Feed to sleep association at 5.5 months - move rooms or camp out for good

[Jellybabie3]

Think i need a bit of reassurance.....
DS has always fed to sleep at night (not naps). He now feeds on his side, and when done rolls onto his back and i lift him into the next to me. I am 'OK' with this although he still wakes for feeds (he does feed of only a little) every 2 hours. He cant self settle. He is now getting too big for his cot so we were thinking of moving the cotbed in - it will be a massive squash but doable if it saves me getting up 3-5 times a night. My only worry is that me being there makea the night feeds worse and if he stays with us it wont be temporary.....

Any thoughts please?? I dont want any sleep training that involves crying. Pantley pull off worked for us although we had a recent wobble due to illness. I have tried leaving him to settle but to no avail.

[kentgirl1]

Mine is the same. And then he seems moody during the day, probably because he's tired. He's had a nap on me for a hour this morning. Not ideal but I think it's better that he has a good sleep. I think he had a bad tummy last night as we've had a lot of poop this morning! 🙈.
The wonder weeks app is just depressing. I haven't seen a change between leaps. Just one looooooong one 😫

[GimbleInTheWabe]

How are you getting on @Jellybabie3? And @kentgirl1?
My DS has started napping out of my arms but only on our bed so I have to build a pillow fort around him and I worry that it's not v safe. He's still waking 3 times a night but to quite a routine now so I'm almost used to it ha. I'd do a lot o bad things for a whole nights sleep with a lie in though...

[Oly5]

My 5 month old is the same as above. It’s judt babies.. my eldest two were the same and the. Just improved as they got older. Stop worrying about sleep, stop clock-watching, stop adding up how much sleep you’ve got.. that’s my advice. Just get through each day, try to catch up at qeeekebds while your partner holds the baby and hang in there! It does improve

[Oly5]

*weekends
Sorry for typos!

[kentgirl1]

Mine is so hit and miss, I can never predict!!!! Tonight he slept from 730pm- 1250!!! Miracle! But now he's awake again. The same yesterday. Slept from about 8pm until 1030, then 1am. Then from 1-4am every time I put him down he cried within 5 mins! Got him off again about 4am, he woke at 6ish then just before 8. So my body never knows what it's doing. 🙈

[Jellybabie3]

Aargh we are back to 5 wake ups from 9 til 7. Today hes woke at 6am. Riding it out. Only good thing is he has got quicker to settle. Still needs the boob but hes feeding like the clappers so I dont feel I can deny him it. Yawn. Happy weekend 😂

[Jellybabie3]

Glad you have had some progress Gimble! Mine doesnt feed to sleep for naps but wont be put down now. He just wakes the second i try. I have to cuddle him

[GimbleInTheWabe]

But what will I be able to moan about then @Oly5?! tbh when DS was newborn I wouldn't clock watch and def took each day as it came. Now I'm a bit more used to being mum (he's my pfb) I guess I'm yearning for a bit of normality to return. I know it does no good really though!

Yes the unpredictability can be the worst thing can't it @kentgirl1? I can deal with getting no sleep, I'm used to that, but I'd love to know what to expect when I do get a bit of sleep. What cot are you using atm?

That's good that he settles quicker now @Jellybabie3, have you started weaning yet? We're doing a bit of BLW and a tiny bit of purée of whatever he got in front of him. so in reality he's getting about 2tsp of food but he seems quite happy. Just doing fruit and veg until he's 6 mo though.

Well DS shook up the routine last night by sleeping from 9:30-5:45 he took ages to settle waking up every 20 mins after I'd put him down at 7:15 but from 9:30 he just went for it. It was amazing but I'm not counting my chickens! He'd only napped for about an hour during the day because we were travelling so he must have been exhausted poor thing. V teethy and grumbly today so no doubt I'll be knackered again by bedtime!

[Jellybabie3]

Wow thats a good sleep Gimble....jealous!! We are starting weaning on Good Friday. I'm not expecting it to help as its only tastes isnt it, but you never know. Were gonna try putting him to bed earlier by dropping the last nap too.

Oly. I log his sleeps etc so I could look for any type of pattern - in the hope I could try and fix anything that may be bothering him (aka daddy waking, etc). As I have said before I am worried about his lack of sleep - not just mine!! That said I fall asleep feeding him all the time (we both have bad sleep associations it would seem!!) and wake up with him in the bed so often have no idea how long hes been there! Still surviving on rubbish sleep so it can only get better!!

Fx for tonight to those in the same boat 😀