I'm in cosleeping hell-7mo glued to boob

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...and it's taking its toll on my back. he's never been a good sleeper, I've never been good at getting up from my sleep so we've been cosleeping for 4 months now.

Last 2 weeks have been ridiculous. He was wants to be curled up into me, latched on, just having a comfort suckle. If I can manage to unlatch him, then it's hourly wakings. By about 5 am I ask my husband to take him away so I can have some space before he leaves for work.

I know 7 months is young, and I'm not expecting him to sleep through, and I'm not prepared to leave him to cry, but I need to do something. I can't cope with back ache and sore nipples on top of no sleep!

I think I know what I need to do. I'm putting bed next to cot so I can get to him quickly with a dummy when he wakes. I will feed him, but not if less than 3 hours has passed since last feed. I will offer him water in a bottle if he fusses.

I'm going to try this on my own, as my husband is great and so hands on, but works full time. Although I probably will crumble at 3am and call him in. I'm so bad at the night shift (ebf, hence why we cosleep).

So I'm asking if anyone has experienced anything similar? Has any advice?

Hello my DD went through a phase like this - I started the night with her in her cot and fed her sitting up when she woke up at midnight but then she'd wake up again at 2 (was feeding her to sleep and a feed could take around 45 minutes!), by which point I'd be too exhausted to feed sitting up so she'd come in bed with me, and then I'd be her dummy throughout the night.

I used to put pillows behind my back which helped a tad. Also I put lashings of Lansinoh before going to bed and as soon as I woke up (and through the night if I remembered, I also had a tube with me in bed) which helped as well.

No other words of advice I'm afraid. She was like this on-off from about 6 months till almost 11 months when I cracked and decided she needed to learn to sleep without me. We did gradual retreat and she now sttn (unless ill, teething etc; she's almost 15 months now).

Good luck!

You must be exhausted!

I really don't get this co sleeping thing though?

When mine were babies, I would bring them into bed for a feed, wind, change if needed and straight back in their cot, although saying that they were all in the their own room's at approximately 6 weeks because otherwise no one got any decent sleep!

Needadvice my DD went through a (long) phase of waking up every 2 hours at night and given that feeds took on average 45 minutes co-sleeping meant I could get some sleep too!

18mo DS still co-sleeps, and I wake quite often with him glued to my boob. I work 4 days a week in a demanding job, but I know I'd be far more knackered if I kept having to get up in the night. Some babies are 'brilliant sleepers', some just need more comfort and reassurance. Sorry OP!

My DD was a boob addict and would wake up 6-8 x a night for a feed - we could never co-sleep after about 6 months as she always tossed and turned so much nobody got any sleep. In the end my husband had to do night duty for a few days (when he was on hols one week) and after 5 days she slept 9 hours straight. I blogged about breastfeeding during the night and sleep and what worked for us if you're interested here it is - mydaughterwontsleep.com/2014/02/06/is-breast-best-when-it-comes-to-sleep-apparently-not/ good luck!! sleep deprivation is the worst.