My DS will not sleep through. He Has slept through less than 10 times in his life. He was breastfed until 4 months which is when i stopped the one night feed he was having. He continued to wake once a night for the next month.
i tried controlled crying at 6 months which miraculously worked for 9 whole days!!
Unfortunately this didn't last and began waking more & more in the night until i have reached the point now where i am under HV writing down his wakings which on average are 9 times a night.i tried controlled crying at beginning of December but 1st night 2hrs 2nd 3 hrs & 3rd 4 hrs crying i gave up and swore i'd never put us all thro that again!!!
He has been in his own room in his cot from 6 weeks. I don't put on the light or pick him up. He asks to go to bed by pulling the stairgate at around 6.30 every evening. Goes to sleep by himself not rocked or fed to sleep. HE has not had milk in the night since 4 months & definately is not waking from hunger. he does not use a dummy. I have always maintained a good eat/sleep routine in the day. I truly have done everything the health visitor has recommended from day one. Joe is a very active and intelligent child. HV says his developmental age is above 18months & this has to be taken into consideration. But all i want to know is why he wakes up so much. I'm starting to think its an allergy or something. i feel so alone. Everyone i tell looks down on me as though i'm doing something wrong or they have poor advise. i do feel like a failure. Sorry to be such a bore. I'm off sick from work today and have slept all morning but still feel wretched. Does anyone else out there feel anything like me?? Have tried virtually everything but still can't get a stretch of 4 hrs sleep?