Hi, we brought out 9 month old son home a week and a half ago and he's doing very well apart from sleeping at night.
Foster carers got him to sleep by holding or rocking him and giving him a bottle then putting him in his cot asleep. If he woke, they would follow the same routine and pick him up and give him a bottle.
Since he has been with us we have followed the same routine as we didn't want to change too much this early on. However he has been waking at night every 4 - 5 hours. He will sometimes go through 3 bottles a night. He has been eating well however will always have a bottle before sleeps. We have started a more rigid routine of nap time but he quite often only sleeps for 30 mins at a time during the day.
There are a couple of things we would like to tackle.
Firstly.... We need sleep! Does anyone have any advice on stopping or reducing the night feeds? He won't go back to sleep without a bottle.
Secondly... We would like for him to go down to sleep and nap in his cot and nap for longer.
All advice welcome!
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trying2keepcalm · 20/09/2016 07:23
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