sleep problem

Hope someone out there can offer me some suggestions!

DS is 3 and a half months, and has always been a really good sleeper. He used to love going to bed, and was all smiles when I put him down, and would just go straight to sleep. Different now though!

Two weeks ago he moved form his bassinet in our room to a cot in his own room. It was a gradual shift - day sleeps in cot and night in bassinet, then bassinet in his room...and so on. So not a sudden change. He was okay with that, but a bit grizzly, so I spent extra time with him at bedtimes helping him to settle.

Now for the last few days he has hated the thought of going to sleep, and I have a half hour stressful battle every time. He starts to grizzle as I take him to his room, so I soothe him, but no matter what, as soon as I put him down he begins to cry, which then escalates into screaming despite anything I do. Then during the day once I finally get him to sleep (probably because he is worn out) he only sleeps for 20 minutes. However at night once he is asleep he will sleep for 6 or 7 hours, have a middle of the night feed and go straight back to sleep happily.

I have tried putting him in his cot earlier - he plays happily, and then once he gets tired begins to get upset. If I feed him (like late at night) he will practically fall asleep on me while feeding, but then wake and yell as soon as I put him down. Last night I tried putting him into the spare bed with me in his room - no go. We have the same routine we have always had, but now instead of getting him ready for bed it seems to be getting him ready for a meltdown! The only thing that works is the vacuum cleaner! - but that isn't really getting to the root of the problem, I know.

What can I do to get my happy smily baby back?

Edited by kandk

I have just moved my DD into cot also.

What i found is she wasnt as snug in her cot. So im wrapping her (leaving arms out) that seems to help.

It could also be age, or growth spurt as well.

Hope all gets better again soon

I would definitely try starting his day at the approximate same time each day say give or take half an hour. We go with the 7 - 7.30 start each day which means that bedtime ends up being between 6.30 - 7.30 each night. I kinda try to go with each nap at a time so if the first one does not go to plan then we just hope for the best for the 2nd one and then the 3rd nap is normally only a top up of sleep to get us through till bedtime.

Have you tried settling him in the night before offering a feed I found this worked for us, I was using a dummy at the time though (which worked wonders at the time but then became a problem at 5 months so we got rid of it) especially if the wake up was between 5 & 6 as it was not too far till 7 when I got her up, it did not take long and DD was sleeping through and also feeding alot better during the day. I must say though we have always had good night sleep but alot of issues with the naps!