Hello
I am a mother of a boy 4 month and a half old. I am exclusively breastfeeding him and I haven't had much sleep since he was born, so I am quite sleep deprived. Almost a month ago I have discovered baby whisperer and I liked the idea of it and I decided to give it a go. I am desperate for some kind of routine. During Xmas's break all of us visited my family and decided to prolong the stay for about 20 days. In that period I decided that it was enough of rocking him and walking with him before going to bed as he started to weight more and more. He is now 7 kg and 63 cm long. After few days of fuss he got used to going to sleep on his own (he wasn't in his crib at the time but in a help/bed). At that point my only concern was how to learn him to sleep on his own during naps. About 10 days ago we came back to our apartment and since then everything has changed and now I am quite a desperate Mum. He accepted his crib and started napping in it with no problems whatsoever. He usually naps some 35 to 45 minutes in the morning, then we go for a stroll and he naps for additional 2 hours in midday, and then sometimes he has another catnap in the afternoon. And that goes really well. However he started screaming during nighttime now. That isn't crying it is screaming. As soon as I lay him down in his crib he starts screaming. I tried it all so far, I even decided to go back to rocking but even if he falls asleep in my hands as soon as I put him down he wakes up and starts crying. It lasts sometimes for two hours. The only thing I haven't tried is letting him stay awake, as I am strongly against it. I really want him to learn what time it is a bedtime. I don't know why is this happening. And then the whole night is awful, he again started waking up every two hours and even less and he settles down only if I breastfeed him. I am becoming very nervous mum and I hate myself for it. Is it possible that he is going through some kind of growth spur again? Or maybe he is becoming more and more aware of the surrounding and doesn't like his nightime? Any suggestion would be more then welcome!
