I'm going to go ahead and update this post before I even post it because, well, when i originally started this post to now his sleeping has changed even more! Update will be in blue.
It seems that Jases' good sleeping habits have changed since he turned TWO. He used to sleep 12 hours at night and take a 2-3 hour nap during the day. Lately he has been waking one to two times a night and wanting to sleep longer during the day. I can only assume he wants a longer nap from waking at night.
When he wakes at night he always goes right back to sleep, it's like he just wants us in the room. I've talked to his doctor about this and she mentioned that at this age they are realizing they're alone when they wake. I was concerned because Jase waking is nothing new, really, but months ago he would just put himself back to sleep with out needing us. This is definitely not the case today.
So, my husband and I have discussed what we want to do to try and help him sleep. Here are our options:
Take his nap during the day away or change how we get him back to sleep at night. There are pros and cons to both options. I'm scared to take a nap away in fear I will have a really demanding and cranky child on my hands. Not to mention that fact that any alone time I had to be productive during the day goes out the window. A pro would be that hopefully he would go back to sleeping,longer stretches and maybe I could afford to stay up later and do what I need to.
If we did the other I fear that we all will be losing more sleep and this will make the days hard as well because Jase will want to nap longer and I'll be waking him. But we could also figure it out quick what gets him to sleep and how to get him there with minimal crying to teach him to go to sleep on his own if he happens to wake.
Jase finally had one molar pop through and slept two nights in a row. I think it's safe to say that it was his teeth all this time keeping him up. At his to year appointment the doctor said they were probably moving a lot when I mentioned he had been tugging on his ears and not sleeping well, but nothing was pooping through so I had moved on to it being just a sleep issue. I was also going along with the fact that he was generally in a good mood.
After two nights of good sleep he was starting to work on a second molar. That night he slept terrible again. So I think we'll be losing a little more sleep until he finishes getting all of them in. I think my husband and I will both be happy when he is done teething! Two more teeth! Woohoo!
Even though I think we've narrowed down why Jase is waking which helps us deal with it the best we can, I'd still like some tips/tricks on sleeping that you have done that work! So lay them on me!
<3 Lindsey
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