I need bedsharing help

Athena0809

A little background: We started bedsharing around the time DS turn 6 months, mainly out of desperation since he was waking up on good days every two hours and on bad days every hour. I was exhausted. Turns out I love bedsharing. But we still put DS in the pnp initially between 8 and 9 pm, his usual bedtime, normally he'll stay asleep anywhere between 2 to 3 hours. when he wakes up it's usually the time I'm going to bed so I bring him in bed with me. I don't know how many times he wakes up because 1) I tried not to look at the clock and 2) It's so easy to nurse and fall back asleep, then he is up for the day between 8 and 9 am.

The problem: beginning around 5 or 6 am (the time DH gets up for work) DS starts to get restless in bed he wakes up so frequently sometimes every 30 minutes, I know he is still sleepy because he wants the boob to fall back asleep and he does only to wake up crying 20-30 min later asking for more boob juice. This continues until 8 am ish when he wakes up happy and chatty so I know it's time to get up for the day?

My questions: any ideas why he is doing this? What should I do? Thanks a bunch for any input!

sbartschke

My DS is similar to this once DH gets out of bed. If I snuggle him in really close to me when it is just us he seems to sleep a little longer. Good Luck!

Birdies08

This can happen with my LO, too, but I've noticed it's only after the sun is up. In our case, she can pretty much stay latched on and I get more sleep, but in yours- maybe try light blocking curtains? My poor husband sometimes has to leave when it's still dark out, and LO settles much more easily those mornings.