Hello Bumpies! I am new - to this board not the bump. I posted a lot with my birth month group, but once the baby was born, was super busy between the baby, my 4 year old and going back to work. Now, he is going to be 9 month old on 10/9 and I am back at work full time and I am EXHAUSTED ALL THE TIME. Lincoln is the sweetest baby, but seriously he's up 2-3 times a night wanting to nurse. He has not been great at taking solid food so my attempts to fill him up at bedtime have failed. I am not a fan of sleep training ( I couldn't let he cry it out anyway because he would wake up his 4 year old sister and that would be even more exhausting) With my first I feel like she was only waking up once a night at this time. Between working and nursing I am SO tired. Any suggestions for getting him to sleep longer?
Re: Breastfeeding and Sleep
OP is he actually nursing for a decent amount of time or just using you for comfort? 2-3 MOTN feedings for a 9 month old sounds like a lot IMO.
If you feel that the feedings aren't actually necessary nutrition wise and it's just for comfort then I suggest you try some sort of sleep training. It might be hard at first because of your older child but it will be worth it in the end. I have a 3.5 year old and a 1 year old and surprisingly my older child NEVER woke up once when I was sleep training. We keep a box fan going in his room and even though his sister's room is right next to his, he never heard a thing.
Whatever you decide, you have to be 100% consistent night after night for it to work.
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