Anyone else a human dummy, shall we have a support/wean them off it thread?

[sweetkitty]

My name is sweetkitty, I have a 7mo DD3 and I am a human dummy.

She does not sleep for more than 4 hours at a stretch, although 4 hours would be good right now, she goes to bed, fed to sleep of course, wakes up half an hour later and only boob will do, it's not hunger as she will suck for a few minutes then unlatch, turn away from me and snore, few hours later she wakes and roots for boob, if she doesn't find it she wails. Repeat x 6 a night

I am shattered, she's too little for any kind of sleep training, solids have not helped a bit, I know the end is near as DD2 was the same and she got better at a year when I went on nighttime boob strike, we cosleep too.

Anyone else in the same position?

[FrannyandZooey]

yes, i think ds2 is fairly like that
we have some good nights and some bad ones
i try to sleep through as much of it as i can - being woken up for a few minutes at a time is not too bad, is it, really - it is when they are awake for ages that i find it very difficult, and luckily that doesn't usually happen

i do have lie ins at the weekend with dp taking ds2 downstairs for a couple of hours in the morning
i think that is keeping me going, could you do anything like that even once a week?

[sweetkitty]

hi F&Z miss you on the July thread, glad it's not just me then, the thing is it's only a few minutes but then I am wakened and cannot get back to sleep.

Having a lie in not an option as we have activities on weekend mornings with the other two although DP will sometimes tell me to go upstairs for a lie down in the afternoon but with the other two fighting playing it's hard to rest.

[FrannyandZooey]

ok if you are fully awake it is a problem
do you think you are seeing it as something wrong? (when tbh it is fairly normal when you bf and cosleep )
you are maybe feeling stressed about it and waking up in a bit of a panic thinking "oh no she is awake AGAIN"
whereas i just go
and it isn't so bad
do you think that could be it?

[FrannyandZooey]

and dh needs to take ALL children out of house every afternoon for you to rest
you must make your well being a priority
lack of sleep is dreadfully hard to cope with in the long term

[FrannyandZooey]

[bossy]

[Bluesapphire77]

LOL
Lob boob in general direction of DS2

Must try that

Was kangaroo-ing today with DS in nappy and me in just knickers, woke up to find DS (6 weeks) snuffling his way across my chest till he found boob and started suckling

Lovely and i mean that after all the problems we had TT and thrush ect ... i can't imagine ever giving up now..

[sweetkitty]

I actually have taken to sleeping with top up and boob out then she can help herself, have given up on the changing sides in the night as well unless one boob is full.

She was up about 6 times last night again.

I know what you mean F&Z I know it is normal and after DD2 I fully expected it, I love cosleeping but am trying to get her more into her bedside cot now as she keeps headbutting DH now she is getting more mobile.

Bluesapphire - that sounds lovely DD3 growing up too fast I love newborns

[FrannyandZooey]

i just feed on one side during the day, and the other at night

i got it in the neck last night as he was really itchy and kept me awake loads
i thought of you sweetkitty and of myself saying "oh being woken up is not so bad"