I have a 9 month old who has never been a great sleeper. As a newborn he tended to sleep on or next to me and for no longer than an hour at a time. He started to improve and would go 3 hourly stretches but then became worse again at about 5 months.
A friend had a sleep consultant who she raved about so I got some advice from her, established a strict daytime routine, bedtime routine and did timed comforting. Baby still woke throughout the night but went back to 3 hourly stretches which I could cope with.
With sickness and teething I got back into the habit of feeding during the night and baby started waking hourly again. Everyone has told me to sleep train. Family, friends, random mothers I meet at groups and now the health visitor. HV said at his age I should night wean. So for the past week I have tried timed comforting, not feeding, sending DH in with water, ignoring if the crying isn't too bad and generally following everyone's advice. My baby is not sleeping through. He is waking less frequently (2/3 times a night) and is generally easy to comfort but this doesn't seem to be good enough for everyone. They say that I must be doing something wrong as if I was sleep training him properly he would sleep through.
I am coping with this level of waking but feel that maybe I am doing something wrong, am not teaching my baby to sleep properly or, as everyone says, it will get worse again. Hv says I should leave him to cry as there isn't anything he wants but this is traumatic and doesn't seem to work - he just cries and then cries again the next night.
Am I right in thinking some babies can't be trained? And will he ever be able to sleep through the night?
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Susiethetortoiseshellcat · 11/01/2017 09:22
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