Forceps babies = Wakeful babies?

[Curly]

I was hoping we might have broken that by 15 months too LOL!!!!

I initially took him to the osteo when he was about 4 or 5 months because he seemed to be in discomfort when rolling. Turned out he had tension in his pelvis from the forceps which was making things uncomfortable for him. After one treatment he rolled 3 times that very afternoon. She also picked up that the little bones in the side of his head near his ear were compressed and they needed treating because it would probably lead to ear problems. Sure enough he had a bad bout of ear infection that lasted for nearly 3 months.

But then we moved to Sydney and it's a new osteopath I am taking him to now. The osteo in Melbourne wanted me to get him checked out when we first got up there and the new osteo picked up on the pelvis and head issues but is concentrating more on his head and ears (balance issues for walking), whereas the osteo in Melbourne concentrated more on his pelvis. DS is always in a fabulous mood after an osteo treatment - he's had 3 treatments up here in Sydney now and I can pick the difference in his posture and his confidence when trying to walk.

I'm not expecting miracles in the sleep department because after nearly 15 months of rocking and feeding he is unlikely to just magically settle now, there are habits to undo.

While I accepted a long time ago that DS needs help to sleep (I'm not great at falling asleep myself, so I have sympathy for him - he might just be a bit like mummy) I'd be lying if I said that I'm not longing for the day when I can tuck him up in his cot and know that's the end of it for the night! It does burn a bit because I was very conscientious from the word go and did all the things you are supposed to do to get babies to settle themselves off to sleep and there were many weeks, even months, of tears (from me) and feeling inadequate and exhausted because it was such an effort to get him to sleep and then he wouldn't sleep very long anyway.

I hasten to add that DS is vastly improved in the sleep department and has done it on his own. He will generally sleep for 9-10 hours before waking up at about 4.00am for a quick breastfeed and then sleep till 6.00am and he has one big long nap of 2-3 hours every day. Rayray, you give me hope that things will only improve, perhaps not as quickly as I would like however...

But anyway - that was all a bit off topic, sorry.