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my 11 1/2 months boy is very active and he has been a terrible sleeper since the beginning. we are now trying to teach him how to sleep at night and improve his naps.

we taught him how to fall asleep on his own at night by letting him cry only at bedtime, but he still wakes up a couple of times during night (1-3) which is better than before, and sometimes he sleeps through the night.

when he wakes up during night i pick him up and give him a pacifier and hold him and he plays with my hair while he falls asleep and then i put him back in the crib.

whats the best way to go from here to teach him to sleep through the night?

another issue that i have is at nap times. i also use a pacifier and hold him  and he plays with my hair until he falls asleep and then i put him in his crib. he wakes up once or twice and i do the same to put him back to sleep. my goal is for him to fall asleep on his own, so is it better if i got him of the pacifier first, and then teach him how to fall asleep in his crib, or teach him to fall asleep in his crib with the pacifier then take the pacifier, or do it both at the same time?

thanks anyone for any help, i had a lot of problems since the beginning, i still didn't get a good nights rest for almost a year.

jelena