Co-sleeping with a boobaholic teether - I'm just quite tired...

[Haydies]

It is hell though, the waking every hour or two. At worst we were waking every 30 min here where DD would rouse from sleep and cry for the boob only to fall asleep again without really feeding just comfort sucking, then rouse again within the hour

O.o I didn't know you were sleeping with my daughter. I've tried once letting her cry a little bit while I was cuddling/comforting her, trying to get her to go back to sleep without the boob. Horrible hour for both of us. If I'm there, she wants the boobs. And just like you said above, most times it's just a quick suck and she's back asleep.

I love DD beyond anything I could ever imagine, but I'm struggling with no sleep.

[jackrose]

Hee Hee, Haydies! Its weird when you read your own story in someone else's post isn't it? And somewhat comforting.

Now... we just need the the solution...??.!!

Melody7, Thanks for the suggestion of the pantly pull-off, I hadn't heard of it before and have been looking it up and will give it a go. It does sound much nicer than letting her cry... (Its not really what you had in mind by starting this thread, giving all the advice rather than getting it!)

Haydies, It is a terrible hour isn't it? That sob and cry just goes right through you, straight to the heart. Still, I must admit if you can just get one good night sleep, everything feels much more manageable, and in a way, it may be worth doing anything to get that sleep... Now we feel a little more under control, I feel more able to approach this problem with a clear head.

Melody7, what about calling a sleep school for advice? Or try putting your son on your DH's side of the bed after a feed. I had a friend that this worked for as her son was not distracted by her presence and slept much better. With all of these methods, I think it still means a few nights of distress as we attempt to change their expectations and patterns.

[Haydies]

Problem I have though, is that most nights, I wake up long enough to get us aligned so she can attach, and then I'm back asleep lol. It's only the times like now, when I'm going to blame teething lol, that causes the problems. I'm not used to actually being 'awake' over night, and certainly not every hour.

[YoYo]

OMG this is me ATM...thankfully teeth are through now..hope it changes!

[Ginger]

yes.....it's exactly the same around here too...

i'm still trying to master the 'pantey pull off'. ds acts as though i'm performing chinese water torture on him.

melody- just wanted to let you know that i'm breastfeeding, co-sleeping, no af and.........pregnant with #2....so it definitely can happen...

[inlove]

Hi girls,
i just wanted to let you know that i am co-sleeping with my DD and not breast feeding anymore. Unfortunately we fell pregnant by accident (took three years to concieve DD) which we are happy about now but big shock when it happened (fourteen weeks now) this meant that the combination of pregnancy hormones and bad all day all night sickness dried up all my milk and i had to stop BF'ing. Was not happy at the time as was planning on feeding until she wanted to stop and she was a boob machine. So we switched her over to the bottle with goats milk and now no Bf'ing but still co-sleeping happily. She has a bottle before bed and then one overnight if she needs it. She is a bit older than your little munchkins though she is nearly 13 months. I feel your pain i was there a few months ago. It does get better, they are discovering new things eg: walking, teeth etc and this affects their sleep for sure as you have all said. I want to compliment you all on making the decision to co-sleep i firmly believe that if this is what your child needs then that is what they need. It is a hard road to choose especially when you have people around you who think you are crazy and tell you off but it is worth it in the end i am sure.
Lots of love hugs and kisses to you all
Wish i was still part of the BF'ing crew
Hope you all get some sleep soon

[Ginger]

hi inlove, where do you plan for your newborn to sleep?
i am in a similar position to you- ds is nearly 11 months and co-sleeping and i'm 13 weeks pg.