I need some help; please can noone tell me that if I just responded to my son's needs all will be perfect because I've been doing that and it's not working and I'm broken with tiredness.
Son has gone from having a decent night stint of sleep to waking every 2-3 hours at night again. He's feeding constantly from 2-6 so I can't get anything done and despite advice to the contrary I would actually like to make my house look nice again.
He won't sleep during the day at all so I can't catch up on sleep then either. I've tried everything from shh pat to cuddling to sleep and none of it works.
I'm on the verge of giving up EBF him because maybe at least if I put some formula down him he might not be so hungry and might actually sleep.
The idea of routines is laughable given he constantly sucks his fingers and asks for food. He's huge over 2ft (63cm) tall already a fact commented on by everyone who sees him.
I really don't know what I'm doing so wrong but everyone told me it would get better and it's not.
We had a brief blissful week or two where he slept for one five hour stretch and one four hour. He occasionally would nap in the pram but my only way of him sleeping is the sling for a walk or the pram with a walk. It isn't helping my tiredness and my relationship with his father which was wonderful is suffering. He's also shattered from trying to settle him at night.
What can I do to make him sleep just once in the day where he's not on top of me?
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Help - 10 weeks in and it's not getting better
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KitKat36 · 03/12/2015 11:16
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