Split nights

Hi, my little munchkin has been teething and suffering with, yet another cold from nursery recently. But the last few nights we've had a 2 hour window roughly 3-5am where he's just wide awake.

We're now starting to cap his nap to no more than 2 hours, to make sure he's got enough sleep pressure and things but just wondered if anyone else has experienced this around this age? He's 14 and a half months (born 31st Jan)

We have a decent sleep routine, bath, book, bed, red light etc. He's never been a great sleeper. Still wakes up multiple times a night and I'm still breastfeeding. And we tend to end up co sleeping when he's unwell. But yeh the last few days have been hard.

Thanks from a very tired girl barely keeping her eyes open at work 🫠 x

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He should be on full fat milk now that would help him sleep better and having his own room and cot my 14 month old wakes up middle of night when not well drinks his juice plays with some toys then goes back to sleep as for a cold sprinkle some baby albus oil in bed will clear him up in no time I’ve never co slept with either of mine as they become too dependent on and harder to wein of

Yep I'm going through this with mine. Except she's not wide awake but shouts unless I'm next to her holding her hand. I'm pretty confident it's because she's starting to walk so her little brain is on fire. Could it be the same with yours? Any new skills?

Also I tried taking my girl off formula through the night but because she's not a brilliant eater - it did not go well
Defo found she woke up a lot angrier after a few hours so don't worry about the breastfeeding. He's prob just seeking comfort whilst he's going through something
It's hard going though so you have my sympathy!! Xx

thanks for your reply. I don't plan to wean him from breastfeeding any time soon but obviously that's personal preference. And he does generally sleep in his cot in his own room but yeh it's just the best way that all of us gets the most sleep.

ohh bless her, it's such a busy time for them. But yeh my lo figured out walking in the last few weeks. He's getting pretty good now. And he's chatting lots, learning new words and things all the time so it could be something like that.

I was looking to night wean to see if we could reduce wake ups generally but it's not advisable when they're teething apparently. It's a comfort thing. Mine eats pretty well in terms of solids so I never worry too much on that side of things. But yeh thank you for the reply and the sympathy ☺️🙏🏼🤞🏼 hope things pass for you quickly x

could I ask what juice you give your little one?

Ours had a similar regression last month also while teething and I'll from nursery, would be wide awake for 2 hours from like 1 am 🙄 it passed after a couple weeks

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