I have a six week old boy. He is breastfed. I made the early mistake of bringing him to bed with me and feeding him. Also he really loves to suckle and was using me for the 1st 4 weeks. I have stopped doing that, and am now suffering the consequences. He is now in his own crib for naps, and bedtime. I have been trying to do EASY, he sometimes will only stay awake for 10 mins after feeding then seems tired. When I put him down, he will sometimes sleep or sometimes will sleep for 5 mins, then wake up and do that for over and hour. Never really settling. I have a hard time distinguishing his cries, between tired and hungry. Last night, I had just fed him, and put him down, and he was up 10 mins later. I fed him for 5 mins on one side and then over 25 mins on the other. (I am switching to the one-sided method) His cries sounded like hunger, but he had just eaten. He refuses to take a pacifier, he sucks for a minute then spits it out. He seems to be expecting a breast. MY schedule hasn't been the best as we just celebrated holidays here and it was really busy. He cries alot, I am obviously missing the signals, and I can't bear to hear him crying much more. I have been trying this for over a week. He is a cross between a textbook baby and touchy baby. Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
Krista
