Help!! No more sleeping through the night and nap weaning !!!

[jadebutterfly]

Hi, I would just like to see how this sounds and any helpful advice is apreciated.

Me and dd co sleep and i always put her to sleep on the boob or 97% of times. Is that a bad habit, no right ?? anyway,

It all started pretty good, at around 1 month i started getting pretty good sleep through the night waking just 1 time in the middle of the night, so i would put her to sleep on the breast, and she would sleep for 5 to 6 hrs till next time.

But as she has grown she wants 2 or 3 middle of the night feeds, and lately she has like a little timer to wake up.

She hits it at 8 ish, next at 12, next at 3, next at 7 and another when we wake up at 8:30  dang girl.

And she used to nap twice, 2 good ones, but now, when im puting her to nap (on boob) I can see her face is about to sleep in a sec, and eyes are rolling into sleep, she manages to fight it and resist.

Now, she'll have these very random naps, I never know what to expect and it takes me around 45min to an 1hr every time  to finally put her to sleep.  i wonder why she doesnt want to sleep while shes so tired, and believe me its not overtired, I ve tried many ways. 

Its not me that wants her to nap so bad, it me wanting her to sleep, because she looks like she needs it. But at least  shes in a good mood.

What should i do ??       or should i just accept and give on demand ?

THanks

peacefull,  1st time mom.

[To-Fu]

It all sounds pretty normal to me.  Babies take quite a while before they can go all night without milk (think about how tiny their bellies are!).  I know it's tough, but it's completely normal--and in fact, I've known babies (mine, included) that have needed to nurse way more often than you describe.  Every nursing pair is different.

Naps will even out as your baby gets older.  The first months can be pretty chaotic, but I just let mine sleep and eat whenever they were tired. 

Hang in there!

[newmamalizzy]

I agree that you sound like you're doing just fine.  I don't see nursing to sleep as a problem at all.  I think the problems you're experiencing are quite normal.  I remember DD starting waking up more to eat at 3-ish months old (after almost sleeping through the night before that).  I got the impression that she was growing so much that she could no longer take in enough calories during the day.  She also starting having a lot of trouble with overstimulation at around the same time, and it took us a while to figure out how to get her calm enough to nap.  The trick was quiet, consistency, and very short awake times (it was 1.5 - 2 hours max for a while).  I think after a while she just got more used to the "normal" stimuli that were so overwhelming at 3 months.