I'm hoping you guys have some suggestions as I am currently exhausted.
DS started sleeping with us at 5 months (the reasons were too many to list) and now that he is 9 months he is still sleeping with us. My husband and I are both very tall and our double bed was small for us to begin with, but with a baby between us it is even smaller and a good nights sleep is impossible. Plus we miss snuggling with each other now (DS sleeps in the middle so he won't fall out). We seriously need some sleep!
Anyhow we really need him back in his own room. He's kind of been back and forth between his room and ours, but he ends up in ours more often as I fall asleep Breast feeding him and then I'm too tired to take him back to his room.
He was sleeping 8 hours a night for awhile in his room (when we actually managed to put him there) but now he will only sleep there during his day naps, and from bedtime until about 2:30am, but then he will NOT sleep alone after 2:30am
He dropped his 2:30 am feed months ago but within the last 2 weeks he has picked it up again. The last three nights I put him to sleep in his room at bedtime (his bedtime is anywhere from 8pm-10pm depending on when I can get him down) and when he awoke at 2:30 I rocked him I tried NOT feeding him and instead gave him a soother and cuddled him back to sleep, but he of course would wake up as soon as I put him back in his crib and just howl until I picked him up again. He would only stay asleep in our room.
If I feed him back to sleep he will SOMETIMES sleep in his crib for a bit longer but usually he he will still wake up crying as soon as I put him in his crib. If he does manage to sleep he will only last an hour before waking up.
He does not have a comfort item. He does have this crochet monkey that he seems to like and I put it in his crib with him in hopes it can become a comfort item, but right now it does not help.
Any suggestions on getting him back in his room all night would be greatly appreciated. My husband is inclined to let him cry it out but I am not.
Can you fit the crib in your room near your bed then he still has his bed but you and your DH can have some space back for a snuggle as well. He may feel more comfort still been in the same room as you.
Hey Twin Sis - sorry to hear you are having such a hard time with the sleeping stuff. Can you get your hands on the No Crying Comforted Sleep Solution book? She has a program designed towards very gradually weaning your baby into sleeping on their own, which might be worth a try.
We reached desperation point some months ago and in the end *nothing* was working and we ended up in a residential mothercraft clinic to get it sorted. Which worked a treat but isn't for everyone...just wanted to mention it as you might like to consider it if all else fails!
The playpen beside the bed helped last night. When he woke up I was able to lie him back down and rub his back until he fell asleep again. He woke up a LOT but it only took a few minutes each time to put him back to sleep. I'm exhausted today but at least the crick in my neck form trying to sleep around him is gone.
I live in a very small town so I don't think they have sleep clinics here but i will check and see if our bookstore has or can order that book for me (or if not I'll order online)
Need help with sleep and night feeds!
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