Sleep
My baby is 6 months, for the last couple of months ths he's given up with contact napping and will only sometimes sleep in the pram or car, although that does not always work. We've had period where he's been awake all day for 12 hours and just screams constantly as he's so tired but will not sleep. He took 3.5 hours to get to sleep last night and tonight has been awake the last 4 hours and screams every time he is put down.
He's so overly tired but will not aleep, we've tried watching wake windows but eveytime we try and put him down for a nap he just screams and gets himself even more worked up. There's been 4 occasions where he's gone down for a nap, all less than an hour.
Completely exhausted, has anyone got any advise on how to solve this?
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Is he in any kind of pain? Has he started solids? Could you try a reset, taking him to a quiet dark room, put him on your chest and provide lots of comfort?
Did you try co sleeping? It looks like he has anxiety connected with the bedtime, I think he just needs your closeness, try to cosleep if you can if it makes any difference, I think it will. I hope you resolve that problem soon it’s not easy to see when your baby is crying for any reason 💗🫶
I agree with above, some babies just have different temperament.
My second son he is 6 months next week, and hats off to you he doesn't cry as much with bedtime but he has cried a lot! At one point it was on the hour and it was exhausting!! So I know how you feel.
With his sleep, even at his age now he needs a lot of comfort he sleeps in bed with me in his pod and sometimes even that won't do it he has to literally be by my side.
When he was born he completely rejected his bed and slept on my chest for weeks, you can only imagine I was literally sleeping if I was even sleeping upright 😂😂
It's hard, but try more of a co sleeping approach plenty of research for it to be safe but honestly our bodies are made to be close with our babies. Sending all the strength!!
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