When is it time to call in a sleep consultant?

[doadeer]

DS is 10.5 months now, always been a good day sleeper and napper but a horrible night sleeper. Feels like it's getting worse not better.

• he often takes 3 hours to get off to sleep.

• on a good night he wakes 3/4 times on a bad night it's more than hourly.

• he is hysterical at night - inconsolable

• I've had to stop breastfeeding in evening as he would just do it all night. I give him a bottle while reading him a story I'm not feeding to sleep.

• even if we Co sleep he wakes constantly very upset

• I've done pick up put down. Gradual retreat. I can't do CC as we live in a flat with neighbours but sometimes he cries till he vomits anyway

I'm just worn out. I feel like I have a permenant hangover.

Is it time to admit we need professional help? Has a sleep consultant helped you?

Hi could your baby be having a growth spurt?my youngest was always really unsettled at night when he was hungry & had reached a new milestone rolling over,crawling,walking etc
Giving him 3 mini meals with plenty of carbs always worked & upping his milk intake when having plenty of solids throughout the day staved off any nighttime hunger

Or would it be worth a check up?as also ear infections have been the other issue if night time sleep is disturbed in our house

Hope this helps & you get a good night soon x

Yes I understand why you say that but he has even like this for his whole life. And he eats loads to be honest. I'm lucky he's always been a good eater.

I've bitten the bullet and contacted some consultants to try and get help

Sounds like you've tried pretty much everything you can do as a mum, nothing wrong with getting some professional help, I know i certainly would at that point. You must be exhausted and it's no good for your health, let us know how you get on with everything and good luck I'm sure it'll get sorted xx

We have booked a sleep consultant for this week. I can DM you afterwards and tell you how it went if you like. My 5 month old sounds exactly like yours, but mine doesn’t sleep in the day. I can’t go on like this so we’re getting help now!

I've contacted three so going to chat and get a better understanding. Thank you.

Good luck! Hope you get some relief with your 5 month old x

I was extremely challenged getting my DS to bed at around the same age. Ended up paying a sleep consultant for advice and then he went through teething/growth spurt so I wasn’t able to get started. Ended up buying Lucy Wolfe’s book and it was so much better and a fraction of the cost! I’m not saying this is always the case but if you can’t want a sleep consultant or prefer to do things in your own time (I understand you only get a certain window with consultants of a couple of weeks, which is fair enough), I don’t think you should necessarily feel you’re missing out!

*can’t afford, not can’t want!!