My 9.5mth son has started to scream when put down in his cot and is waking in the night, unable to settle again My son for the last two weeks has been crying and screaming every time I put him in his cot. He has moaned in the past but settled himself. Only on occasions would I need to go in to quieten him by turning him on his side, readjusting blankets and then leave. He has never been a crying baby and to now have him screaming with tears and sobbing is distressing. It started with one or two naps (can’t remember exactly which ones) and now it’s every…

I am concerned how my 10mth daughter will cope with her daytime naps when we are on holiday My 10mth daughter loves the routines and has slept through the night since a very young age. She is a very contented baby through the day. The problem I have is that she will not easily fall asleep in my arms or in the pushchair, although she will sleep in the car. We are going on holiday soon and I am worrying how I am going to get her to sleep during the day. The flight is only 4 hours but the whole journey will take all day. In the past when…

How do I adjust the routines for my twins of 7.5mths so they are waking at 7.30am? My twins are 7.5 months old now and they are sleeping until 7am with only 90 ml at 10 pm which I will decrease to 60 ml and drop all together in the next couple of weeks. We’re following the routine for 6-9 months. They eat different varieties of vegetables, fruits, cereal and protein. They still have milk at 7.15am, 11.45am, 2.45 pm, 6.30 pm and around 90 ml at 10 pm. My question is about the timings of the routine. I’d like them to wake up around 7.30am. In your books and…

I am having problems putting my nearly 7 month old baby to sleep in the evenings My baby who is almost 7 months has been following the routines for 3 weeks. I have almost got him doing the day time routines, but have tried bathing him at 5 30 pm and bottle at 6pm but he still falls asleep before he has taken half of his feed. I therefore have to wake him to finish his bottle. Then he is awake so when I try to put him down in his cot and he then screams until 9pm. Occasionally I have given in and rocked him to sleep. Sometimes he…

My 6.5mth daughter has always needed help in getting to sleep. She has now started to wake every 2-3hours throughout the night and is unable to resettle herself Until about a week ago my 6.5month daughter slept through the night from about 6:45pm through to 6:30am. She has always needed to be put to sleep and finds it very difficult to resettle herself. This is not through the want of trying. Now she goes down at about 7pm and then wakes up 2-3 hours later screaming, we go in to check on her, reassure her and she goes to sleep again, this then repeats every two hours all night until…

How do I get my six-month old son used to sleeping in a cot in his own room?  He cries the minute that I put him in his cot, and it can take up to an hour to settle him to sleep.  He then wakes up crying within 45 minutes to an hour.  I go to him, almost immediately, and start first of all by putting his dummy in. If this doesn’t work I then offer him a bottle of milk.  If this doesn’t work I usually resort to picking him up and rocking him to sleep. However, he will wake up again quite soon and sometimes as soon as I put him back…

My baby son, aged 7 months, is following the CLB routines really well and is sleeping and feeding at the recommended times, but he is still crying down for 5-10 minutes before each sleep. We have tried introducing some books at bedtime and a lullaby light, but these just seemed to make him more excitable. As yet, my husband and I have not had a night out together, as we are reluctant to leave him with a babysitter. My mother has offered to babysit but has made it clear that she will not leave him to cry for more than a few minutes. Do you think that the crying down…

My 4.5mth daughter is capable of settling at every nap and sleep except at 7pm. She always wakes after 45minutes My 4.5 month old daughter has always has problems settling at 6.30/ 7pm but in the last 2 weeks it has got increasingly worse. She goes off to sleep well but then always wakes after 45 minutes. I have tried leaving her to re-settle but her crying becomes more persistent and when I go in and pick her up she burps up wind and then cries persistently for up to 30 minutes when she will then take another 30 minutes to fall back to sleep- sometimes longer. I can’t understand…

My 4mth daughter is difficult to settle at 7pm. We have to resettle her several times or she wakes after 45minutes I have a very unusual problem with my four month old baby which is driving me crazy! My daughter is a great CLB except for one thing – she is terrible at settling at 7pm. She often cries and refuses to settle a few minutes after being put down or, if she does settle well at 7pm, she usually wakes up yelling 45 minutes later. This is really perplexing as, for all of her other sleeps, she settles herself off easily. Indeed, for her day time sleeps she is…

At 4 months my son is still swaddled for all his naps and sleeps. He recently has been getting out of his swaddle during the night. His Moro reflex is still quite strong. Once awake he cries, unable to go back to sleep. What is the best way to wean him from being swaddled so he learns how to resettle himself without help? At 4 months my son is still swaddled for all his naps and sleeps. He recently has been getting out of his swaddle during the night. His Moro reflex is still quite strong. Once awake he cries, unable to go back to sleep. What is the best…