Just wanting to pop my head round the door and ask "can I join too?"!!
Our Background - Nathan has been pretty spirited since birth, always much harder to settle for sleep than his sister ever was, and in the first few months of his life, untill he started solids, he had issues with reflux, which were not good! He started to sleep through around 7 and 1/2 months when he found his thumb, but gave that up after a couple of months.
He can and does go to sleep independantly , if he is over tired often has trouble settling so I would then put on his white noise CD which thank heaven still works approx 80 % of the time. If this doesn't work its a case of cuddles, stroking his head or back until he finally relaxes.
We get usually 1 nightwaking a night , which he either resettles or more often we go in and put on his cd again. He invariably wakes up between 5- 5.30 and it is v rare that we get him back to sleep by any method. Once every 6 weeks or so he will throw us a bone and sleep from 7pm til 6am , but then go back to his usual habits the next night.
He has 1 nap a day which is usually 1 hr 30 mins , if we get a 2 hr nap in it sometimes improves thing but mostly doesn't.
Not sure If I'm looking for advice or sympathy!
Just wanted to be amongst those with chronic sleep deprivation who understand where I'm coming from
Clare
Mum to Anna 3yrs and Nathan 17months
