Hi! I'm pretty new around here so perhaps this kind of thing has been discussed before but if anyone has any pointers for me, I'd be much appreciative!
This is our first baby and we made the decision to co-sleep. Usually, he starts out on the floor (we've a floor bed) on his own little bed and he USED to sleep five, maybe six hours before waking. Then we went and moved countries (crossing at least three time zones in the meanwhile) and now, its been four weeks and I still cannot get him back to that long first stint. I'd be happy with even four hours but now I can barely get two out of him.
At first, I think he had a few night terrors because he was often crying in his sleep but now I'm 99% sure he's over that and its just a habit of frequent half waking he's got himself into where he just wants to nurse. I know he's over jet lag and he knows nighttime is for sleeping but he just wants to suck on the boob all.night.long. He refuses the pacifier and gets VERY mad when I try and replace the boob with it but I'm so sore!!! Last nights effort resulted in both of us crying ourselves back to sleep after I don't know how long. He's now five months old. I don't want to result to a cry it out method at all. We've plans to get Dad more involved with putting him down to sleep at night but how do I get him to sleep for longer stints to begin with before putting him in bed with us?
Thoughts anyone?
This is our first baby and we made the decision to co-sleep. Usually, he starts out on the floor (we've a floor bed) on his own little bed and he USED to sleep five, maybe six hours before waking. Then we went and moved countries (crossing at least three time zones in the meanwhile) and now, its been four weeks and I still cannot get him back to that long first stint. I'd be happy with even four hours but now I can barely get two out of him.
At first, I think he had a few night terrors because he was often crying in his sleep but now I'm 99% sure he's over that and its just a habit of frequent half waking he's got himself into where he just wants to nurse. I know he's over jet lag and he knows nighttime is for sleeping but he just wants to suck on the boob all.night.long. He refuses the pacifier and gets VERY mad when I try and replace the boob with it but I'm so sore!!! Last nights effort resulted in both of us crying ourselves back to sleep after I don't know how long. He's now five months old. I don't want to result to a cry it out method at all. We've plans to get Dad more involved with putting him down to sleep at night but how do I get him to sleep for longer stints to begin with before putting him in bed with us?Thoughts anyone?
