5 month old hourly waking & 30min naps

[MrsCremuel]

I convinced myself that DS2 would be a good sleeper as DS1 wasn’t….but he’s worse! He’s EBF. He’s on infant gaviscon (bloody pain to administer).

He goes to bed at 7.
Wakes 7.45.
Wakes before 9 then wakes every 1.5 hours. Often won’t settle unless held from 3am.

Cosleeping makes no difference. Naps are 30-45 mins max unless held and fed quickly back to sleep then they can be hours.

I’m shattered and have a toddler. At least DS1 did a 5/6 hours before the nightly shenanigans.

Help!

No help but just wanted to say I’m in the same boat 😂 so I’m
Following in case of any good advice !

How do you los to sleep? Ie rocking, feeding to sleep etc

Feeding to sleep eek

That's your problem. Sorry, but the looks at the message you wrote, you probably know. Lo needs to be put in cot awake every single time.

Lo is waking as they were in your arms feeding, and now they aren't when they go between cycles of sleep, so they wake fully.

He will be put down ok the majority of the time, he isn’t fully asleep and I can pat him
to sleep but he still takes on a lot of milk at night so I’d find it hard to differentiate what’s a real feed and what’s comfort.

Don't listen to the bullshit about feeding and rocking to sleep. You do not have to put your baby down awake in a cot - they cannot be taught to self settle! I don't know why people are spouting this rubbish.
Sorry Op - it's really tough. It will just be a phase and things will improve but it's hard to see it when you're in it.

Co-sleeping was the answer for me but I see you say it makes no difference for you. Have you tried white noise? I would also suggest not having a strict time to bed.
Keep baby with you and let them sleep on you in the evening whilst you relax/watch TV. Will save you the up and down up and down.