hi guys i wonder if u can help....
my son is 5 months and is a terrible sleeper...
we have been doing a bedtime routine since he was bout 2 months and it works wonders for getting him to go to sleep as he does not self sooth at all and for a while he was sleeping between feeds even got him to sleep in his cot between feeds after a lot of effort although still waking every 3 hours for feeds
however we now seem to be going backwards he wont sleep in his cot at all and we have resorted to co sleepin out of sheer exhaustion.
and is tending to wake for numerous reaseons every half hour or so..
he also has a dummy as from birth he has been very colicy it seems to have subsided mostly now and i would like to get rid of the dummy but it is the easiest way to get him back to sleep .. but he now tends to chew it so it pops out of his mouth and he wakes up.
i have tried everything i can think of to get him to sleep longer at least to go between feeds in his cot or with me and nothing is working and it seems to b getting worse
i am starting to feel a bit lost as i dont no wat the best thing to do is? .. i dont no weather i should just go with it and wait for him to get bit older and keep tryin a little or should i be working harder to get him into good sleeping habbits..
he is very windy and has sore teeth so i feel i need to pick him up everytime he cries as there is no way to know weather he is in pain or not..
any advise or reassurance wud b great as i am not sure how i should b handling this situation!