but not because i want him to sleep thru the night, just because i don't know what else to do .
He's BF, and at night time we mainly co-sleep, so he gets loads of cuddles. The problem is in the day, as i have a 2.6yr old DD, am finding it really hard to juggle both of them. Took till 11am to get DD dressed, by the time we'd had breakfast & i'd fed DS. Ds was fed, warm, but not really had a sleep since 7am (Apart from 15 min nap at 9am), so he really needed a sleep. I put him in his bouncy chair so he could be with us, but he cried. Then i tried him in his cot with mobile on (all of this upstairs with us), but he still cried. DD wanted the toilet (she's a bit poorly with vom/di at the mo so i couldn't risk asking her to wait), and she was getting wound up, so i had to leave DS while i saw to her. By the time we were done, it was 10/15 mins later, and Ds had cried himself to sleep . Now i feel like world's worst mum, cos everyone says how awful it is for them to be left to cry, & am just storing up psychological damage for years later!! But he needed to sleep, & DD is going to get resentful if i put her 2nd all the time.
Have tried a sling - just don't get on with it. Have baby carrier, but still find things difficult to with Ds in it - bending down to help DD, washing her hands etc. He's getting the sleep he needs now, but at what cost???
Can anyone reassure me, or offer me another way to do things?? Had PND with DD, feel fine at the mo, but am scared that worrying about this is going to tip me over the edge again....