Aww hun! I feel your pain! i have 9 nearly 10 months of broken sleep and it really begins to mess with you and your brain hey!
you must do what feels right for you! If he is not crying maybe leave him to see if he will go back to sleep himself? Some babies are just highly sensitve and some dont need much sleep both types are my ds.
Could he have a upset tummy from certain foods? Maybe he has something out of place? Have you thought of taking him to chiro? Thats my next step if Ds doesnt start sleeping better soon!
Do you put him down berfore he is tired? This was a tatic one of the girls suggested in my thread about not sleeping and Ds seems to have at least 4 hours now but after that he is up sometimes every hour?
Hope this helps a little! Best of luck! Just remeber to believe in your parenting!
xx
My ds was waking like this after he got better from being sick. It was a nightmare, I can't image it being since birth! My health nurse suggested (ds goes to bed round 730-8pm) to feed him dinner at 5, then a bit more (or dessert) at 6 - to help keep his tummy full and he wont wake as often. It didn't help that night, but 2 nights after (so - the 3rd night) it worked. I think I also discovered that a nightlight helps. Ds also wakes in the middle of the night crying, probably coz he sat himself up in his sleep. From there, I comfort him back to sleep (I rock or breastfeed). Sometimes he'll think its a game and want to play so I leave him to it and he either goes to sleep on his own or plays and then cries for help to go back to sleep...
I've thought of using a nightlight, so he can "see" his way to lay back down on his own. But then someone said that a nightlight is too stimulating for them?
Thanks for all your responses ladies. You've put a smile back on my face with all your hugs and encouragement.
How did you go last night ? better than us I hope Kai was in our bed at 10.30 the little bugger.....
I think its those moving and sound making night lights that stimulate them too much... You could always give it ago one night if it makes it worse then dont do it again...
He went to bed at 8pm (that was a bit later than normal cos he didn't wake up from his arvo nap til 5pm) then was awake again 10pm. Laid him back down and he went to sleep.
Then he woke up at 1.30am. Left him til it turned into a cry then went in to lay him back down. Then he woke up at 2am (probably hadn't actually been asleep) left him til it turned into a cry again, then gave up and put him bed with me as i had to work today and couldn't have kept that up for another 4 hours....
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