Hi, my DS is just over 6 months now and is such a happy, healthy baby. I have managed to EBF with some formula at birth and feel grateful that this was possible. However I am so utterly exhausted. He's never been a great sleeper and wakes now once or twice a night and up for day at 6. I have always stuck to a routine and been really ridged with naps and feeding to try and maximise nighttime sleep. I know he's better than a lot of babies.
Tonight he got overtired when I tried to extend his wake times between naps to get him to nap 3x instead of 4 and we have just had about 4 hours of trying to get him to sleep and ended up driving him round in the car.
My husband and I are going through a bereavement atm (his brother just took his own life) and we are exhausted from that too and supporting his parents who live far away. We are travelling to them for the funeral and I have to share a room with DS for a week so expect to be woken regularly and be even more shattered!
I just wanted to ask for a little reassurance that things will get easier caring for DS as I really am so exhausted. I don't know if I should change to formula to see if that helps his sleep better?
Thanks