So anxious to go to bed every night.
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@Stacey thank you for your reply and I’m glad that I’m not alone. How old is your LO ? It’s so ridiculous in the way that me and my husband try not to make any noise as much as possible. And I’m really nervous to have night cuz of his wake. I don’t know what to do. I thought his sleep gets better after a year but getting worse. Do you sleep with him or he has one bed ?
Sleep training with sleep Consultant! It will change your life! I had it done before Baby was here so I knew what to do And baby is great sleeper since ever! It is still time for them to learn. Sleeping is a skill we need to teach them and it’s more than just hoping they sleep, it starts first thing in the day with proper routine and correct nap times and wake windows! Good luck’
There is this book - just started to read but it already helped a lot (3-4 wakings versus twice that before !)
The reality is night waking is biologically normal at this age and for years to come - hard though it is. Responding to your babies needs is really the best thing you can do for them in the long run and being responsive breeds independence and a feeling of safety to eventually sleep alone. Society has become to alienated from what’s biologically normal in large because mothers are forced back to work so early. You can try tweaking the daytime routine, ensuring they’re mentally and physically stimulated enough etc but the way I look at it is they’re still so little and one day they’ll be all grown up and won’t need us this intensely anymore. We’ve always responded everytime my son cries, we co- sleep the second half of the night and rocked to sleep until around a month ago. One night he pointed to his bed asked to lay down and we sung him to sleep. Some nights he sleeps longer stretches, other he’s up every hour. Once upon a time he woke every 40 mins, it does get better x
I feel you mama! My little man doesn’t sleep well either… he wakes a minimum of 5 times a night most nights, a lot of the time he’s up every hour from about 10pm… and that’s when he goes to bed. It’s exhausting but I’ve tried everything… other than a sleep consultant as I can’t afford that. I’ve just resigned myself to the fact I’ll probably never sleep all night again xx