super squirmy 15 m.o., I need some tips!

[faithsstuff]

Help! I have a SUPER active, climbing, twitchy 15 month old who needs major help falling asleep. We cosleep with dh and love it but it takes the bean forever to fall asleep. He's trying to take no naps at the moment but he gets exhausted. Here's the issue: he just can't keep his little body still enough to sleep. Yes he's sensitive to light, noise, fabric etc and we've done what we can. For a while we had to hold him against us so he couldn't move. He'd sob, SOB but be asleep in 5 minutes. That just seems so forceful, we hate it. So what can I try? The poor kid just has to move and he seems to get more restless and frustrated the more tired he gets. Help please.

[Katie T]

Have you tried wearing him to sleep and then transferring him to the bed or rocking him to sleep? I don't have a child who is so sensitive so these may be stupid ideas lol. My ds won't quit moving and whispering to himself until he literally just falls asleep doing it, but he is 3 1/2 and I can tell him to relax and please be quiet so I can sleep. Do you have a bedtime routine that may help wind him down at the end of the day or do quiet reading time in a dim room together?

Hope someone will come along that has been threw something similar with some good ideas.

[faithsstuff]

Katie- thanks for the idea. I haven't worn him, we haven't found anything that works for us both. I think it would be a really good thing though, unfortunately it comes down to money. He has only been taking one thirty min nap b/c he'll move and wake himself up. We are one tired family!

[lifeguard]

I would love to see suggestionst too. Ds is 16.5 months & very much the same. The only way we have found that works is to hold him against us. He cries, sometimes I cry. We all hate it & it doesn't feel gentle at all. But if left to go to sleep alone (& by alone I mean with one of us lying quietly beside him) he rocks & rolls forever. Even with us helping it takes on average 45 minutes.

I keep telling myself it will get easier as he gets older.

[TXmom2]

I'm looking for a solution to this with my 8 month old! She tosses & turns and fights sleep so hard. We've tried rocking, swaddling, laying with her in our bed, lightly bouncing her on our chest, nursing to sleep....it's taking 2-3 hours every night the last week to get her to sleep and it's so hard.
She just twitches, turns, talks, flips, etc...whatever she can do to keep herself awake.

hoping to see some more solutions/suggestions here......