Yep, that's right chody47, when he starts stirring (when his grizzles and cries wake me up) it takes about 15-20 minutes until he is awake enough to offer a drink. When I have left him to try and resettle (while being next to him in bed) it has cried and it escalated and at about 45 minutes I pick him up and wrangle with him to try and settle him I don't like the wrangling.
I think tonight I will try and leave him to get through it himself. See what happens, stay with him but not attempt to settle him.
Oh I thought you were saying he doesn't wake properly if you leave him, thus the suggestion to leave him. I'm not really sure of the best way to go.... How does he go if your DH tries to settle him?
i would try just watchng him to see how he goes. dd moved into her bed around 18 months (after cosleeping from birth). i remember one night hearing her wake but being so tired it took me a little while to get to her. by the time i got there she was calm and asleep again. it was then i realised she was just moving through sleep cycles.
every time that we did go to her, we showed her where he drink bottle of water was, and after awhile she was able to get it herself if she needed a drink.
I don't like the wrangling.
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