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michaelaskedlauren
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baby's changing sleep habits - advice needed
michaelaskedlauren
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Hi ladies - first time poster here and I was hoping you all could give me some advice.
My son is 10 months old and ever since he started teething no longer sleeps through the night. He was a champ from 8 weeks - 6 months and slept through the night every night. About a month after we moved him into his own room (he slept in a PNP in our room until 6 months) he would started waking up here and there to be comforted/nursed.
It has gotten more and more frequent and now he wakes up 1-2 times a night and will not stay asleep unless he is in the bed with us. My DH is concerned this will become a habit and I am honestly so exhausted when I wake up in the middle of the night I normally just fall right back asleep while he is nursing in bed.
Last night we tried for an hour to get him to go back to sleep in his crib, but every time we put him back down after rocking him he would wake up after 5 minutes screaming. We finally just brought him into bed with us and everyone slept straight through the night.
Does any one have some advice? Have any other Moms had a baby that suddenly cant sleep through the night unless he/she is right next to you?
TIA!
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Re: baby's changing sleep habits - advice needed
Sorry to hear sleeping has gone to pot and left you tired :
My son started off sleeping in his cot nxt to our bed and would do about 5hrs before waking to be nursed. He has never slept through the night but 5hrs stint was ok. The around 5mths old he started waking every hour to be nursed and cuddled and would cry as soon as i lay him back down in his cot. One night after some tears on my part from exhaustion i brought him into bed with us and we slept great. We have coslept ever since and he is now 15mth. We still have some rough nights when he is teething or ill or trying to hit mile stones like walking but on the whole we are all pretty well rested. If you are happy to have him with you and do it safety then i would say bed share however i know its not for everyone. My hubby is ok with set am and as i'm still nursing this works for us as a family. If not though I don't have any advice sorry as not sure what works so I'll just send you some mumma hugs and hope things improve real soon! X
DH hasnt outright said that he doesnt want DS in the bed, I think his main concern is that it will become a habit and he will never want to sleep in his own crib.
I know that the transition to the crib will 100% happen when DS is ready and that I will just continue to exhaust myself trying to force it earlier.
I work full time so I definitely enjoy the extra snuggle time with my baby, but part of me also misses having my space! I realize no solution will be "perfect" and I am lucky that my baby is healthy and happy, I just wish he would sleep in his own crib (through the night) every once in a while. I feel like it would make the tough nights less brutal.
zachary happens! | little fish
Even if you do "create a habit", he won't sleep in your bed forever. Do you really think that your 15-yr will want to sleep in your bed?
Maybe it's separation anxiety starting?
I'm personally a big fan of cosleeping, and think that it shouldn't be considered a bad thing.
(And seriously, my 2.5yr old wakes up 2-4 times per night, so I'm totally jealous of 1-2 times.)