9 Months and no sleep!!

[charlie13032017]

My little boy is just over 9 Month and not one night since him being born have we had a decent night sleep.
His good night are only 2 wake ups, but that sounds like heaven!
He had a awful lung infection the last 2-3 weeks. So to get more sleep we put him in our bed to sleep.
BUT now, he will not sleep on his cot at all anymore! And he won’t even take his dummy anymore and just wants my breast constantly :(
I’m not sure whether it could be leap 7, a growth spurt or separation anxiety but I just need some advice or to know I’m not the only tired Mumma out there!

We are in the same boat. My ds is 9 and 1/2 months and has only slept through a handful of time, not for months though. What with teething, a cold, more teething and a dose of bronchiolitis, his sleep has been pretty crap since September. There were weeks when I was grateful for a 2hr stretch. He's mostly been in bed with me too, as it was the only way he'd sleep.

He seems to be getting well again now and only woke twice last night, which was amazing! He also stayed in his own cot until 6.30am! I haven't pushed him to do this and would happily have had him with me if he'd wanted, he was just ready for it.

I don't have any advice, just offering lots of sympathy as sleep deprivation is awful. Do what you can to get through it - it won't last forever.

How is he doing? Is he over his infection now?

Ah no :( my little boys just getting over Bronchiolitis to! He’s still getting up at 6, but that’s his usual time anyway so that doesn’t bother me as much, it’s the waking of 8-10 times and only the breast will settle him, he hates his dummy now for some reason. Hopefully your sleeps getting better to!

My dd was an awful sleeper. I ended up doing controlled crying (I know it's not for everyone but we were exhausted!) And just before she turned 12 months I night weaned her. Both cc and night weaning was surprisingly easy, I think we were just lucky as it happened to be at the right times for her developmentally. She now sleeps 11 solid hours a night (bar the odd 4am wake up when she is resettled with a quick cuddle). Sleep is developmental, they'll all sleep through eventually!

The dummy issue is probably just because he's not breathing well, understandable. I'd preserver but not push the issue until he's well again.

Sounds like baby is over tired from the daytime. What'd husband daytime sleep routine?

What's his daytime sleep routine?

His breathing is ALOT better, he’s no longer on the inhaler. He was so bad :( but the past 2 days he hasn’t needed it. He’s just using me for comfort instead of his dummy.
His daytime routine is usually quite good. He’s been having 3 naps a day but that’s because he doesn’t really nap any longer than 30-45 minutes. He’s been fighting his morning nap. So the past 2 days we’ve taken it away and now his other to naps are longer, but that hasnt helped his night time sleep.

It sounds like he's been really ill, so give it some time. He's probably not 100% yet