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10mth old still a terrible night sleeper. Please help me get some sleep

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malibu_nikkus:
My guy has always been a terrible night sleeper. Im going crazy!!!! Whether he sleeps well in the day or not doesnt seem to affect the amount of wake ups.
He has two EASY dependant on if we are home or out with his siblings. Often it is this (otherwise it would be long am nap and short pm nap with 3.30min wake times all day.
7am wake
10 30 sleep in car or stroller for 45mins
11 15 bf
12 30 lunch
2.30 sleep usually 1-1.5hrs
4pm wake and feed
5 30 dinner
6.30 bf
7pm bed. Goes to sleep independently mostly with paci, occasionally falls asleep bf

Then comes the fun. On a good night,  He wakes every 1.5-2hrly until 10pm. Then sleeps a good 4hr block. Then after that block he wakes every 1-1.5hrs again. I only feed 4hrly and will try super hard to settle him in cot.  At times i need to cuddle him to sleep. On a bad night he wakes 1.5-2hrly all night  long without the block in between.

Some days he has had one 2hr nap, but even with an early bedtime, he wakes 30-45min later and unable to go back to sleep even with a nap. He treats it like a nap.

Any ideas on what I can do? Im exhausted!

deb:
Sounds like he might be restless from pain (teething?) or discomfort (food intolerances?). It also sounds like he might be OT if he's that restless. Has he started any new skills, or working on them, like pulling up more/trying to walk/trying to talk? Developmental leaps can also mess with sleep.

If you're in the 2-to-1 transition, might be worth trying to push for the longer A time (unless he's patently tired from a bad night's sleep before), as much physical activity as he'll tolerate in the afternoons - I found after swimming both my kids SLEPT! - and make sure he's getting a good satisfying meal to sleep on. Might it be worth trying pain meds 20 minutes before bed to see if he sleeps longer? That would give you a clue as to whether something is causing pain (molars?).

malibu_nikkus:
He is a very active bub. For a few mths he has been crswling. Babbling has increased too. 

Went to doc yesterday. We are treating him for allergic rhinitis which has caused some fluid on the ears. After his anti histamine last night, he had a much better night. He woke 9pm, 1am (feed and a big one), 4.30am (feed, one side). Hopefully the antihistamine will help in the day to feed better so he wont need so much at night.

Why do you think he wakes after 1.5hrs at night?

How do you transition to one nap when he treats his bed time as a second nap of the day and has a very short nap at 6pm?

malibu_nikkus:
Still having these problems. He has started waking 2hrly again even while on these meds. He went from waking 1-2 times in the night to waking 2hrly. I gave paracetamol which made no difference. The difference is, he self settles for all sleeps without any tears.

His little pattern seems to be:
Wake 7.30
Feed and breakfast
11am feed and usually a short 45min nap while out and about
12pm lunch solids
3pm bf and bed by 3.30
5pm wake and dinner
7pm bf
7.30 bed

Where am I going wrong? He is still on the antihistamine. The doc said his ears are looking great but to cont for another week. It is so cruel that he was sleeping well for 3 days and is gone again. So cruel!

My little Liam:
It seems to me his is UT but falling asleep at BT because its been his routine for a long while and he is used to it. My DD is not even 9 months old yet and there is no way she would sleep well if her BT after a 1.5hr nap was after a 2.5hr A time. She would need around a 4hr A time after that kind of nap if not more! She also would never give me a full 12hr night at this point. I think an 11hr night is a bit more realistic.

You should probably cut the morning nap to 30 minutes to be able to fit in a longer A time in the evening
Something like
WU 0730
A 3.5hr
S 11-1130
A 3.5hr
S 3-430
A 4hr
BT 830

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