I'm at my wits end with DS. He's 9 weeks and has not slept for more than 30 minutes in his crib - day or night. At first I didn't mind so much and I was ebf, but after 9 weeks I can't take much more and he is ff now. I need to hold him to get him to sleep & if I put him down he starts to cough, splutter and eventually scream and choke, which is very distressing. It takes about an hour to calm him down after each attempt to leave him in his crib. So I sit up all night with him, pacing the floor, in between 3 hourly feeds and many attempts at putting him down. If I didn't try to put him down, he would sleep soundly on me from around 8pm until 7am, waking only for feeds for 15 minutes or so. I am terrified of nodding off with him sleeping on me, so I just don't sleep.
I've raised one end of the crib, as he has reflux, made no difference. He's on ranitidine and reflux formula and apart from choking and coughing when I put him down, is more or less symptom free now. I also put him down with something I've worn so it's familiar to him. I've tried white noise and lullabies.
Spoke to HV about it a couple of weeks ago and she was no help, said it was fairly common and he would go down eventually. During the day he is mostly awake and is content to lie on his play mat or sit in his rocker and is a happy baby.
I read on here that LOs sleep in their cots/cribs/Moses baskets from the first few weeks, although it is interrupted for feeds. I am so envious of folk that get 2-3 hours of sleep at a time with their babies. Am I asking too much at 9 weeks? I am on my own with DS.
Thanks for reading, having a pity party and feel like the crapest mum ever.
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Pinkzebra21 · 05/08/2015 23:04
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