I read all the Baby Whisperer books with my first child and am now part way through rereading them with my second but still I am struggling!
Sleep is the problem for Sam (15 weeks old). He has reflux and is on Aptamil Pepti, Ranitidine and Domperidone and it seems to be settling down. He is a big baby on 91st centile but not greedy (normally has about 26oz per day when well). He doesn't feed in the night (I stopped it because he never wanted his morning bottle).
He uses a dummy which helps with the reflux, helps stop him spitting medicine out and helps him to get to sleep. I wonder if this is part of my problem though - he does nto wake when it falls out but needs it putting back in each time he wakes to help him get back to sleep.
During the day he naps for about 45 minutes at a time (after about 2 hours awake). He often naps longer if in his car seat. In his cot he has a foam wedge to elevate his head but he slides down it.
I put him to bed around 7-7.30 and somethimes he stays settled until the dream feed, sometimes I have to give him his dummy in between. I feed him at 11.00 usually but sometimes he wakes around 10.30 and I feed him then.
Throughout the night he wakes very frequently - 5, 10 even 15 times. If I go and give him his dummy back he will settle back down so I am not up for long but as it is so frequent I am exhausted (I am often tired anyway due to underactive thyroid - Sam has been tested and is fine).
I wonder if I need to try ssshhh pat or PU PD down and loose the dummy, although it is so useful to get him to sleep and to help with his reflux. It seems odd that he wakes so many times yet not immediately as his dummy falls out.
...Now further on in the day he has confused me even more - woken after a 45 minute nap and cried but still with the dummy in his mouth! Maybe the dummy is not the problem after all. During the night it is not always the same amount of time between waking which makes the wake to sleep technique difficult to try.
