I’m so exhausted 😭
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So far the only thing that has worked is putting him to sleep in our room and then moving him into his room after 20-30 minutes. He still woke up once last night which is better
@Javacia baby steps! That’s still a win. Does he fall asleep after that in his own room? We slept in a different room with our newborn and then my toddler started waking up on her own searching for me 😭
Girl no he will come look for us, and climb right in our bed. I have helped him to get back to sleep by sitting at the edge of his bed, and rubbing his back. After 2 minutes of that he’ll go back to sleep, but he hasn’t quite mastered the putting himself back to sleep part yet. He used to do really good with that but that’s when he had a pacifier and we just stopped those all together on his birthday.
Damn, I’m sorry! It sounds like he’s looking for another source of comfort now that he doesn’t have his pacifier. Hopefully with consistency and time he will learn to put himself to sleep. Maybe offer him a teddy bear or a toy that he can use to comfort him?
He has a lot of teddys, I’ll definitely have to try that. Thank you
How does he sleep when he's with and without you? I have a terrible sleeper that's almost 2 and after I really watched him sleep i realized that he was just super restless causing the frequent wakings and looking for me for comfort. We started a new bedtime routine (dinner, play, bath, books, bed) and don't allow any play time or activities that could get him wound up after bath. That with adding in a banana or some magnesium lotion on his feet and legs has seemed to help the restlessness. He's still waking once or twice in the night but his time asleep is way better than it was. I was asking for a miracle when I bought the lotion but it seems to help. I still cosleep when he wakes but we are working on it
Let me know when you find anything that works for you because we are going through the same thing, but I have a newborn. Solidarity mama!! You are not alone. ❤️