I'm having a few troubles with my lo and would appreciate some advice. First thing is the 45 min naps, I've been doing the wake to sleep method for a couple of weeks now and haven't seen much improvement - is this normal? Or do you think I'm doing something wrong. (I follow the example in Tracy's sleep interview) I normally do manage to get him back to sleep, but it always takes at least 20 min.
Also he uses a dummy and I think it has now become a prop. I try to withhold it when he wakes, but then he gets upset and cries and wakes himself up even more. I give it to him and it soothes him straight away. I;m just worried that I'm causing more trouble for myself. but I don't know if I should be trying to 'wean' him off it, or use it less. Any suggestions on how to do this?
He is pretty much sleeping through the night, he has a DF at around 10:30 and wakes at about 5:30 - 6:30am. Bedtime is a bit of an issue. I put him down for a nap at around 5pm, but this for him turns into a sleep and he never wakes up after 45 min (typical isn't it, when you want them to nap they don't and vice versa :lol: ) what I try and do is wake him after an hour, sometimes less, sometimes more. Then we have bath, dinner and bed time. but Ihaven't managed to find a time / routine that really works yet. When he;s woken, he's often upset, and cries through his bath - which isn't much fun for anyone.
(sorry this is so long!) last night he went to sleep at 5pm which I thought would just be a cat nap. we woke him at about 6:30, had bath and a feed and then back to bed. He screamed throughout the bath and getting dressed and then was wide awake after his feed. DH did DF at about 10:30, but DS woke up 3 times during the night and I had to spend at least 15 min resettling him each time. Do you think this was because he slept too long before bedtime?
Apologies again for the length of this! Hopefully you have some thoughts / advice / idea's for me.
Thanks