What the &#@! am I doing wrong??
My 2.5 year old has always been a terrible night sleeper. We've coslept since 4 months old. He's never actually slept through the night. A good night is 1-2 wake ups, bad nights are 3-4.
Edit: bedtime is usually between 930-10, I start trying to get fun to sleep at 9
wake up is between 715-745
He's completely weaned from breastfeeding as of July.
We just cut out bouncing him to sleep and while it takes a bit longer he does fall asleep with me next to him.
He still uses a binkie just for sleep.
He's recently started having larger wake ups where he will dig his feet into me and push with all his strength and just cry and cry. Even if I sit up and try to rock him he will arch his back or flip over.
What am I doing wrong?
I cap his nap at 2 hours- I know people will say shorter and he does occasionally so this on his own but if I try to cap it earlier he will actively stay asleep even walking outside, turning on the TV, etc.
We have his 30 month appointment next week and will be talking about iron supplements.
The only other thing I feel like I should mention is that he is very tall for his age, like over the 99%. I don't know if growing has something to do with it.
I'm so tired of not sleeping. Help!