Back in the trenches
15 month old has never been a great sleeper but we’re now at a point where I don’t really know what else to do.
He has 1.5-2 hours of daytime sleep at midday, at nursery 3 or 4 days a week so a tonne of sensory input. Regular and consistent bedtime routine where he’s usually asleep between 7.30-8pm and goes down with some gentle pats but ultimately on his own.
Overnight though? Whenever he wakes it’s the end of the world. He just screams and screams. Sometimes I can get him back down but usually it’s co-sleeping for the rest of the night. This can be anywhere from 10pm to 12am, rarely later.
Recently he’s been waking at 4-5am and screaming his head off, even after some milk and / or nurofen. It’s killing me, both in terms of sleep deprivation and the sheer feeling I am failing as a mum by not being able to comfort him and get him enough rest.
My other half is now set on CIO or Ferber as our only options and to be honest I can’t see what else to do. Just feeling really deflated and like I have failed completely.
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Hi lovely. We have hit a regression at 16 months too. He’s never been a great sleeper an we’ve co-slept since he was about 3 months old, just to get a sleep.
He’s started fighting sleep like nothing I’ve ever seen before. It’s been taken upto 2 hours to rock him to sleep and he is not light… especially after a 13 hour shift. Then he’s up and down all night crying and having night terrors, which often wakes him for 2-3 hours during the night. I don’t know what to do. I hate CIO, and don’t think I’ll ever be able to do that but something needs to change.. 🙈 you’re not alone! X
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