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10mo comfort feeder and sleep is getting worse

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fruitsticksinyourstocking · 16/12/2009 21:27

DS2 is ebf and 10 months. Refuses all attempts at formula from a cup or bottle, which, to be honest I don't really have a problem with.

He used to be a relatively good sleeper until about 2 months ago when he had a succession of colds, teeth, stomach bugs, and it all went to pot.

Now his daytime sleep is virtually non-existant. 30 mins holding him and rocking him will get about 30mins sleep in the morning and in the afternoon he might nap in the car but not great. He will also doze off during his 3pm feed.

He is bf to sleep in the evening and usually wakes around 5am - when I bring him into our bed to feed him, which he does until around 7.

The problem is he seems to be becoming more reliant on feeding to sleep and now, won't even be put down in his cot - he just wakes up screaming when I move him and won't settle down. It took over an hour this evening - he just wants to stay attached!

He also goes to a childminder twice a week for 6 hours when he doesn't sleep at all, and is then miserable for the rest of the day.

I have no real desire to stop bf but I really need to get his sleep sorted out. I feel that it's making things worse, not better. It's affecting DS1 as my time with him is being disrupted by either a non-sleeping or over tired baby.

Am at the end of my tether.

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sarja · 16/12/2009 22:07

have you tried using a dummy as a substitute?

thisisyesterday · 16/12/2009 22:10

maybe he is ready to drop a nap.
have you tried just putting him down for a nap in the afternoon?

i can honestly say i never found the feeding to sleep a problem, in fact, i rather liked having a sure-fire way of getting ds2 down to bed lol

fruitsticksinyourstocking · 17/12/2009 10:35

He's exhausted by 10am and very grumpy. On the days when I have tried he is too tired to eat his lunch. I can't make his lunch earlier as have to fit in with pre-school collection (although term ends for christmas tomorrow)

he had a dummy until he started teething and then didn't want it. I've tried giving it back but he won't have it.

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sarja · 17/12/2009 23:01

my son was rubbish at sleeping during the day as a baby and used to be grumpy and over tired however he also went down at night well i think because i always put him down whilst he was awake (more due to accidental parenting through exhaustion!)he learnt how to get himself to sleep. He will be three in march and doesn't seem to need a sleep in the day anymore,he goes to bed really well at night at around 7pm. Like everything else things get easier with time just hang in there, before you know it he will be a teenager and you wont be able to get him out of bed!!!

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