Hi-I've posted quite a few times re: now 10 week old son. Issues since birth, but in brief tongue tie, oral thrush (him) & breast thrush (me) three times, and has dairy allergy (soya, beef, citrus fruit & spices also avoided at present). Also on remitidine for possible silent reflux. Slot going on!
But, he is a different baby now. Happy time outweigh the crying by about 50%. He is EBF. I have a daughter 22months.
So I think we are ready to start trying to work towards EASY. I'm confident all medical concerns are under control at this stage. Problem is that we have created so many props as I have basically provided any kind of comfort for him that I could during what has been a very difficult start!
I have no EASY to post really as he is all over the place! First yawn is approx 1hr after waking (from the night) but throughout the rest of the day he is tired all the time as he fights sleep & will only do 20-45mins at a time (having spent 20mins getting him to sleep!). Sleep is always either on the boob (rare) or in the sling with a ssshhh. I use sssh pat in the sling in the hope he will become used to it & we can transition to the cot at some point.
Where do I start with so many 'bad' habits to unlearn?
Night sleep is ok-last 3 nights has fallen asleep (on boob) by 6.45pm & will go to anywhere from midnight-1am. Have feed & go straight back down until anywhere between 3am-4am. After this feed he tends to be quite restless & suckles in bed with me for the remainder of the night until somewhere between 6am-7am.
Where do I start? He is a SCREAMER & is super sensitive (understandably) so I don't want to cause him too much distress.
Thank you