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Posted: 15 January 2010 at 3:04pm \| IP Logged

Hi all, hope you are all well.

My ds sean will be 19 months at the end of the month and still does not sleep all night.

He has no problem going down, has no seperation anixity, he does not get a bottle when he wakes...he does not want one. he eats well during the day so he can't be hungry.

He could wake up to 5 to 10 times at night and some times its hard to get him back, he even gets quiet upset. I do the controlled crying but I thought at this stage he waould be sleeping trough by now.

I was very luck with Rach, she started sleeping tru around 4 weeks old and had never looked back unless she eas sick.

Am I expecting too much from him and if not have you any tips ?

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Posted: 15 January 2010 at 3:44pm \| IP Logged

Is he thirsty and not hungry ? I know we're not supposed to, but I used to put Adam down with a sippy cup half full of cooled water. In the morning it was usually empty. What about a night light or some lullaby music if he dosen't have it already ? My two both have night lights that just plug in the socket and come on at sundown and switch off at sunup. Sophie is 7 and still likes her music box on for a few minutes before she will nod off. Let us know how you get on, xx.

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Posted: 15 January 2010 at 9:58pm \| IP Logged

He has a light light and a music box. He tends to wet himself with the sippy cups even the non-leak ones. we have the same routine every night. He sleeps in a sleep bag so he is not cold. I sing to him, I very rarely oick him up. He jut seems restless.

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Posted: 16 January 2010 at 2:01pm \| IP Logged

Hmmmm. I know you say he hasn't got seperation worries, but he may have it slightly. What about you sleeping with a teddy of his for a couple of nights and then putting the teddy in with him and that way he can "smell" you when you aren't there.

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Posted: 17 January 2010 at 8:59pm \| IP Logged

Just a thought but maybe he is getting a bit tangled up in is sleeping bag and its waking him up. All of mine are fidgets and it would wake them. By 19 months he should be sleeping through but they are all different but 5 -10 times a night sounds exhausting!!! it may have become a habit of his to wake. Sorry cant really offer you much advice xxx

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Posted: 18 January 2010 at 10:38pm \| IP Logged

Thanks guys. he does get tangled up in the sleep bag all right. I did put him in a warmer jamies without the sleep bag but it was the same.

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Posted: 20 January 2010 at 1:49pm \| IP Logged

I don't really have much advice for you, but Ben was exactly the same, waking every hour more or less. I tried all sorts and eventually brought him in with me I was that exhausted and it was the only way I could get any sleep. Now he's 5 and sleeps like a log! He hasd music on to go to sleep to, and a night light. I remember it took what seemed like ages, but we did get him out of our bed and into his own. I just thought I'd try and gived you a little hope! Luke is now nearly 6 months and had started to do the same! Its very tiring and really gets you down, but knowing that his big brother has eventually slept through, gives me a light at the end of the tunnel.

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Posted: 20 January 2010 at 2:14pm \| IP Logged

Any improvement, Martha ?

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Posted: 21 January 2010 at 10:39pm \| IP Logged

Dh seems to think I should cut down on his mid day nap ?? He was saying we should aim to cut it out completely by the summer ... what do ye think.

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Posted: 23 January 2010 at 12:06am \| IP Logged

Advice given on parenting course in 2008 was not to wake children from naps but to let them grow out of them. Otherwise if they learn to fight sleep there can be problems.

However DD hasn't been best of sleepers. She is now 5 yrs. and sleeps through most nights since starting school, but isn't going down until 8.30pm - 9pm waking around 8am.

She did sleep well from 4 - 13 months. Then we moved house. Slept great from May to August aged 2 3/4 yrs. Then hardly slept through nights whilst nursery age, unless she was academically as well as physically stimuluted, but also had to have a couple of quiet 45 minute or so sessions.

HV and nursery worker said it is common that bright children sleep slightly less and have more difficult behaviour around 13months - 3yrs. I found this little comfort at the time and made many posts on here, but have learnt to cope from others advice along with DH to praise positive behaviour, ensure we devote 20 mins of time a day solely to her without distractions.

Plus I have used a book by Kim Lewis - Goodnight Harry which really helps DD even now to get off to sleep.

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