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15 month yr. old Sleep Concerns

My 15 month year old is have trouble sleeping at night. He constantly is tossing and turning from one side to another all night and I go between him sleeping in his crib where even his soft bumper doesn't protect him from waking when he bumps his head so once awake I then take him with me in my bed. I've read up on co-sleeping verses independent and feel both are fine. I am a very light sleeper so pretty much every few minuets I am waking and having to re adjust his body seeing as he'll turn sideways from the back and forth movement. I'm not sure what this could be a result of? I do not always feed him right before bed and when I place my hand on his stomach to feel for gas or bubbles all is calm (he used to be colic when he was a newborn). Could he be having some kind of stress or bad dreams? When mentioned to my pediatrician she said to just avoid gassy food, which I am doing and still every night he is tossing and turning. Any advice is much appreciated!
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Well it depends on the food also. anything high in protein, like chicken and such will give more energy. so higher in carbs later in the day will help a person get more tired before bed. turkey can be more sleep inducing.

I don't know enough good cases of people co-sleeping to say that it works well, but it might.

hope all goes well. :)
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Thanks for the advice! The main reason we actually went from him sleeping on his own to with us was because I read that some people believe that babies who co-sleep with their parents are more independent, more outgoing, and more confident as children. As adults, they have higher self-esteem, better stress-management skills, and are more comfortable with intimacy than adults who slept alone as babies. But most nights he'll fall asleep in his crib alone and when he wakes in the middle of the night he comes to our bed. I am going to look into making sure he has enough activity during the day and also possibly feeding him dinner earlier?
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I doubt a baby is stressed/having bad dreams. you can try to make sure he has a set schedule for sleeping is good. has enough activity during the day to promote sleep at night. and maybe use a pacifier during the night for sleep.

I'm not a big fan of co-sleeping personally, because it can cause problems later for when the baby has to sleep on his own. so just trying to get him to sleep on his own would be good.
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