DS has been a partial co-sleeper since birth (starts night off in cot, comes into our bed sometime between 11 and 12 after 1st feed).
About 3 weeks ago I decided that he probably doesn't need feeding 3 - 4 times a night (on solids - 3 meals a day, growing well) and that it was mostly habit and sucking to sleep. He can now go from about midnight to around 6 - 6.30am without a feed.
All well and good, however, this set off him waking at around 2am, when he would usually feed and then chatting to us for around 1.5 to 2hrs. We have ignored him, we have cuddled him, we have put him back in his cot (he is in bed with us by that stage), at which he screamed blue murder. If I let him suckle then he wakes again every 1.5hrs, fine for everyone else in the house, but really not good for me.
We are considering moving him to his own room as I am sure that we disturb him and that is part of the problem, but I really didn't want to do that til he was about a yr old.
Any suggestions on how we can stop this middle of the night chat? I am so tired I'm tearful (as is DH and 4yr old DD is getting crabby parents which isn't fair at all).
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9mth old DS waking for a Chat every night around 2am for 2hrs - help me before I go mad.
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MyCatIsABiggerBastardThanYours · 28/11/2009 08:32
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