Hi Like everyone else I am in need of help!
My 9 month boy has sleep issues ( nothing new I here you say) its just I am struggling to find the appropriate advise / method for our situation.
Last October my wife took him to England to see family and every since coming back hes had sleep issues, we just cant seem to get him back on track. Before this he was perfect you could just put him in his cot and say good night and walk out and he would be asleep within 5 mins.
His issue, our problem is at bed time he wakes many times. We have a bed time routine which is 6pm bath then dressed and milk then into bed. The problem is he will fall asleep on the bottle most of the time rather than going into his cot awake. After he's fallen asleep I will burp him and then lay in him his cot, about 15 - 20 mins later he will wake a cry out. He is awake not making noises while asleep, most times he's sat up when I go in. So then I will pick him up to check if he has any more burps, then hold him until he's settled then lay him in his cot semi asleep. In this settled state I will use my Key word and gentle pat when he starts rolling around waking himself. In this settled state he will every so often open his eyes to check if i am still there. If i move away to the end of the cot he wakes and crys. After about 10 mins he ll be asleep and then I leave. 20 - 35 mins later he wakes again, I go in first trying my key word and patting but if he's fighting it I ll pick him up briefly. Then back down hand on gentle pats key word and a sleep within 5 mins. He will then normally wake like this 6 times between first going to bed and 10pm. After that he's asleep until 5.30 am at this time he has a nappy change and 90 ml of milk and back asleep until 7am. Again at this wake I put him into his cot and gentle pats and keyword and he's asleep within 15 mins.
During the day he has a nap at 9 am for bout 40 mins normally in the buggy and then a sleep after lunch about 12.30 pm at this sleep he will go to sleep easy but wake after 30 mins a quick pat and keyword and he's back to sleep for an hour.
Its been like this for about 3 months. I ve been trying the pu/pd and the wi/wo methods
He seems to have a separation anxiety of me leaving. I feel like I am missing something in what i am doing.
please any advise. thanks.
