I'm not sure this applies to Nighttime Parenting, but if it needs to be moved I understand.
My son is 11 months, recently started taking a few steps and all. He's very active during the day and at night he's recently started waking JUST to be held. I always hold him when he's going to bed, when he has his bottle during the day, carry him at times as well. But this is a whole new thing. He did this once when he was 3 months, but it passed quickly. This isn't passing.
We co-sleep once again (he was in his own bed for awhile and did great. I have a small bed so I prefer him in his own bed, but we'll do this if it's what gets me sleep). He has to sleep on me and if I even try to move him off too soon, like when he's not fully out, he gets really upset and will not go back to sleep, even if he's right next to me on the bed.
I don't really know what to do, I'm not going to just let him cry it out on the bed, even it's it's a tantrum because he's usually half asleep and tired too. He throws tantrums during the day, but the one to be held is a very different cry.
Has this happened to anyone? Any tips?
My son is 11 months, recently started taking a few steps and all. He's very active during the day and at night he's recently started waking JUST to be held. I always hold him when he's going to bed, when he has his bottle during the day, carry him at times as well. But this is a whole new thing. He did this once when he was 3 months, but it passed quickly. This isn't passing.
We co-sleep once again (he was in his own bed for awhile and did great. I have a small bed so I prefer him in his own bed, but we'll do this if it's what gets me sleep). He has to sleep on me and if I even try to move him off too soon, like when he's not fully out, he gets really upset and will not go back to sleep, even if he's right next to me on the bed.
I don't really know what to do, I'm not going to just let him cry it out on the bed, even it's it's a tantrum because he's usually half asleep and tired too. He throws tantrums during the day, but the one to be held is a very different cry.
Has this happened to anyone? Any tips?
I had to sleep on my back for so long when they were babies... and even now when dd2 is nursing in our sleep. Sometimes I only get the 3-4 hr sleep because of it... I do sleep as often as possible though, like any time she falls asleep I try to also... I remember when I had dd1 and people were telling me about being able to nurse while lying on their backs, babe lying on shoulder. I was doing side lying nursing and my back was killing me. I learned how to feed from the opposite side (giving right boob while lying on left side), I used pillows to position me... but when I got the hang of lying on my back and letting them nurse it was great! I never thought my boob would work that way, but now I am glad it does. Now that dd2 is 18 mo, she does sometimes move over to sleep and it is so nice to be able to get into my fetal position to sleep. Her feet touch me around the knees. I feel crowded in my queen with a thrashy 7 yo and the 18 mo.... I sometimes make a bigger sleep area by using a thick cushion I have, with pillows under it and we lie sideways on the bed, with only my feet extending out to the cushion. My mattress is on the floor....
