Rainy, we have the same sleep problems as you. I think it is that he is not very good at self settling because I have always fed him to sleep. As I said in my rambling post before, when L wakes up you need to keep him in bed so he knows it is night time. If you get him up then he will just think that 7pm is just a nap time and he gets to play when he wakes up. It is really boring lying there with them, W chats, plays with the pillow/blanket, cries. I just keep telling him night-night time and lying him back down and offering him boob. Eventually he will take it, usually after he has cracked it and started crying. After a few nights he won't expect to get up anymore, but it will take a few nights of staying strong, even when it can take over an hour for them to give up and go back to sleep. This is just what worked for us, up to you whether you think it will work for you and L.
The other thing I can think of is when you go in to check after about 40 minutes, quietly get into bed with him and the second he starts to stir shove boob in his mouth. I know it won't do anything for the feed to sleep thing but it might help with the waking problem.
I know that for us it isn't seperation anxiety because he wakes up just as frequently during the night when I am right there. I think in our case it is that he has a very strong feed to sleep association and really thinks he needs to feed to go to sleep. I didn't expect to have such major sleep issues with a 10 month old. I really thought that he would be sleeping through well before now.
Sounds like there are heaps of odd festivals around - chestnut, pumpkin, carrot lol
W has started standing from the floor so he doesnt need to crawl over and pull himself up on something now. I think that development was why he was so clingy the other day because as soon as he mastered it he went back to happy normal. He is soooo fast on his feet, and silent too. He is there one second and then gone the next lol
Last edited by Artechim; July 25th, 2008 at 08:18 AM.
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