Hi everyone,
Really hoping someone (anyone?!) can help me. My DS is 7.5months. He slept through (7-5am) from 8 weeks but stopped randomly after a month and now wakes more than once an hour. It is killing me. I have a demanding almost 3 year old so can't sleep in the day.
A couple of months ago I made the critical error of feeding him in the night to get him to sleep even though he hadn't needed it since 8 weeks (how I wish I could go back to that night and punch myself!) This has now spiralled into feeding everytime he wakes as I'm just so damn tired and don't want him to wake my toddler. I have turned myself into an all night buffet bar!! I've read lots of advice about cutting feedings by a minute a time but there are so many of them I wouldn't know where to start. He naps fine in the day in his cot and can settle himself to sleep at bedtime, just not in the night! He goes into bed drowsy but awake.
Routine is:
7am - feed (depending in when he last fed at night which at the moment is every 45 mins!)
Get dressed and play
8am - breakfast
9am - nap in cot for 1 hour
10am - feed, play or errands
12.30 - nap
1.30 - feed, play
4 - feed then nap
5pm - awake, dinner
6.30 bath
7pm - feed, bedtime
First wake up is almost always 10.30pm then it just deteriorates from there. Hubbie tries to settle him but after an hour or so we resort to feeding. I have tried resettling him for up to an hour and a half but he gets so worked up. I get him back to sleep but then he wakes a couple of mins later everytime.
I would be so so grateful for any advice or experiences. Feeling so low and alone!