I think we spend too much time trying to make our babies sleep. My first son slept through on day 5 and we thought awesome.. He never slept through the night again till he was 3 years old. He was on formula by 3 months made no difference.. sounds bad but I won't count my 2nd child as he was on meds (for seizures) that made him sleepy so he always slept.. my 3rd son even though he had days and nights mixed up he was a pretty good sleeper... why... I relaxed and figured he would sleep when he would sleep. I didn't have the time or energy to spend hours trying to get him to sleep so if he was awake I got up with him and played on the computer or watched tv or I simply lay on the couch while he was in the swing , Eventually he worked it out and was sleeping pretty well after a few months.

I'm not saying every night was a dream.. Some nights I was so tired I wanted to tear my hair out. and after went on holidays (ds3 was 9 months) he started sleeping terribly and I fell into the bad habit of spending a lot of time trying to make him sleep. After a month I realised what I was doing and just relaxed. and it took another 2 months but he started sleeping through the night again..

So no it didn't solve the sleep issues but I didn't spend my waking hours stressing over when he would sleep next or how often he was going to wake up. ds3 was fully breastfed until a week ago.


sorry for the ramble