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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My horrible sleeper also had CMPI. Any milk or milks derivatives triggered night terrors from 12 months old. He hated naps and dropped them around 2 - even as an infant he would only take a total of 1 hour of naps if it wasn’t a contact nap. He went from asleep to gagging/vomiting screaming with no in between. He was constantly teething between 6 m and 2 years old (all of his teeth including pre-molars came in by 2). He didn’t STTN (5-7 hours) until he was 1.5. Around 2.5 he started sleeping for 10-12 hours with no sleep training. I might weaned at 2.25 so it wasn’t tied to that.

What worked for us:

Cosleep - he loved it and I got sleep. He also was a reverse cycler and only took minimal from bottles at daycare. Moved him to his own bed for bedtime around 18 months but he would still end up with us after his middle of the nurse.  Relatedly, he finally decided food was awesome at 18 months and would actually eat meals. The food came before the move to his own bed.

Early bedtime - he went to sleep by 5/5:30. He is a naturally early waker and trying to keep him up so he’d sleep later was counter productive. Once he dropped his nap, trying to get him to nap was also counter productive as he ended up with less sleep over all.

Rocked to sleep and a floor bed - he never transferred well but a floor bed let me slip away easily.

Good luck OP. I remember horrible sleep and was prepared to do it again with #2. He slept in 4-5 hour stretches coming home from the hospital. 
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Forgot to add - my horrible sleeper is 5.5 now. He goes to bed at 6:30 and sleeps until 5:30. [/quote]

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