HELP.
I have an 8.5 month-old who will only fall asleep being breastfeed, and will only stay asleep if I lay with her. Before anyone says these are bad habits... This is my second baby and I didn't do this with my first. My first was on a good nap schedule and I gently sleep trained, so I do know how to 'fix' a bad sleeper. The problem is, I can't this time.
She has GORD (severe reflux) and CMPA (cow's milk allergy), so forcefully vomits quite regularly, and the slightest thing (eg crying) makes her vomit. We're talking severe vomiting that's quite distressing to see. As a result I feed to sleep, co-sleep and basically do whatever I can to keep her from crying.
The problem is I'm totally worn out. She wakes constantly through the night. My husband is sleeping in another room because I'm too scared to have us all in the bed. I barely have an evening as the second she realises I'm not there, she's screaming. I left her for 5 mins this evening to go and grab some food, came back up and she was inconsolable and covered in vomit, and now I feel like the worst mother.
Anyone have similar issues? What helped?
Also... will she suddenly grow out of this and start sleeping in her own bed?!