DS Fights sleep...Ideas????

[mrscricket]

Spring - we had the same problem with DS. I brought him a mobile thinking it would give him something to look at while he drifted off to sleep - all it did for him was make him think it was play time so i had to take it away. I ended up getting a music box that plays a light show on the ceiling for 5 or 10 minutes and its worked really well. He associates the tune it plays with going to bed - a bit like his nighttime bath routine - and its good if we go away because we can take it and he seems to settle well. Otherwise have you thought of maybe giving him a blankie to snuggle with?
DS goes down pretty well now and sleeps for 1and a half to 2 and a half hours each sleep during the day now(that being said we have hit some kind of nightmare 6 month mark where he wakes up during the night and wants to play when previously he was sleeping through. Bit of a shock to the system!) Good luck with it all

[Spring Angel]

Thanks for the hugs Trish, sounds like after 45mins you could probably do with one also I'm going to call the help-line tomorrow so I'll let you know any suggestions.

Em: thanks for the tips on the lights. DS loves lights so perhpas that is a better idea because it turns off as opposed to hanging over the cot all night.

Well something very interesting happened. DS started cracking it in his cot and I was in the middle of cutting onions so I had to rush to the bathroom to wash my hands before going in to him. By the time I got there he was sound asleep. From cracking it to sound asleep in about 1 minute.

I have never done that before, usually DH or I are in there quicksmart. It don't want to CC him but perhaps leaving him for a minute might be all he needs.

It is all so confusing isn't it?

Spring