My first DS was a pretty terrible sleeper; he would breastfeed every hour and the only way I ever got any rest was to co-sleep which we did from about 8 weeks. We were then stuck with him in our bed until he was 2 years and 4 months.
Our second DS was born 2 weeks ago and I have always said I would get into better habits from the start and wouldn't end up with him in our bed again. But now that he's here I'm struggling! He feeds every 2-3 hours but after every feed at night he has well over an hour of grunting because of his wind. Every time I put him down in the bedside crib he grunts and moans and spits up milk, but when he's on me he's fine. I keep falling asleep with him on me. The only decent stretch of sleep I've managed is when I intentionally did a feed lying down and he was in our bed for 4 hours of straight sleep.
Now that he's here I don't know how to avoid the "bad habits" so please can anyone share any hints and tips on how to do things differently this time around?
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Tortoise22 · 18/10/2020 13:26
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