i think this would be the right post, either this or sickness..
My 5 month old came down with a bad cold on 4 days ago. He is a pretty EASY baby with the exception that hes not the worlds best sleeper at night. (it was pretty tedious to wean him from night feeds, but we were finally at the pt where he went to bed at 7, DF @ 10:30 or 11 and slept until 7). He is on a great schedule, falls asleep on his own and takes good naps. until this week!!
Once he got sick, he wouldnt sleep, he was too stuffed up. Ive suctioned, given him tylenol when he had a fever, everything i could think of! i FINALLY am able to get him to take his naps if i nurse him adn then lay him in his bed. At night he is frequently waking (understandably- he cant breathe!). So my fear is that once he gets better he will still require me to feed him to go to sleep. Its at the pt where he screams if i lay him in his crib awake, that is so not like him. but if i feed him (and half the time hes not really eating, its completely for comfort), he'll go to sleep.
Ive been ok with comfort feeding him b/c i want him to get the sleep he needs to get better. but im so scared it will continue after. Should i be doing this, any suggestions on if he does continue this what i should do!?!?
