Part of me thinks posting this is useless because babies do wake up a lot at night, and one should always ignore peers who say their babies sleep through.
That aside , I am exhausted and think I must be doing something wrong. DS was always a good sleeper, and from 1-3 months slept most nights 7-10,10-3,3-7, feeding properly at each waking. He is EBF and we cosleep.
I have tried getting him in his cot and sometimes it works with no fuss for a couple of days, or even a week of starting the night in it, but then mostly only sleeping in my bed will settle him. I'm not prepared to do any kind of CC. I'm also too miserable and tearful to do it anyway. His sleep is the same in or out of his cot. He naps really well in the car, next to me in bed or in his pram, at least 4 per day, as soon as he rubs his eyes. I've been worried that I'm feeding him to sleep and making it worse, and have had some success with feeding him then a five minute walk around the house then sleep holding his muslin for comfort. It doesn't always work but I think the problem is that he can't self settle.
For the last 6 weeks, he has woken every two hours or more at night, sometimes having a full feed but usually just a quick feed for comfort. I am so tired and unhappy and don't know what to do. I am at the point where I don't want to go out because I am confused and crying from being so exhausted.
I'm not sure what I want from posting this. I just need to write it down.