First post so looking for help!
My baby boy has been roughly following EASY routine since around 3 weeks and we used to.dreamfeed at 10pm and he would wake at 12 or at the latest 1am. He was only having 3oz then. Then the last week or so i didnt wake him for his 10pm dreamfeed and he slept from 8 to sometimes 1.30am! Hes been toying with his feeding dropping how much he drinks to 3oz but now hes back on 5oz i thought id try him back on dreamfeed at 10pm. Total fail. He woke at 1am more wired and awake than when he sleeps from 8pm to 1am
He used to go back to sleep with some shush pat now hes just kicking about wildly in his moses basket and im just crying my eyes out with exhaustion. And he's just had 5oz!!!! I try keeping him as awake as i can daytime but if hes tired nothing can stop him catnapping.
Am i doing something wrong?
Should I not bother with dreamfeed? Or does it take a while to work?
Im so exhausted :'(
I have fibromyalgia and get zero rest with the baby daytime and i hardly sleep at night as he wakes so many times. When he slept 8pm to 1am, he would wake maybe 4ish then up at 7am. If i dreamfeed he wakes up more?! he drinks less than 4oz i only get 2 hrs between feeds!
Everyone is telling me my baby should be sleeping through now and i feel like such a failure.
Pls help this tired first time mum!!!!! I want some sleep. Sorry for long post but after 10 weeks of very little progress i really need some help :(
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KaransMom · 17/05/2016 08:38
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