All righty then. Hope this helps. I am thinking IMO it is pregnancy related.
When I was pregnant with DS#2, DS#1 started waking up at night from the time I was about 6 months pregnant, This is a child who slept through from 8 weeks. After reading some literature by Pinky McKay, I was able to change my way of thinking to accept that at 15 + months, DS#1 just wanted to be reassured I was still there. He was sleeping in a big bed and would climb in to ours every night. I remember one night he came in and I put him back to bed 6 times and in the end I gave up! Pretty sure Pinky recommended making up a make shift bed in our room, next to my side of the bed for him to climb into when he needed too. Two weeks after I came home from hospy, he started sleeping though again. he was only 17 months old when he bacame a big brother.
Round 2! I am 12 weeks pregnant now and for the past 4 - 6 weeks BOTH of my boys have stopped sleeping though. They wander round the house, climb into bed with us etc every night. Infact, they take turns at it! DS#2, like his big brother has always slept though from the wee age of 6 weeks. I have another 6 months of this and will more than likley be in tears by the end and writing my own SOS on BB!
DS#1 though has spent the last couple of months taking up to 2 hrs of a night to go to sleep. He does EVERYTHING to keep himself awake as well as coming out for a drink, a wee, his music turned back on, his doona fixed up etc You name it, he has a great excuse for it. A week ago, I sat down on the pc and typed up a very easy evening rountine for him, complete with pics as he obviously cannot read yet. It is Dinner - Bath - Pack away toys - Small drink of water - Toilet - Story - Bed! He has come out once and that was to go to the toilet again. I went over it about 6 times the first day we had it up on the fridge and he knows it off by heart now. Routines work wonders sometimes!
I am a MASSIVE fan of Pinky McKay. Maybe get a hold of some of her books and have a looksy. There is one called Sleeping like a Baby and I see that it does have a section on sleeping for little ones up to 18 months I think!
I hope you do get some solid sleep in between now and the end of your pregnancy. Sleep dep and being preggas is a real nightmare to say the least.
After reading some literature by Pinky McKay, I was able to change my way of thinking to accept that at 15 + months, DS#1 just wanted to be reassured I was still there. He was sleeping in a big bed and would climb in to ours every night. I remember one night he came in and I put him back to bed 6 times and in the end I gave up! Pretty sure Pinky recommended making up a make shift bed in our room, next to my side of the bed for him to climb into when he needed too. Two weeks after I came home from hospy, he started sleeping though again. he was only 17 months old when he bacame a big brother.
DS#2, like his big brother has always slept though from the wee age of 6 weeks. I have another 6 months of this and will more than likley be in tears by the end and writing my own SOS on BB!
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