13 month old nap chaos
I desperately need advice/help. So my 13 mo son has been a HORRIBLE sleeper since he grew out of the potato phase. I’m guessing somewhere around 3 months old is when the sleep battles began. 7-8 wakes a night, out of control screaming if dad tries to soothe him, 5 am wakes… you name it. Well, somewhere around 11 1/2 months (again approximately), something shifted. He started sleeping better in the sense that I was not completely a shell of a person. Still not perfect but soooo manageable considering.
Recently, his second nap was getting pushed later and later. To the point that he would not go down for a second one period before 5:15 pm. This was getting to the point where he would not go to sleep before 9:15 pm. So we figured maybe it’s time for a 1 nap schedule. Well now we are in complete shambles. MINUMUM 2 hour wakes in the middle of the night. Out of control screaming again.
With the one nap we have been trying a nap at 11:30 because that is the far end of stretching a wake window at around 5 hours. He will only sleep an hour and a half and be awake at 1. Then we have been doing bedtime between 7/7:30.
I don’t know what to do. I tried to do a 2 nap schedule today and it literally was insane the meltdown that ensued. He HATES going to sleep unless he is wore out.
He is not sleep trained. We assist him in whatever way does not piss him off. Sometimes it still does piss him off.
If we leave him to his own devices, he will screech/scream until he is purple in the face and gasping for air.