My DS is 9 and 1/2 weeks old. He is breastfed and normally goes 3-4 hours between feeds night and day.
I was feeding every 2 hours but this started becoming a problem as I felt very blue from sleep deprevation and he was vomiting alot as well as colicy in the evening and early morning.
I made an effort to space out the feedings by taking him out in the pram to sleep increasing the time to 3 hours then to 4.
I also found the dummy very useful at night to settle him and stop using me as a dummy and therefore being sick!
I now want to remove the dummy.. I knew it could become a bad habit when I chose to use it but I'm at a loss on how to get him to sleep in any other way what isn't considered to be a bad sleep association!
I try putting him down awake but sleepy but he just crys and crys! No shushing, patting, stroking or singing helps! So I resort to the dummy again. He then wakes up when it falls out.
I've also tried removing it before he falls asleep.. he just crys!
So does anyone have a way of getting their babies to sleep without the sleep training which I think he is too young for but without feeding or rocking to sleep?
I think I'll burn the next book I read that says 'settle your baby in the cot awake but drowsy' What does that even mean?!!
anyone else feel like they are just not getting it~?
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CharlandOscar · 16/01/2013 16:55
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