Hi,
Need a bit of advice and reading through other posts has helped but to be honest I'm so tired I can't quite figure out what to do!
Since just after 5 months my LO has stopped sleeping through the night. Some nights he's up twice - good nights, other, like last night every hour from going to bed at 7 til 5 am when he woke up and wouldn't fall back to a deep sleep.
My OH is willing to help but he wont settle at all with him, a consequence of BF In our case I think, as a result i have slept more than 3 hrs in a row since early December and it's very draining.
My ds is 7 months at the end of this week and I' m aware that separation anxiety can really kick in then, he is already very clingy! Going back to work soon too so really need to sort this asap!
He's been on a 3hr schedule are only just started formula and have built up to 4 hrs as he has reflux and small volumes seemed to reduce the vomitting. On solids 3 times a day and he taking them pretty well.
We fell into an easy routine naturally and to be honest it was only when things started going wrong I realised we were in one after looking for solutions.
Today has gone down for his two naps but woken up after 45 mins each time. The first was super early at 7 As he woken up around 5 but I tried to settle him til 6. Then went down for a second 45 min nap at 9. Tried to get back in a routine and put him down at 12.15 fell asleep on his own but woke at 43 mins later, settled him slept for 44 mins.
He's on a 2 15 min waking, which I realise is too short for him and we are building it up too, Will this help with the night waking and the naps? He seems tired almost as soon as hes up. In fact he's only been up for just over an hour and he's rubbing his. Was planning a catnap around 4 and a 6pm bottle then bed at 6.30pm. I should say he normally settles with just a hand on his chest though it sometimes dies take a while at night!
Dreading bedtime, any help gratefully received!