Hi.
Iīm a desperate mom.
My son is almost 9 months and has never slept trough the night. Heīs been on EASY since day one. And he is very happy and easygoing, rarely cries and doesnīt use to fuss about anything.
Until 3months and a half he would only wake up for eating. But when he reached 4 months, just after he stopped waking up for a feed, he started waking up a lot.
I still dreamfeed him, but itīs almost never a dreamfeed anymore, because he usually wakes up for this. He goes to bed at 8- has a bottle. At about 11 he has another bottle and then only in the morning. On a GOOD night he wakes up only twice. On a bad night he can wake up almost every hour. Most of times I only have to put back his paci and pat his back a little ( or not even that). But Iīve noticed that recently he has been waking up with the paci in his mouth. I get there and he is standing up or seated, eyes closed, crying. Sometimes I have to be by his side until heīs completely asleep or he cries again. I tought it was the paci first, but now I really donīt think thatīs the problem anymore.
He usually soothes himself to go to sleep naps and night! I prepare the room, put him is his crib and leave.
Iīve considered all, even bad dreams - but I think its too early for that right? I canīt find an answer, because there is no pattern every night is a surprise. I imagine that I have done something wrong, maybe I started answering his cries too quicly, but if I donīt he starts to cry out loud. Iīm pretty tired and my marriage is really been afected by this. Donīt know what to do. Please help!
Here goes his routine:
Around 7 - wakes up
7:30 - bottle -
8:30 - fruit
around 9:30- nap for about 1:30
11:30- juice
12:30 - lunch - veggies + pasta + meat ( he is a bit difficult ont htat too, sometimes eats everything, somtmens doesnīt want to open his mouth)
around 1:30, 2:00- nap for 1:30
4:00- snack
7:00- dinner
8:00 bath, bottle and bed
11:00 dreamfeed
