NO SLEEP! WAAAAAAA.

[JamdaniSari]

My baby boy will be 5 mths on the 15th and I am really struggling to get any sleep!

He can't get to sleep without the boob being the main issue.

He wakes up whining and crying every 1 maybe 2 hrs during the night and as a result now co-sleeps. He also needs it when napping during the day.

Otherwise he is of a good healthy weight, happy and v rarely even cries!

I really don't want to resort to the crying it out method....and find that I give him the boob so that he doesn't end up crying or waking the OH up who has to be up early for work.

Any help appreciated x

god i miss the days where my son fell asleep on the boob it barely lasted a month for me after that i had to rock him to sleep and i still push him in the buggy to get to sleep and stand next to crib for 30 mins before he falls asleep at night. he co slept until he was one. which is when he went from waking up between 7 to 20 times every night since he was born down to an average 4 times. i had to sit inside the crib for 4 days with him before he started to take to the crib lol. at 14 months sometimes im luck and hell only wake up 3 times but most nights it is 4 to 5 times but only one or two feeds usually one. rest is for a cuddle. i cant really help you out other than tell you it will get better and its not forever and to just accept it. also i started to give my son formula at 10 and a half months and trust me made no difference at all not in the slightest. taking away the dummy did though that cut down the amount he woke up during the night so dont feel pressured into formula its a big fat lie. continue to breastfeed and continue to do a great job, i miss breastfeeding so much i stopped at one because my son stopped eating at 11 months because of the heat and the amount of milk he wanted was insane now i miss it so much that bond is like no other. its so annoying to clean bottles and to feed him a bottle. i also hate cry it out method i would let him cry it out in day so certainly wouldnt at night either.i know its hard i mean some days my eyes burnt so badly but i knew that i was following every gut instingt i had as a mother to care for him and leaving him to cry would literally go against every instinct as a mother i have. so i just accepted it i know one night hell sleep through when hes ready, and tbh i dont care about sleeping through i just wnt to knock it down to once a night.. so sorry i have no advice other than just accept it and know its not forever.