NZ Baby Blog

Sleeping was going really well for a few months, we had done a bit of toughing it out in the middle of the night after he’d started waking up and staying awake at 2am for a few days - this was at about 9 or 10 months.

1st night - did nothing asleep after 1 1/2 hrs
2nd night - cuddles etc for 1 1/2 hour, crying for 1/2 hr, sleep after 2 hrs total
3rd night - small cuddles, crying for 1/2 hr, sleep after 1 hr
3rd night - no cuddles, crying for 15 mins or so, sleep after 1/2 hr
4th night - no wakeup!

At the same time I instituted: Farex & Formula cereal before bed, milk before a bath, and a later bedtime. He was going about 10 hours, but now more like 9.

And now at a year the dreaded hungry wakeup is upon us again. It’s got a bit hotter, and he’s eating a bit less well during the day, and doing a heep more, walking and running everywhere, and thus waking up after 6 hours or so hungry. At the moment I’m feeding him but I’m thinking of ways to increase his food during the day so that he’s not hungry at night. So far I’m not getting far with it and my brain is a weeny bit fried.

Actually the plan worked for getting him to go to sleep by himself. I spent a few weeks diligently putting him in his cot, taking him out before he got upset, gradually increasing the time int he cot until he could be there for 15-20 mins quite happily. Then one night I left him to it and went and brushed my teath, came back, and he was asleep, yay!

Then of course I didn’t keep it up for a bunch of not very good reasons, so we’re back feeding to sleep at the moment because it’s quick and easy and reliable.

I’ve been thinking though that I might make the effort again to get him to go to sleep in his bed a bit more. Interestingly now he’s in his own room, he gets more soothing to sleep than he did in the room with me, because I want to make sure he’s well and truly asleep so I don’t have to get up again.

Hah, who has time to write a blog when you’ve got a (not sleeping) baby and a business - not me that’s for sure!