hello
I am new to this board and I have recently read the "Baby Whisperer Solves all Your Problems". I have a 6 month old (27 weeks) who is giving me a heck of time. His sleeping and eating patterns are all over the map. I wrote out the routine listed in the book, but my ds just does not stick to it and I have a hard time making him. Currently, he eats every 1.5 hours, but feeds for about 2-3 min. He also has solids (breakfast, lunch, dinner). He wants to sleep after 2 hours of being awake and gets seriously cranky if I don't put him down to sleep on time, or if I do it too early! If I don't get it just right, it takes me an hour to put him down for a nap and at night. He has been nursed to sleep until now.
I have decided to continue to nurse before sleep as that seems to be the only thing that calms him down (I have tried swaddling the legs, holding, walking around the room, reading and just laying him in the crib) He just gets really excited about all of those things. What I am doing now is nursing him and once he is finished I take him off and put him in the crib. 60% of the time he will just go to sleep. THe rest it is instant tears. I started the PU/PD technique with him since Sunday. The first time it took me 1.5 hours. The second time 20 min, but he woke again after 10 min. Since then he has nursed and then gone to sleep fine. Then last night at 1am he woke, I nursed him but he wasn't really taking anything, so I put him back in the crib. Well, all hell broke loose and I started PU/PD. This just caused him to cry even harder. 50 min passed and my DH got up and stormed in telling me I am doing it wrong (he hasn't even read the book). I told him to get out as he was a distraction. HE did and about 15 min later DS calmed down and finally went to sleep whimpering.

This afternoon I had the same thing...I actually got in the crib with him to calm him down. He thought this was great. But he finally went to sleep after I got out of the crib.

I am at a loss. I feel like crying because even my DH doesn't support me. He has never put DS down to sleep and never fed him (exclusively bf). I just feel like he doesn't get how exhausted I am. DS has been waking in the night every 2-3 hours or more due to teething, a cold etc.....I need him to learn to go to sleep. wakings at 1am and 5 am are considered a good night. :!
DS's routine: approximately
7AM - wake, change diaper, get dressed
7:30 Eat (cereal (1tsp), breastmilk)
7:45 PLay
8:45:Eat (breastmilk)
9:00 Sleep
10AM Wake, change diaper
10:15 Eat (breastmilk)
10:25 Play
11:30 Eat (vegetables 2 tsp)
12 noon Eat (breastmilk)
12:30/1:00 sleep
2:00 Wake, change diaper
2:15 Eat (breastmilk)
2:25 Play
4:00 Eat (breastmilk)
4:30 Sleep
5:15 Wake, change diaper
5:30 Eat (breastmilk)
5:45 Play
6:00 Eat (vegetables (4 tsp), breastmilk)
6:45 Bath
7:10 Eat (breastmilk)
7:45 Sleep
12/1AM Eat
3/4/5AM Eat
7AM Wake
Thanks
Desperate to have some support.
