Last night it was definitely for comfort - wasn't vigoursly feeding and still screaming to settle even after a feed.

Thanks for your comments Barb - yes, co-sleeping - tried that! Haven't done it in the last few weeks and actually we have had improvement without the co-sleeping. With the co-sleeping he was munching me for hours and hours on end and I wasn't getting much sleep at all - just very light dozy sleep as I was being munched.

His eczema is under control ATM - co-sleeping actually makes it worse because of that lovely body heat. I was reading some information on eczema that I was given at sleep school that co-sleeping is not recommended for eczema babies because they are just so heat senstive. He has always been a hot baby - can't tolerate wearing clothes most of the time and doesn't need jumpers in winter. He seriously runs at a different temp to the rest of us. I can keep him cooler in his own bed much easier because he isn't right up against me!

Anyway, you have given me some hope that maybe one day he will turn into a bright, intelligent, loving teenager like your son. ATM it just doesn't feel like it.

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