5 month old never sleeps but tonight does?
For the last few weeks he’s been having a hard time getting to sleep at night. He’ll wake up every 15-30 minutes screaming if he does go to sleep. Tonight I gave him one of his toys and bam! Straight to sleep. Is that normal? Should I be doing that more often?
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My eldest was similar (although I think he may have been older, honestly can't remember haha!) he would have to have something in his hands in order to fall asleep. We used to give him two dummies, one in his mouth and one to hold.
Even now as a nearly 4 year old he has to be holding something/playing with something in order for him to get to sleep. It's almost like he needs something to do for his brain to switch off.
Best advice is to give baby a soft toy to play with until they fall asleep then move it out the cot when they drift off.
My two year old has to be able to have a strand of my hair in order for him to go to sleep
Sounds like he's possibly been going through the 4 month sleep regression and it's finished.
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