Have you tried a sleep consultant?
19 mo old, never been a great sleeper, but wakes up at 5:30am like clockwork every day 🙃
Nap at 11:30 until 1 (sometimes till 1:30 or 2)
Bedtime at 7pm (sometimes 6:30pm if his nap is an hour or less)
We keep lights off and try to be boring until 6am, get him outside at the park in the sunlight around 7am. Give a carb heavy dinner, he has milk (sometimes with butter) before bed.
The more exciting his day is the more disrupted his sleep gets, especially overnight, the concept of “tiring him out” seems to backfire.
Moving his bedtime later doesn’t seem to affect his wake time at all, and after a while he just seems to be getting less and less sleep and his naps start getting shorter too.
If I could just get him to sleep until 6:30am I would feel so much more human. Any advice or ideas or commiserations are welcome.
Has anyone had success with a sleep consultant?
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I think sleep consultants won’t help much and you need to find one of good quality, not one with a 4 weeks online training ;)
If you move bedtime, you need to do it for a couple of days, at least a week to see a change
I used Huckleberry for a while but I do also remember at 18 months we just hit a massive sleep regression. He hadn't been affected by any before that but there were also some changes in his life around that time too which didn't help
Could it be anything environmental like too much light on a morning or noises?
Does he sleep through?
How long does he take to fall asleep at night?
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