I don't know if this is the right place to put this because we're not co-sleeping full-time. We do sometimes, but...not "really" like others do.
My 5.5 month old son slept great from birth to 3.5 months. He slept part of the night in his bassinet next to me, and part of the night in bed with me. Some nights only in bed with me. But he'd sleep a good 5 hour stretch most nights, then wake every 2 - 3 hours. Starting at 3.5 months he was waking every 2 - 3 hours all night. Now, for the last few weeks, he'll sleep one 2 - 3 hour stretch at the beginning of the night, then he'll wake every 15 - 30 minutes the rest of the night. I'm exhausted.
I have tried EVERYTHING to get him to sleep. I've let him sleep more with me. I've tried putting him in his own room. We've left TVs and radios on for white noise (since he seemed to wake not long after we turned the TV off at night in our room). I've broken him of the pacifier habit. I've broken him of HAVING to nurse to sleep (he'll let me pick him up and just pat his back, and sometimes even just pat his back while he lies in his bed). I've gotten him to take consistent naps during the day, 2 naps for 90 min. each (and they say nap time sleep influences night time sleep). I hold him all day long in case he's missing me. I let Daddy hold him during the day or in the early morning. I wear him. I nurse him on demand (he's had no solids yet, though he keeps trying to grab my food). I've tried everything except letting him cry, which I won't do. (We've read Pantley's "No Cry Sleep Solution.")
What do I do? Buy a co-sleeper and just keep him next to my bed, so if he does wake it doesn't matter? Ideally I want him close to me but NOT in my arms all night long. My husband wants to work to transition him to his own room but I'm not quite ready yet. But, we will be doing that within the next month or two.
Please help. I have a toddler, too, and I can't function on no sleep and be a good mommy to both of them.
My 5.5 month old son slept great from birth to 3.5 months. He slept part of the night in his bassinet next to me, and part of the night in bed with me. Some nights only in bed with me. But he'd sleep a good 5 hour stretch most nights, then wake every 2 - 3 hours. Starting at 3.5 months he was waking every 2 - 3 hours all night. Now, for the last few weeks, he'll sleep one 2 - 3 hour stretch at the beginning of the night, then he'll wake every 15 - 30 minutes the rest of the night. I'm exhausted.
I have tried EVERYTHING to get him to sleep. I've let him sleep more with me. I've tried putting him in his own room. We've left TVs and radios on for white noise (since he seemed to wake not long after we turned the TV off at night in our room). I've broken him of the pacifier habit. I've broken him of HAVING to nurse to sleep (he'll let me pick him up and just pat his back, and sometimes even just pat his back while he lies in his bed). I've gotten him to take consistent naps during the day, 2 naps for 90 min. each (and they say nap time sleep influences night time sleep). I hold him all day long in case he's missing me. I let Daddy hold him during the day or in the early morning. I wear him. I nurse him on demand (he's had no solids yet, though he keeps trying to grab my food). I've tried everything except letting him cry, which I won't do. (We've read Pantley's "No Cry Sleep Solution.")
What do I do? Buy a co-sleeper and just keep him next to my bed, so if he does wake it doesn't matter? Ideally I want him close to me but NOT in my arms all night long. My husband wants to work to transition him to his own room but I'm not quite ready yet. But, we will be doing that within the next month or two.
Please help. I have a toddler, too, and I can't function on no sleep and be a good mommy to both of them.
