Need Advice on Child Sleeping

try cutting his afternoon nap back to 30 min and a warm bath before bed time usually relaxes them enough to fall asleep. And as hard it maybe yoy may have to let him cry himself to sleep sometime, He thinks if he goes to sleep his going to miss something important. i had to take a 30 min walk with my son every night or he wouldn't go to sleep for me.

T.,

It could be that your son has started realizing that the world goes on around him, therefore, doesn't want to miss out. My son was about a year when he went through that stage. It was a tough time to get through because at the end of the day, you are tired too. What I did was start taking an hour nap after my husband got home, that way I was still able to stay up with our son. You still need to stick to the schedule as much as possible, he'll fall back in to routine after about a month or two, when he realizes that he's really not missing that much..lol. Hang in there.

K.

We had the same problem until I read something online. Try putting him down a half hr earlier than normal. Say 8pm instead of 8:30pm. Sometimes they get over tired and that makes them harder to get to sleep. Also do the same routine every night if possible. My daughter has her bath, bottle, and 5 min of rocking time and then into bed. Hope it works!

My son doesn't like, and never has liked to cuddle, so he likes to sit in my lap faced out. Every since he was newborn at about the same time every night, I face him towards the tv, in my lap with a bottle(now a sippy), lights out, and watching something really borring to him like the history channel or hgtv. Sometimes I have to remind him that it's time to settle down(by not letting him play---ignoring his beautiful giggles). If he doesn't fall right to sleep, I go lay him in bed when he starts squirmming to get comfortable. I only takes a few minutes, it gives us time to be close, and me some time to sit still and rest!

When my 19mo did this, we ended up having to cut out his late nap and move his morning nap to a little later in the day.

I hope that helps.

I agree with cutting out that late nap. Or even just letting him sleep for 30 min. I have a 6and half month old and he gets up about 7 eats breakfast, naps from 8-10 gets up eats fruit or ceral. He takes a bottle about 11 and naps about 1 for 1 min. and then at 245 he sleeps on the way to get my older son from school it last until around 330. He might nap again about 5 for 15 minutes but doubtful. We put him to bed around 930 or 10 whenever he is ready.
Then again it just might be a stage he is going through. Just give him a few more days. Good luck

T.,
I have 2 boys myself, 6 and 4 now. But I do remember them doing the same things. Keep in mind their developmental milestones. It will help you understand their behavior (sometimes). At 9 mos they are starting to really learn and become VERY aware of their environment and also their communication skills are improving at light speed. The worls is too exciting a place to go to sleep. He will settle some, but don't expect it to get much better for a while. My advice is to be consistent. I am a 100% firm believer in a schedule and have kept mine to one at almost all cost. It really has made all the difference in the world. You might also try to get him to mnap a little earlier in the afternoon. Maybe 3-4 is a bit late, back it up to 2-3 or so. You may have to adjust the others but it may help. Good luck and don't give up. It really sounds like you are doing all the right things, he is just too busy to let go. It will get better...at least until the next milestone...starts all over again.

Try only giving him one nap a day. Make sure he gets up by 3. See if that helps.

I would probably try cutting out the afternoon nap if he is not an absolute bear without it. It might help get him to bed earlier.

Might be time to cut out his afternoon nap. My daughter was about that age when she stopped hers.