Our 1 year old son Connor was really struggling with his sleep and so were we!
He would wake every hour and take three hours to get back down at his worst point.
Well, we persevered and stuck to the dot of the advice and guidance given to us by Mandy at Millpond Sleep Clinic… With huge breakthrough! Our son now LOVES his bed! I just have to say to him ‘come on, it’s time for teeth’. He stops what he’s doing and goes to the bathroom, and is there ready on his step stool. We do teeth and then get him ready for bed. He then reaches for his bed and gets all wriggly if I ask
for a cuddle instead! Once in bed, thumb goes in mouth and that’s the last I hear from him until morning!
At weekends, he will happily stay in bed; he may wake up and have a quiet play with some cot toys, and then usually drops off again. Some days if our twins are also tired, we are a bit naughty and don’t get up until 10 or 10:30am! So you can see my case is living proof, despite initial thoughts, you can get your lay ins back after children!
He still has a daytime nap. He is 19 months now and usually goes down around 11:30am and I get him up around 2pm, although often he is wide awake playing quietly.
He is so adaptable with his sleep now. On a swimming day as an example, I get him up around 8am to take the children to school, then get back and put him down at 9:45am so he’s not tired and grizzly in the pool. I tell him it’s time for sleep, thumb goes in mouth as a sign of acceptance and he goes straight off without a fuss.
At weekends, the twins can be quite noisy yet he knows it’s his sleep time and he accepts it, meaning they can carry on playing without us shhhhhh’ing them all the time.
So, in short, thank you soooo much for your help and support. Even the hardest of cases can be remarkably turned around. If you would like to use me as a reference, please do so. I have also recommended you to some of my
friends, so best of luck with your good work in the future!