Baby is 14 weeks. We cosleep and all of her naps are in the sling/pram/my arms. Dummy totally rejected. She has never slept in her bedside cot - would just wake up screaming when I put her in, and I did what I could to survive in the early days!
She sleeps well at night - will do a 6 hour stretch from 7pm-1am, and until recently had one other feed at 5am which was great! However, I was sitting up in bed to feed her but now she’s bigger it’s easier to feed her lying down and I’ve basically become an all night buffet. In the last week she’s wanted to be latched on pretty much all night.
How can I stop this becoming a habit? My first daughter was a terrible sleeper from the 4 month sleep regression - she woke every 45 mins for about 3 months. I can’t cope with that again now I have 2 of them to look after!
Can anyone recommend gentle methods to try? I’d love to work to the goal of putting her down in her cosleeper cot to sleep by 6 months so we can have our evenings again, and have her sleep in there at night without needing to be latched on.
Join our Sleep forum for tips on creating a sleep routine for your baby or toddler.
Sleep
Baby wants to sleep with nipple in mouth - help!
Tier500 · 15/02/2021 08:25
SunThroughTheCloudsAt6am · 17/10/2022 09:39
I didn't mind the co-sleeping (and whilst it's frustrating, that thing they do when you try to extract your nipple because they've fallen asleep and they half wake and go 'I'm sucking, I'm sucking' for about 3 sucks before drifting off again is very cute), but when mine did this, I started wearing a thick, crew-neck t-shirt - a mens one - close enough they could smell me, but it was the skin contact that sent them mad for boob (and yes it interrupted both of our sleep)
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.