Hi, I am new to the site and was not sure where, I should post my questions, they seem to overlap with breastfeeding and sleeping issues. I have a 9 1/2 month old who falls into the spirited type. He is on the go from the moment he wakes up. We have EBF (Breastfeed only, no bottels) I breastfeed to sleep usually, and put him down to sleep in his crib. The problem is that he wakes every few hours, right now the longest sleep time is about 4 at night but mostly it is around 2-3 1/2 between wakings. We have gotten in the habit of sleeping on the couch, with me holding him. We are slowly working on that one, and was wondering if I start the PU/PD, can I still BF at night or should I cut that out also. I don't mind one or even two feedings at night it is the rest of the waking up. I should mention that he is usually sitting up in his bed crying when I go in there. Some times we can stick the passe back in his mouth and lay him back down, but sometimes he needs to be picked up. He ALMOST always crys/sits up around 5:30ish in the morning and if I just lay him back down, he cries more. If I lay on the couch he will sleep for an hour to an hour and half more. When he starts to wake up he does about 5 min of fussing rolling around, arching the back bottom in the air (all while he is being held/laying on my chest). Then he wakes and starts talking about 10 sec later and ready to go. I guess I am going to have to do the lay back down in the crib part more and see with the feedings.
I also was wondering where to best post and how to navigate the site. There seems to be so much info and I seem to get overwhelmed lost on the site. I was not sure if he falls in the toddler or which area. Thanks for the advice and direction
I also should say that we have(this week) started to nap at a more regular time and that seems to be working out better. He does not have a "set" schedule but he is going down for a nap/bedtime about 3-3 1/2 hours after waking. We are taking cues from him. We will see the eye rub/ear pull and go in to his room read one or two books, BF and hopefully he falls asleep and then put down in the crib.
As I am typing this I see MANY problems that we have created and need to work on...
