My baby is 10 months old now so is on 3 meals a day. He went down to 4 feeds a day: 2 in the day, 1 before bed and 1 in the night but when he started teething and having his cough and cold he wanted a LOT more. I'm presuming it's a comfort feeling as well as milk. But it's getting tough on me now because he wakes 2-5 times in the night these days and won't go back to sleep when I try and settle him without milk.
The thing is, drinking milk helps him to sleep and although I was aware not to get caught in this, it just happened.
So my thoughts are...shall I try controlled crying or shall I switch to formula where I can see how much he is having? I'm wondering whether he isn't having enough milk from me before bed and that's why he wakes up.
I am not sure doing both at the same time will be a good idea. Also, I am happy to continue feeding but decreased amounts, especially as I am back to work in Jan and will most likely not be able to express at all.
Please share your thoughts as I am new to all this and kind of want my sleep back! I also want my DS to be able to sleep without milk so he can nap without me while I am at work! Oh and my husband just doesn't hear anything in the night.
If you know anywhere I can go to, someone I can see, or useful sites please share.
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NewMum17 · 11/12/2017 10:43
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