DS is 5 months old and his sleep at night is becoming progressively worse. Until 13 weeks old he slept thru and was fantastic. Now he wakes every hour, maybe 2, crying inconsolably. It can often take over 30 mins of cuddles/pacing/patting/bf to get him to nod off again. But the the second he hits the cot he's off crying again :(
He's had a bedtime routine of bath, story, feed, cuddles, bed since around 4 mo, we start at 6pm and he's in the cot by 7. he can go down in the cot awake when first going to bed and will happily settle himself off to sleep. This first stint will last about 2 hours - after that we're up with him every hour/two.
We know its not hunger as last week I was too ill to get up and down all night so we co-slept. - he slept all night, no fuss, with one feed in the early hours! So he can do it! Just not on his own it seems :(
Any tips or advice would be great - we're exhausted.
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Teatimecakes · 09/04/2013 06:55
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