From laughing self to sleep to hell in the cot!

[Zedd]

It's so funny how things work out! Since I posted, every night has been much better. I am feeding him to sleep in the bedroom and transferring him to the cot and spending maybe ten minutes patting to keep him settled, so it isn't quite as low maintenance as before, but it sure beats an hour and a half of crying and carrying til my arm and back are killing me! We've started bathing in the evening too, so I suspect this might be helping.

My mantra has become "No phase lasts forever!"

(My other mantra, for when I get into a bit of a negative spiral is "A bad day isn't a bad week, a bad week isn't a bad month and a bad month isn't a bad year. BUT, a good day is a good week!" )

[Rahjah]

Glad things have improved for you! Me too!

I decided DS must be trying to extend his bedtime LOL. But it seems to have worked. We have a "new" routine now that means it's not automatically bath, feed, bed, but we have some play time now and he's back to sleeping much better (fingers crossed!).

DH is away now and I was nervous but he's been brilliant.