Not really sure what advice I'm looking for, or what I'm asking really so please excuse vagueness or rambling...
My 6mth old DS has been breastfed exclusively since birth. He has always woken up every 2-3 hours during the night, and about 2 weeks ago we decided to try him on solids (using baby lead weaning), after a couple of particularly difficult nights where he woke almost every hour.
He's quite a big boy and I thought he would wolf it down, but no, no interest. After a couple more nights of waking a lot, we decided to try baby rice mixed with breast milk. Again, no interest really.
As a result I've decided to leave the solids until he is actually 6mnths (only 1 more week).
BUT, we are still left with the problem of him waking virtually hourly. He fidgets a lot, wakes, then will eventually cry.i feed him back to sleep and have tried recently to pat him and rock him to sleep which occasionally works but he is still waking 1 1/2 hours later. Overall he is a really happy baby during the day, and doesn't seem to be in any particular distress. But I am getting increasingly exhausted with the constant waking at night.My partner is sleeping on the sofabed so he can get some sleep so that when me and DS wake at 7am I can get to sleep for 2 hours before he goes to work.
Is there anything we might be overlooking?
He sleeps on his front.
He sleeps in bed with us.
He doesn't have a routine..he sleeps when he is tired but naps are only ever 2 hours long and max of 2 a day.
He seems almost ready to crawl.
I feel a bit rubbish even putting up this post as I have read others who are having TERRIBLE times and by comparison we are very lucky but I am really knackered and want to enjoy my lil boy smile
I have been told to try formula and really don't want to. What about expressing a bottle of breast milk and giving it to him before bed ? Is it the lack of routine ? Is he overtired ? sleeping too much ?
Any advice gratefully received
What shall I do ?
Many thanks
zillah
I have added this to breatsfeeding thread too