God, thought I was the only one! Have finally moved my 6wk old (who WAS solely breastfed but now gets a nightime bottle because I'm desperate)from sleeping on us to co-sleeping to bassinette and finally to cot. Have started an EASY about 10 days ago, which was working ok in the day and at bedtime too, (he loves his bath, massage, kick-about and swaddling help him know it's nightime) this happens at 7-7.30 and he was sleeping till 10-11pm when he'd either have a dream feed or wake for food,then through the night he woke every 3hrs for more feeds. But it's all gone nuts! Now he only sometimes sleeps from 8-10pm, waking frequently till we hit the sack at 11ish, he feeds then and I put him down deeply asleep as sleepy just means he wakes and screams, he sleeps for about an hour at most, then wakes up every 20mins or so for comfort, having dropped his dummy and this goes on so long that eventually it's time for his feed again. He also sometimes wakes and makes a pain noise (doctor said he sees little TEETH coming! So we rub newborn teething gel on his gums when he wakes, just in case, even though he may not be in pain every time...we don't want to risk it escalating and it taking an hour to calm him down). We haven't slept in a week as he cries every 20 mins. I don't expect him to STTN, just for a couple of hours. I'm quitting breastfeeding today after his 6wk check, as I can't handle the exhaustion and hope he may sleep better. Any suggestion how to proceed?
