When & why did it get better for you? - Page 2

[XanaduMama]

It got slooooowly better after we nightweaned at 20mo. He didn't STTN consistently until around 27mo, though (about 2 weeks before dd was born: AARRGGHH, the irony). Bedtime was a huge struggle until we stopped napping during the day. He's still not the greatest sleeper (at almost 4) and right now is waking up too early, but it's a billion times better than those awful days you're describing.

Hang in there!

[XanaduMama]

Originally Posted by paxye

Honestly, when I stopped expecting things from my LO and just went with the flow...

Before I did so, I would wake up, be stressed out, look at the time often and that alone made things worse. The more I stressed, the less sleep we all had... my stress alone was enough to keep my LO awake and the cycle just got worse and worse....

This is soooo totally true. Once I stopped trying to fix his sleep and just accepted it, things felt much less stressful even though he was still waking at night.