Lea, I'm in the UK, day temps are about 30 degrees, swaddling him would just overheat him, but thanks for the suggestion. Actually, he would throw off a swaddle from birth so it may be dangerous to do that now.

Mayaness, if DS wants to play at 3am I am not happy to turn on the lights and let him play. Daytime sleeps are up to him and bedtime starts when he gives us sleepy cues (around the same time every night). I just won't let him have really broken sleep at night; if he's up at 3am I can have him asleep before 3.15, it's just keeping him asleep when I stop walking that takes the time. He refused to go back to sleep this morning after wanting to start the day at 5.20, so I did let him play until DH got up. I do listen to him and go by his cues in the day, but tbh he NEEDS to sleep at night and I will help him to do that. While I'm all for baby-lead parenting I am not for playing at stupid times when DS is tired and can't go back to sleep.

Emma, DS never did big naps either, I'd fret if he did more than 2 hours! He has done a few long ones, but they are very infrequent. And yes, I wonder what to do with myself too some of those times. It's more the night sleeps I worry about!

Anyway, last night. He didn't sleep through, but I didn't have to get out of bed in the small hours, so that's good. First wake-up was because of a dog barking outside, the other two he fed back to sleep. The early wake-up could have been cos he napped for a lot of yesterday morning, so this morning we are going to the park so he won't sleep quite so much.