I know this is probably my fault for not trying to 'fix' sooner but Its now got to the point where I'm constantly stressed/crying. My 8month oldlittle boy has always been a poor sleeper, he's been ebf and a bottle refuser and also always refused a dummy. He can only fall asleep by being fed to sleep or in the car then as soon as you put him down in a cot he's screaming. He will only nap being held. We have to cosleep at night as it's the only way he will sleep, though I don't exactly sleep. He still wakes approx every 2 hours during the night to breastfeed despite taking in a good amount of solids now in the day (if it's relevant he's a big boy, 96percentile for weight, 99th for height) when he does wake at night, boob is the only way to get him back to sleep, holding/shushing etc just results in screaming. I'm on my knees with tiredness and stress because my husband thinks I should just stop feeding at night and leave him to cry. I know something needs to be done, especially as I go back to work in 4 weeks and the stress of this and the tiredness is seriously ruining my last few weeks off with him.
I don't know anyone with a baby like this, all my friends seem to have babies that will go down tired/just a dummy etc and have taken a bottle so I just don't know what to do. I'm not expecting him to suddenly go to bed awake at 7 and sleep through for 12 hrs, but just 1/2 the night in his own bed and my husband able to put him down would be enough.. can anyone give me any advice?
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user1471546177 · 19/01/2017 13:47
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