Hello. I just need to get this off my chest. I'm so exhausted I can barely think straight. I'm EBF and co-sleeping with my 5 months old son. When I was pregnant, I read lots of books which all said that breastfeeding and co-sleeping with your baby is very good for them, both physically and emotionally, and this is why I thought it was the way to go. The sleep issue has always been there from day one, but we thought he'd overgrow it. Then when that never happened, I thought ok 4 month sleep regression must be coming. Now he's 5 months old and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel, what is more people (other mummies I made friends with) tell me this is because of BF and co-sleeping that he doesn't sleep well, apparently these babies wake much more often. All their babies either sleep through, or wake twice very briefly, in their cots, have a bath and a bottle in the evening and drift off by themselves. I can't help but thinking have I made a permanent rod for my own back? My son doesn't take a dummy/bottle anymore. I just realised I haven't even described my problem yet. He goes to bed at around 7pm after a bath. I feed him to sleep lying down and sneak away after he's asleep. He then keeps waking every 10-15mins for a few times until finally goes to sleep deeply (I feed him again every time). He then would wake every 1.5-2.5h through the night which is fine as I'm used to it now, but lately he's taken to play every single night for exactly 2h before going back to sleep. He coos, squeals and laughs and is very loud. We tried ignoring him, playing with him to make him tired quicker, nothing works. It happens at different time each night. Then up every 1.5-2h again. How do I stop that? He hasn't been like this before and am sure he knows the difference between day and night by now. Has anyone experienced this? Is it because of BF and co-sleeping? Is there anything I can do to stop it? I'm so so very tired and so is my husband who works a lot but helps me nevertheless. I just feel so sorry for him.
Thanks for getting this far, sorry I've rambled quite a bit..
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bunny85 · 14/04/2016 09:51
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