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My name is Amanda, I am 17 years old, I have a one year old boy who just won’t get the idea that sleep is helpful. I am halfway through my second pregnancy and want to fix my first kiddos sleep problems before I have to deal with the second baby’s. 
To start off, Naziah(my sons name), has never been a big fan of sleeping at night. SInce he was a newborn, I have spent many nights (probably 80%) waking up countless times throughout nights, trying to figure out which method worked best. At 4 months old, I went to his pediatrician and asked for some advice. One of the biggest problems I had was moving too much. Shortly after having the baby my mom kicked me out of the house and I stayed in a shelter, moved into an apartment w/ friends, then to husbands grandmas, and then at least 8 other places since. So the constant change in enviornment makes everything much more difficult. But, I have been staying with my sister for about 2 solid months, (which is a pretty large amount of time for me), and I am on the lease so I know I am not going anywhere. Since living here, I have tried to wean Naziah from the bottle at night. I started out with going from 8 oz of formula to 6 oz, then 4 oz. Once I got to 4 oz, I switched to a rubber nipple sippi-cup. It holds up to 5 oz, now that he is off of formula, I have switched him to whole milk. Which I give to him cold because I don’t want him used to a warm serving everytime. But the biggest issue I seem to have lately is that he is staying up more lately, throwing things out of his playpin, and throwing HUGE tantrums. 
Here is his USUAL set schedule:
-highchair feeding at 6:30-7 p.m.
-play time for about an hour and a half to two hours
-I set him in the playpin with sippi full of whole milk at about 8:30-9
-cries about 15-20 mins, falls asleep
Usually, this works. However, the past 2 weeks have been hell. He doesn’t want to go to bed, and he usually ran to his bedroom door when I poured his sippi full. Now, he stays up playing, and then I feel like he just fought off any part of sleepiness he might of had. At about 10:30-11, he rubs his eyes and yawns, but still proceeds to play. So, I tried to set him in his playpin with his sippi, and let him work things out for himself. Immediatley, he stands up, throws his sippi across the bedroom, and SCREAMS. Each time I walk out, I say “goodnight, I love you.” But it honestly kills me hearing him scream in the bedroom at night. When he was 4 months old his pediatrician wrote me a perscription to “self soothe”, which in this case meant, having a full tummy and dry diaper, and setting them in the playpin, letting him cry 20 mins max. That took me a few months to get him used to, even then, he still woke up 3-4 times a night for a bottle. 
I am at the point of freaking out from stress overload and sleep deprivation. Because when he goes down to bed, that’s my time to do school work, and “unwind”. So what should I do? My husband works graveyard shift so isn’t home through the nights to help out. 
Tonight, I tried something new. I noticed the other day he fell asleep perfectly to cartoons. So, I put on a movie a decent volume. He will fuss occasionally, but nothing for me to run in the bedroom for. He still through his sippi, but I noticed he is getting quieter even more and more. Is this a schedule I should be getting myself into???
Please help me!

My name is Amanda, I am 17 years old, I have a one year old boy who just won’t get the idea that sleep is helpful. I am halfway through my second pregnancy and want to fix my first kiddos sleep problems before I have to deal with the second baby’s. 
To start off, Naziah(my sons name), has never been a big fan of sleeping at night. SInce he was a newborn, I have spent many nights (probably 80%) waking up countless times throughout nights, trying to figure out which method worked best. At 4 months old, I went to his pediatrician and asked for some advice. One of the biggest problems I had was...

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