Hello again…
I’m hoping someone can help me with my spirited DS’s NW…
He turned 2 at the end of July. He is a fully independent sleeper at BT and Naps – we put him into his crib wide awake and he settles himself to sleep.
The problem is the NW. He has always had then and I’ve been very lazy about dealing with them – much easier to APOP him back to sleep so as to get some sleep myself - also DH works shifts so needs his sleep.
When he wakes he will cry out “mummy” over and over till I go in and it’s just gets louder and louder. He can resettle himself as he’s done it in the past a few times, but generally will not resettle himself.
He is also an EW – anywhere between 5:30-6:15 am.
At NW now, I will pick him up from his crib, sit with him in the rocking chair, only for 2-3 minutes, and put him back into his crib. He will usually fall back to sleep. Most nights we get 1 NW, but lately it’s been more. I really want to get him sleeping through the night most nights and waking at a reasonable time. Any time after 6am is reasonable to me…
Now, he has been sick with Strep Throat for the past week and is still on his antibiotics for another few days. He also doesn’t have his 2 year molars yet either. And just to add salt, we are switching his daycare in 2 weeks … and going on a weeks hols in Sept.
So, what to do…
His EASY is as follows
WU – 5:30-6:15
Nap – 12:30/12:45 – for 1.5 – 2 hours
BT – 7:15-7:30
We have been keeping his BT at the same time for a while now and his nap is always the same give or take 15 minutes.
We used GW with him to sleep train him so I think I’d use it again for NW. Just now sure how to do it when he falls asleep on his own…
Do I start now with changes coming to his daycare – which I know will interrupt his sleep even more? Or wait until he’s settled in at the new place? What about holidays?
How do I know if a NW is pain related to molars???
Any advice would be great…
