Yep Bella used to do this to but it has all passed now, She used to co-sleep but I didnt get a great sleep so she is back in her cot now. At night I try and put her down after her feed but if she is awake I will wait 15 mins as long as she is NOT crying and if she is not asleep then get up for 15 mins and keep going. Some nights she will not go to bed till 9.30 - 10pm but when she goes down she is usually down for the count. She will some times wake for a bottle around 3am but then back to bed awake and will drift off and sleep till 7am. Last night it was 7pm till 7am! That is a first for a long time!
I think the thing that changed all the sleep issues for us was to not push it = I used to spend alot of time trying to get Bella to sleep and I would get upset and so would she - so now I follow her lead and it only took a few night time partys to get a routine going! I also go with her lead during the day as well - if she has 2 sleeps all good or if she has no sleeps all good.
I also try to play physical games during the day as well - we play a game where she crawls around and I chase her - she LOVES it! She laughes so much that she cant crawl anymore! Bella is walking alot now also so she is using alot energy that way as well.
Dunno if anything that I said helps - but I guess its good to know that we were having the same sleep issues and now they are better! It WILL get better!!
Jakabella - yep same here... we don't force her sleep.. if she doesn't want to sleep then we don't make her... she must not be tired enough and as i said below, we then try again 15mins later....
My situation is a bit different to your's though, your DD has quite often slept through the night (correct me if i'm wrong!).... so if she doesn't sleep through the day i guess it's not as a big deal for her....
if my DD has been up 2hrly all night, i NEED her to sleep during the day too... kwim?? lol
so i can get rest.... but her day sleeps are great.. she has two big day sleeps (most days) so im really lucky. (1hr and then 1.5hr most days)
just getting her to sleep is our problem at the moment... but im sure it will pass. oh, that and the frequent night wakings....(not always teething related!)
DS is starting to do this occasionally - I started a thread about it too! I'm the same - if he won't let me feed him to sleep, I'm very stuck! I've managed to rock him to sleep a few times, but it takes a long time and a lot of changing positions and him squirming... it's like he has all the built up energy he needs to release before he can allow himself to fall asleep.
That sucks about the night sleeping too! We've had some rough patches, and even now it's rare to get more than 3 hours at a time out of DS. I hope you get some solutions!
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That sucks about the night sleeping too! We've had some rough patches, and even now it's rare to get more than 3 hours at a time out of DS. I hope you get some solutions!
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