My 8mo, and my toddler co-sleep with me I love co-sleeping with my toddler because he is no trouble and just falls asleep and doesn’t wake me in the night. The issue is the baby, he only falls asleep for me if he is nursing on my boob. Getting him to sleep takes over an hour of him laying flat on my stomach and patting his back, near enough holding him down. He eventually falls asleep but then wakes continuously through the night and only settles when I put my boob in his mouth. I’m literally besides myself, I’m constantly tired and it’s draining me. I’ve started to offer him a bottle before bed in hopes that it fills him up, sometimes he takes it, other times he completely refuses. When he does take the bottle it’s only 4oz, he won’t take anymore.
DS2 does have a his own room and a cot but because I breastfed on demand and my room is in the loft I found it easier feeding him and having him co-sleep with me. I’m not feeling as if I should go down the route of sleep training, although will he wake constantly because he is so used to me just nursing on demand.
I have tried in the past to put him in the cot and see how he lasted but he did just cry and cry, he didn’t give up and at that point I was pulling my hair out so obviously I just gave in and brought him upstairs.
Has anyone got any advice for this situation, I’m done with co-sleeping now!! 