:::
Will ask nursery to do an early nap and try for an even earlier bed tonight. 

[firsttimemummy]

Poor you.  Good luck today. Just think, when he is a teenager you wont get him out of bed until nearer 5.30Pm!!!

[knackered]

Oh yeah room temperature! Have been putting an extra heater in Joe's room the last few nights and think this might've helped too.

xx

[firsttimemummy]

Does he have music on at night?  If so, could it stay on all night?

[anna*]

I'll leave the heating on low tonight, see if that helps. But tbh he's been doing it all year long, right through the summer too. The past week I've been leaving his white noise on all night, so I'm sure it's no external noise waking him.

Do you think an early bed is the way to go tonight? In bed at 6.30 (hopefully asleep by 7)? Do you think that's early enough? I could go earlier...

[louis-mummy]

Hi Anna

Have started to put Louis in a padded sleep suit for bed (think its really something else padded he needs, lol! )

You have to try all of these ideas To rule them out but as you said its been going on for a while now, I think its a routine (ot or ut ) or habitual problem.
How to fix though, I wish I knew. X

[firsttimemummy]

I reckon you should try the early night. I assume he has a bedtime routine so he should go done okay if you follow his usual routine, albeit a bit earlier.

Good luck

[knackered]

I know I'm late but I'd aim for him to be asleep by 6.30.
x

[anna*]

I'm a bit late. Had to give him porridge and a banana before bed - for some reason, they do afternoon meal really early at nursery, at 4.30. This morning he was ravenous. So you know, just ruling another thing out. In bed at 6.30, hoping he'll be asleep by 7. The good news is, I asked nursery to give him an early nap (earlier than the 1pm they usually do) and he slept 12.20 to 1.50 - 1.5hrs. 'Normal' for nursery is 1hr, so that's good.

[speechie]

Fingers crossed for a later AM wakeup- dare I ask for 6:30AM for you???
Hugs honey hope that earlier nap helps!

[anna*]

Hey guess what! He slept til 6.30!! Much, much better. Brad slept 10 hours, I slept 9 hours, Stan slept 11 hours, so we are much happier today. He did wake up for a moment at midnight, but was back to sleep within a few minutes.

So these are the things I did yesterday, which I guess I should repeat today?: Early nap at nursery; early bed (in bed at 6.30); BIG snack after nursery; pain meds prophylactically at midnight (2 year molars constantly threatening - some days causing trouble); heating came on at 5am; white noise on all night.

Yay. Hey, if he only sleeps 1 hr at nursery do you think I should do bedtime even earlier? I'm not at the office today so I can get him to bed whenever.