19 week old feeding all night and screaming when put down, mummy about to slit wrists

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I think I've created a total boob addict, I can't get him down without putting him on the breast first either during the day or at night. But he was going from 730pm-around 4 am or even right through til 6am for a couple of weeks, now he's up around 1030pm, then wakes up again around midnight and is up for hours, feeding and snoozing and screaming if I put him down, then I usually get an hour of sleep til about 530, then he wants feeding again until 7amish. I usually do the last one lying down as I just can't stand it any more, but in general I don't like co-sleeping, it makes me nervous and uncomfortable so I don't sleep well.

It's been 6 days now of this all-night torture and the level of sleep deprivation feels worse than when he was newborn as I wasn't expecting it to come back like this. He also doesn't nap well during the day, I can get him down but it's a battle and then he usually only goes for 40 minutes and that's it. By 5pm I have a baby who is white with exhaustion, red rings round his eyes, yet he WILL NOT SLEEP unless he is on the boob.

He does have a cold but it's getting better and I took him to the doc who said there's no sign of a chest or ear infection.

Any ideas?

This happened to me, by 12 weeks I was hallucinating. I did not want to co-sleep, but in the end, made it as safe as possible and did it. My son still sleeps with us age 3 yrs and we would not change it for the world.

People who judge people who end up co sleeping badly have probably not been through what you are going through.

I fed until he was 2 yrs ( only night feeds post 8 months). I loved breast feeding from the night I started co-sleeping.

I am going to try a dummy this time if this happens again, just in case it may work between night feeds!

Might be worth introducing a dreamfeed around 10.15. He might not come fully awake but get his tummy filled and get into a deep sleep cycle.

Thanks for the advice. I am starting to think a dreamfeed might be a good idea but currently he won't take a bottle, esp not from me, and I have low supply so have to supplement at the breast, esp in the evening to make sure he gets enough, and he's very hard to feed that way if he's sleepy so not quite sure how to do it.

re dummy, have tried it, sometimes works for a bit but then he gets angry, spits it out and screams.

someone tell me it won't go on this way...