MemmaJ
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My little boy just turned 1 this week.
Since I returned to work almost 3 months ago, he has stopped sleeping through the night and wakes up multiple times throughout the night.
He goes to bed around 6.30pm and it'll start between 11pm and Midnight.
Initially it's usually enough to just go in and put his dummy back in (he still hasn't worked out to do it himself despite leaving several in his cot, trying dummy clips, etc). Very frustrating because he does know what to do (if he finds a dummy when he's awake, he'll put it straight in his mouth!), he just won't at night time. He doesn't have a dummy at any ther time, only at nap/sleep times.
75% of nights we also end up having to give him a bottle at some point around 4am because he'll just keep waking up every 45 minutes or so until we do.
So I don't know if it's hunger or just habit now..? He has a morning and evening bottle, and I also reintroduced an afternoon one a while ago, thinking that might help, He has 3 meals a day but maybe they're not big enough..?
A couple of months ago I tried increasing his meal sizes and it just became a bit of a battle but haven't tried again since.
His daytime naps when he's home with me are good - he has two fairly decent ones a day. When I'm at work (maximum 2 days a week) and he's with the childminder, it all goes a bit wrong and he sometimes only has one 20 minute nap all day because she just does her own thing. I know he eats very well there though.
He has a bedtime routine, blackout blind, a teddy/lovey that he's had since birth, I've gone up a nappy size and his bedroom is quiet and warm enough. I just don't know what else to do.
I briefly spoke to the Health Visitor about it when he had his 12 month check last week, and she said we just need to take the dummy away.
But before I do that (because it's going to be horrendous), I want to establish whether that's the problem or if it's hunger or something else.
I'm 8 weeks pregnant, suffering really badly with nausea and fatigue, working 13 hour shifts, and I'm absolutely exhausted.
I can't go on like this and I desperately want him sleeping through again ASAP or at least by the time the new baby comes!
Does anyone have any thoughts or techniques? I think I'd even be happy to try Cry It Out at this point (my partner is a bit of a wet blanket though and I'm not sure he could cope with it/would stick with it!)
Since I returned to work almost 3 months ago, he has stopped sleeping through the night and wakes up multiple times throughout the night.
He goes to bed around 6.30pm and it'll start between 11pm and Midnight.
Initially it's usually enough to just go in and put his dummy back in (he still hasn't worked out to do it himself despite leaving several in his cot, trying dummy clips, etc). Very frustrating because he does know what to do (if he finds a dummy when he's awake, he'll put it straight in his mouth!), he just won't at night time. He doesn't have a dummy at any ther time, only at nap/sleep times.
75% of nights we also end up having to give him a bottle at some point around 4am because he'll just keep waking up every 45 minutes or so until we do.
So I don't know if it's hunger or just habit now..? He has a morning and evening bottle, and I also reintroduced an afternoon one a while ago, thinking that might help, He has 3 meals a day but maybe they're not big enough..?
A couple of months ago I tried increasing his meal sizes and it just became a bit of a battle but haven't tried again since.
His daytime naps when he's home with me are good - he has two fairly decent ones a day. When I'm at work (maximum 2 days a week) and he's with the childminder, it all goes a bit wrong and he sometimes only has one 20 minute nap all day because she just does her own thing. I know he eats very well there though.
He has a bedtime routine, blackout blind, a teddy/lovey that he's had since birth, I've gone up a nappy size and his bedroom is quiet and warm enough. I just don't know what else to do.
I briefly spoke to the Health Visitor about it when he had his 12 month check last week, and she said we just need to take the dummy away.
But before I do that (because it's going to be horrendous), I want to establish whether that's the problem or if it's hunger or something else.
I'm 8 weeks pregnant, suffering really badly with nausea and fatigue, working 13 hour shifts, and I'm absolutely exhausted.
I can't go on like this and I desperately want him sleeping through again ASAP or at least by the time the new baby comes!
Does anyone have any thoughts or techniques? I think I'd even be happy to try Cry It Out at this point (my partner is a bit of a wet blanket though and I'm not sure he could cope with it/would stick with it!)
