14 month old hybrid child!

[Toonlass]

I swear Lucas has skipped a part of evaluation and is a kind hybrid human! The boy just doesnt sleep!

He goes to bed at 7-7.30pm and is up at 4am!! He wakes a few times in between too. He only has 1 nap in the day at a max of 1 hour. That's only 10 hours at the most a day. Hell, I need more kip than that man!

Please ladies, any advice? X

 

[inky]

No advice, just sympathy! C's exactly the same . Have you tried blackout blinds?

 

[Toonlass]

Yeah hun, their room is lovely and dark. I suppose there are a few cracks of light get through and he's not stupid so he might just think it's time to get up x

 

[Me, My Girls & I]

K went thru this phase! Well, she was getting up at like 1am she grew out of it tho and we're back to lIke 6-7ish! No advise tho cos I can't remember what I did! Actually, I do, I stuck her back in bed, shut the gate on her door and went back to sleep

 

[Toonlass]

Just found this

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Childrenssleep/Pages/howmuchsleep.aspx

Both mine are way off the ideal amount like. Poor Jacob could sleep the clock round given the opportunity but Lucas has the whole bloody house hold up! Even the dogs roll their eyes at Lucas when he is shouting on at 4 AM! Xx

 

[bethx]

Have you tried putting him to bed later.. my son goes to bed at 9ish and gets up for 6-7 which is th best hes ever done.. hes used to go alot less with no kip so i know how you feel... i cant offer any advice as he only started sleeping through when he was 3 .

 

[JJ Mum]

We are the same , Devon doesn't do much sleep in the day , but will sleep 8 hours at night, so we are minus about 4 hours maybee.

You might have to start Lucas on heavy exersize to wear him out before bed......

On a more helpful note- would taking him out in pushchair at the time he may get sleepy after a feed for a nap? Eg Devon will be tired but fight sleep at 1 hour and a half after each feed?

 

[Yodabo]

The only advice i can offer is to try and get him to nap a bit better in the day (easier said than done i know!) Apparently i read that them having proper solid naps in the day leads them to a more restfull sleep at night.

Sorry i have no other advice!

 

[Toonlass]

Thanks lasses. I suppose that now i'm not working i can have more control over his day time naps.

Bethx- the idea of putting him to bed at 9 is a good one however while me and OH have been working full time its been impossible to keep him up past 7 ish coz he won't nap at the miinders. also we need our 'together time' and i need to do a bit of house work and we both hit the sack at about 9.30-10pm so it just wouldn't work. xx

 

[Yodabo]

What happens when he wakes at 4am hun? Does he cry loads or flat out refuse to sleep anymore etc...?

 

[JJ Mum]

Oh Toon, I didn't realise you were not working now? Are you a stay at home mum now , or are you looking for something else , I remember you looking forward to going back to work after Lucas, at least you will be able to spend more time with the boys again for a bit

 

[FebMum2Be]

I'm not sure chick.. I have never been there, I hope he starts sleeping longer for u soon x

 

[Toonlass]

I quit my job on Wednesday JJ but my bosses boss called me yesterday asking me to reconsider so i dunno what I'm gonna do.

When he wakes at 4ish he just twists and cries till I give in but obviously that wakes Jacob up so then it's impossible to get them settled down again.

On the plus side, they slept till 5.30 this morning xx