my ds is five months old and his sleep has never been great but has got steadily worse the last month. At one point he would have a good stretch of sleep for five/six hours, fed and then 2/3 hours. This I thought would then get longer until he was sleeping through. He now wakes at 10/11 after only going to bed at 8 and is taking longer to settle after feeding, he's pretty much asleep after his b/feed but as soon as I put him in the cot he's awake. His dummy doesn't seem to help anymore and tonight I am at my wits end.
It's my company he wants, he wants to be held, his crying subsides as soon as he hears me come into his room and stops when I pick him up. I'm scared my bond with him is breaking, I'm beginning to resent him in some ways and when he moams to be picked up during the day I don't feel motherly comfort for him I think oh for god's sake give me a break. I have felt really quite angry towards him tonight aqnd now feel hidiously guilty, he's only five months old. I need to get him into a better sleep pattern but don't know how, my hv is a lazy cow so very little help. I know some people have it worse but this is really killing me.
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Lilliput · 23/07/2005 05:13
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