My 13 week old baby always needs rocked/shushed/soothed to sleep whether it be at nap time or bed time. He can never fall asleep on his own and struggles to stay asleep at nap time which makes him very grumpy for the rest of the day where he cries a lot and doesn't settle, this is proving to be very taxing as he then needs my attention constantly.
I try to start his bed time routine at approx 10pm but when he actually goes to sleep ranges between 11pm and 1am where he'll then sleep for approx 6 hours, get up for a feed and then I used to be able to put him straight down in his cot and he would fall asleep himself for another 3 or so hours however the past few mornings he's needed soothed back to sleep. And last night was horrendous with him waking up throughout the night several times for the first time in ages.
Also at bed time myself or my partner has to spend ages trying to get him to sleep and then wait until he's in a deep sleep before putting him down, this sometimes works but most of the time he wakes up and we need to try it all over again. This can go on for 2-3 hours at night and then it's time for another feed.
During the day is areal struggle, have never been able to put him down when he eventually falls asleep as he always wakes up. He only gets a decent sleep if we go out a walk and even then it's a hit or a miss.
I've spoken to my HV and she advised to let him be more independent and leave him to cry for longer periods until he self soothes. I've tried leaving him for short periods of time but he just works himself up until he's inconsolable and I hate leaving him to cry so I've never done it for very long. I don't want him to fall asleep through exhaustion of having to cry himself to sleep.
Any tips, suggestions, book recommendations would be greatly appreciated!!!
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need help with getting 3mo to sleep!
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xXjoiedevivreXx · 24/04/2013 13:23
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