how to get 8 month old to sleep by himself
hi there - will try to summarise and not rant! my 8 month old son Troy had terrible colic from birth, hence his sleeping pattern has never been great and my husband and i had to rock him to sleep, take him for long early hour walks, and finally fall asleep with him on a bed. he has never liked his cot so we used to put him to sleep on a bed with one of us sleeping with him. this has continued and now he is 8 months old and cannot sleep (a) in a cot and (b) by himself. we moved to lanzarote a couple of months ago and he seems quite settled, and because the sleep problems started way before our move we cannot associate it with him being unsettled because of new surroundings. he will sleep soundly when my husband or i sleep with him although he needs a good 15-30 minutes of cagolling. when it's my turn to do the nightshift (me in Troy's room, hubby in our room so we can at least get one nights sleep alternately each) he will not leave me alone and wants constant contact, i.e. his leg and arms thrown over me, face to face contact or holding hands or all of the above! as soon i as turn to try and get some sleep he will grizzle until he has that contact again. during his day time sleeps he will sleep alone in a big bed, but again not without us having to get him to sleep first. he will just scream and scream and scream when (a) alone and (b) in a cot.
Help because my husband and i are knackered and therefore probably not the best parents we could be, also want to nip it in the bud now before we have a teenager sleeping in the same bed as us!
Julia
written 9 weeks ago by JulzyJ - 3 replies - viewed 201 times
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Hi Julia, the first stage is to get him falling asleep in his cot at bedtime. You will need to choose a settling technique to use for this. Once you have managed that for a few nights, we can move on to look at the naps and the nights.
reply by Mentor-Wendy -
9 weeks ago
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Hi Wendy - thanks for your response. We can get him to sleep in the evening in his cot but it's getting him to stay there when he awakens at about 11pm and realises that he's not in his 'big bed' with us sleeping beside him. He will scream and scream and scream and there is just no settling him. We will bite the bullet and resign ourselves to a good week or so of not much sleep at night as we try out the PUPD routine first. Will let you know how we get on and if it works. Thanks, Julia
reply by JulzyJ -
9 weeks ago
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Ok Julia, but if you need to you can post on throughout the week if you need any support.
reply by DT-emily -
9 weeks ago
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