Well, the schedule has been rough for my LO. He has had a lot of excitement lately with my brother and sister being here for the holidays. He gets overstimulated and then overtired. I am trying my hardest to minimize overstimulation. I am in the learning process as well - I did not realize that he would be overwhelmed when we showed him all his presents, now we know not to let him play with all of them at once.
Anyway, his sleep has been horrible because of being overtired. I have been having to put him to bed ealier than usual. Last night, I put him to bed 15 min earlier and he did better. Now we are starting bedtime routine at 515 and is already in bed before 6PM. Routine remains the same during the daytime (the routine that I follow is noted in entry dated Dec. 18). Last night he slept better, but still waking up twice at night, crying and trying to get back to sleep himself, when before, he would do it without crying. I am also noticing that he has early wakings. In past few days, he woke up at 4Am and played on his own until fall asleep at 6AM (his waking time). When he falls asleep then, I let him sleep until 630Am and then waking up. Am I doing right by letting him sleep at this time or should I waking up at 6AM? I only let him sleep at 6AM when he has had a poor night with multiple wakings.
Thanks for the suggestions
