What is sleep?!! Help

So the last two months my 8 month old who would sleep from 9-7 with a rare wake up in the night now is a nightmare sleeping.

He will eventually go down around 9-11 atm within an hour he will be up I put him back to sleep he will stir around 2ish go back to sleep, come from 3-4:30 am his wide awake and won’t go back to sleep till 7ish and my two year old wakes up so I can’t sleep. They don’t even nap in the day together at the same time.

I’m sleep deprived to the next level, I just don’t get why he wakes so early and refuses to sleep even when he is tired.

I’ve tried putting him to bed later around 10ish don’t make a difference, I don’t let him nap past 5ish still don’t make a difference

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Maybe an earlier bed time ?? Could be over tired 5-9 seems a long wake window but I could be wrong think they are supposed to be averaging 12-15 hours a day so if he’s not sleeping all day then 9-7 might not be enough sleep … they fight it even harder when they are overtired I could be wrong every baby is individual x

I’ve tried earlier bed time, tonight his gone to sleep at 8:30 but he will probably still have me up around 3/4. He naps around 2/3 times a day sometimes reasonable time, just lost🫠 My daughter was the opposite and slept really well x

It does sound like overtired. My babe was having similar issues. I purchased the Huckelberry app that times wake windows and it really has done wonders.

Sounds like overtiredness. I would try consistent bedtimes, with at least 11 hours (but up to 12 hours) until their usual wake ups

I do remember getting told that early wake ups are associated with over tiredness, it takes a few days to fix as they build up a sleep debt. I guess look at how your getting them back to sleep too?

I recommend checking out calm and bright sleep support on instagram they have lots of free help on there, they also do money back guarantees on their sleep plans-they are amazing. X

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