Our 13 month old son has never been a good sleeper, but it's getting steadily worse!
He still won't go to sleep without someone in the room, frequently wakes screaming at night, and wakes between 4 -5 am without fail, and very rarely goes back to sleep. We've tried all sorts of methods, but nothing seems to work. Also I have doubts about his bed time routine as he just seems to get more and more excited as the evening wears on.
His routine is basically:
Get up about sixish (if we're lucky)
Breakfast at 7 - 7.30 ish
Nap 11 - 12.30 (useually pretty good with this)
Lunch about 1
Dinner 4.30 - 5.00 (sometimes a little later)
Bath 6 - 6.30ish
last feed (breast) about 7ish
Aim for bed at 7.30
Teething may be a small part, but I don't believe thats the main cause as it's the same whether he's teething or not.
He does sometimes watch a little telly before his bath, but again, he's the same whether it's on or off.
His early wakings may be down to the early dawn, we've fitted a night blind tonight to see if it helps.
He is also worse on the days he goes to the grandparents because my wife and I are working, but it's not a lot different. He's also become a little clingy lately.
To sum up, he won't go to sleep without us there, he takes up to 2 -3 hours some nights to drop off, he still wakes 2 or 3 times a night, and he won't sleep much past 5.30am on a good day!
Any suggestions?