Our little guy turns one on Valentine's Day and is still not sleeping through the night. I am losing my mind, so I think that I'm ready to sleep train very soon. I read on one of the Hellobee posts and it isn't a good time to sleep train between 10-11 months, so that is why I've waited.
From 2 months - 6.5months he was sleeping 10 hour stretches, but since then has been waking 2-3x per night. Lately, this has been his routine: Prior to bed, is books, new diaper, pajamas, sleep sack, etc. Around 6 or 6:15, I begin nursing him and then he's down in his crib to go to sleep around 6:30. Sometimes, he is completely out, but other times, he's still drowsy. So, then he rolls around a bit before falling asleep. Lately, his wake-ups have been around 10:30, 2:30, 4:30. For the past week, I've had a heck of a time getting him back asleep after his 4:30 wakeup, so he ends up whining and crying in his crib until we get him up for the day around 5:30 or 5:45 (since we are up anyway getting ready for work). At night, I try to let him whine some, but realistically, I tend to go in there, nurse him and he goes back to sleep for awhile. There was one night last week where I let him cry for almost an hour and when he didn't give up, I went in there to feed him.
Other info:
*He goes to daycare and drinks breastmilk from a straw cup while there. He hasn't been taking bottles there for two weeks and seems to go down for naps ok.
*He's maybe drinking 6-10 oz of milk at daycare. We've tried increasing it, with little luck. But, he's an amazing eater, so I know that he's eating enough.
*At home on the weekends, I nurse him before his 2 naps and before bed (as well as during the night wake-ups). Otherwise, he drinks from his straw cups at meals and snacks.
*He is still taking 2 naps per day (morning and afternoon). They average 45 minutes - 1.5 hours each. He is definitely not ready to drop that morning nap yet.
*He was 20 lbs at his 9 month appt and I would guess he is close to 22 lbs currently. Clearly, he does not need to be eating at night (insert eye roll).
*We cloth diaper, so maybe I need to change to disposables. Perhaps, he is feeling some wetness, which might be waking him up.
I don't know what I'm looking for. Commiseration? Ideas of what worked for you? I just know that continuing to get only 2-3 hour stretches of sleep is NOT working and mama needs some rest. I am also getting close to the point of weaning as I am ready to be done pumping at work. So, I think that we will be night weaning as well as sleep training. I am ok with still nursing some during the day for at least a bit longer. I also don't know if he's getting enough to drink prior to bed as I am sure my milk supply has decreased significantly. But, I also don't want to introduce a bottle prior to bed if he hasn't had one in a few weeks. Plus, he doesn't love the bottle and only wants me prior to bed.
Thanks for letting me vent and I'm open to suggestions!
We might have to do the checks and start there. The frustrating part for me is that DH can sleep through anything, so I'm the one hearing him cry at night. but, we need to start somewhere. Thanks!
But, yeah, we need to change things up and soon.
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