Hi, I am new to the boards and I am still reviewing the other posts, but could really use some help...soon! Thanks in advance!
Liam is 6.5 months old. His usual schedule is
Wake 9am BF
Nap BF to sleep 1130
A 1230
E Veggies/Cereal 1pm then BF
Nap 2pm, sometimes BF to sleep
A 4pm BF
E 630pm Veggies/Cereal
Then he breastfeeds sometime in the evening
Breastfeed before bed at 9pm
I try not to breastfeed him to sleep, but I am not always successful.
My problem is, he is good about getting back on schedule, if it gets messed up, but he doesn't know how to put himself back to sleep. He only knows breastfeeding to put himself back to sleep. I have tried give him a paci or swaddling him and rocking him back to sleep, but it only works temporarely before he is back awake. He wakes about 5 times and just enough to get nursed back to sleep, about 5-10 minutes each time. He screams very loudly when he wakes.
He is teething right now, but it doesn't seem to affect his schedule, he has always had this bad habit.
I also want to add that he starts out in his crib in the room next to ours, then he ends up in bed with us, because I get too tired to keep getting up.