Sleeping issues with my five month old

[Brideyandbaby]

Hi All,

Well, sleeping was going ok until a few weeks ago. My five month old son was having a bath, and then a feed (falling asleep on the breast) and then sleeping in his cot from about 6:30pm through until 2:30am, which worked ok for me. Then he picked up a flu, and ever since then he has been waking every two hours for a feed. He falls back to sleep straight away, but I am not sleeping so great. I also want to encourage him to go to sleep on his own and not on my boob. I tried to put him down in his cot after a feed instead of letting him fall asleep during his feed and he cried and cried and cried. It took him so long to settle.

Any ideas guys

Mum (22) and Dad (27)
Kobi (5 months)

[Desertress]

I have been having the same problem with my 10 mth old for the last 2mths i think. He used to be a good sleeper... would go to sleep around 7 and would sleep right through. But then he started teething and picked up the flu and has been waking 4 times a night since. He normally just has a feed and then goes straight back to sleep.

I dont really have any advice for you as i am still trying to work it out for myself but i just wanted to let you know that your not alone.:hugs:

[pinkprincess_84]

I had a smilar problem with my bubs of 4mths, However i was bottle feeding. I would put her into her cot then give her, her feed in there so if she feel asleep i didn't have to move her. Maybe you could express some milk and try settling your bub this way.

Tina 22, Daniel, 23
Maddy, 4 mths

[happy_neu]

Not the bottle settling!! we did that n it seemed to work fine for a week.... til she started waking every 2 hrs during the night n would only settle on the bottle after waking!!! (so poor mum n dad only had a few naps all night... for about a week) I know the cry method gets a bad wrap but were up to night 3 n she only fussed for 10min b4 settling, finegrsX she will only wake once tonight n resettle herself again (as she did last night).