Ds2 is nearly 6mths old and his sleep is driving me crazy. Last night he went to sleep at 7.20 while feeding. he slept till 11.30 and woke for a feed. Fed him and he was in bed again by about 12. He then woke again at 2.30. Tried giving him his dummy and rocking/patting him to try and get him to sleep. This lasted till about 3.20 when i gave in and fed him again. he sucked for about 5minutes and was asleep. he then woke again at 5. Dh was able to get him back to sleep with dummy. He woke at 6am and bevause i was so tired i fed him and he slept till 7.40. This is driving me nuts. Im so tired that its really affecting my moods. I dont know what to do. Dh wanted to leave him cry a little cause he sees how bad im feeling. I just dont knownwhat to do! HELP
Is there a reason you don't want to feed him back to sleep when he wakes? Unfortunately, I think it is pretty normal for a 6month old to still feed a few times overnight.
I thought the feed/sleep pattern seemed pretty normal too I am sorry you are feeling so tired it can be very very draining.
Are you able to express and get your DH to do one of the night feeds to give you a break? Remember too there could be other things going on teething, development leap etc so it may just be for comfort as well. Every baby is different too.
Feeding over night I don't mind I just wish it wasn't every 2.5 hrs. He doesnt even feed that regularly during the day. And the other thing is he's not having a big feed. It's just like he wants to suckle for comfort. Again, I don't have a problem with that either, it's just not helpful when it's happening every couple of hours.
My ds did a similar thing (2hrs was a good snooze for me) at about that age after only waking 2 times a night until then. He eventually grew out of it.
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Could you try feeding more frequently during the day if he is going longer stretches then? Try and reverse it a little? I don't really know the secret though, my DD was waking 2-3hrly right up till her 2nd birthday haha.
Thanks ladies. He is teething which is making it difficult for him as well. I guess I'm just used to my DS1 who has been a fantastic sleeper, as in sleeping through since he was about 9mths old and sleeping 12 hrs stretches. *sigh* This too shall pass
He's pretty normal And with the teething he just needs that extra comforting. It'll pass. do you room in or is he away from you because sleeping together will often maxiase the amount of sleepyou get between wakeups.
He sleeps in our room still. Most nights he ends up in bed with us, problem with that is that I don't sleep as well and I get a bad back cause I end up sleeping on my side with not enough room to roll on to my back. He's a little bed hog So I try to feed him and put him back in his bassinette
Forgot to add that if I mention being tired etc to my Mum well then it's cause I feed him to sleep and let him sleep in our bed so much and maybe I should just offer him water instead! *sigh*
My dd had 6 weeks of 1-1.5hrly wakeups at around 5 months old and the only way I got through it was to have her in bed with me and she could just feed as long as she wanted to and I'd go back to sleep, Oh the back aches and sleeping on your side in about 6 inches of bed space, what fun. Sorry you're going through this, it will pass. I say just keep feeding him when he wants it, try to offer more feeds during the day maybe. I hope you can get some rest soon. On the weekend let hubby get up with him in the morning so you can get a few hrs extra sleep.
He is probably too big for a Tetra Snugglebed but theremight besomething similar that you can use to keep him contained within a more user friendly space ??
Oh yeah of course co sleeping and feeding to sleep is the who;e reason he has the sleep issue don't worry I BF DD to sleep and that was the reason we had soooo many issues (NOT) she is a worse sleeper now that she is weaned
I think its a wonder week or teething related thing it does pass
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I am sorry you are feeling so tired it can be very very draining.
you're doing a great job hun
And with the teething he just needs that extra comforting. It'll pass. do you room in or is he away from you because sleeping together will often maxiase the amount of sleepyou get between wakeups.
So I try to feed him and put him back in his bassinette
don't worry I BF DD to sleep and that was the reason we had soooo many issues (NOT) she is a worse sleeper now that she is weaned
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