I think DH and I are at the end of our rope. Our son is almost 14 months. I've been a bit of a softy so far, fed him on demand and co slept for the first year, then moved him into a cot in his room when he seemed to need more space to sleep. That actually went better than expected. But he still wakes anything from three to five or six times a night and wants to be fed back to sleep ( still breastfeeding). I am sure it's just habit now as he eats well in the day and the only times he wants to bf now are to fall asleep or for comfort if he's fallen over or feeling ill etc.
I've been trying the no cry sleep solution pull-off thing for a couple of months and there's been some progress but he still wants to be at least 80% asleep when he goes in the cot, I can't seem to get to a point where I can put him in actually awake and have him settle. But he acts totally differently with DH - we can be faffng around for an hour at bedtime, then DH comes in and can have him down in 5-10 mins! And at night if DH goes in soon after he's been fed, he'll settle in minutes, whereas if DS sees me he expects a nice snugly feed and won't accept any alternatives, certainly not shhhhing and patting in the cot which all the books seem to think babies like - not mine!
Anyway I am beginning to think I need to just stop feeding cold turkey over a weekend and maybe send in DH for every waking. Is that mean do you think after so long of feeding whenever he wants? I so so wanted to do it gradually but ds just doesn't seem to be giving up wakings / feeds of his own accord. Last night was every hour and its ruining me. There are probably newborns who feed less on his bad nights. Has anyone done this? I like the sound of the Jay Gordon method, has anyone had success with that with a baby over a year? And crucially did they sleep through when not fed?? If we night wean and he still wakes I will actually go crazy I think.
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PenelopeChipShop · 22/08/2013 10:05
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