wild at heart
21-04-2009, 09:33
Hey,
we are staying with my parents for 6 weeks as my hubby is doing some training for his work.
The problem is that 5.5mth old ds is sleeping in my room in a portacot and is now waking all the time.
He is on solids and eating a lot so hunger is not an issue imo.
But is suspect that he is habitually waking cos he knows I am in the same room.
As ds1 is in room nearby and in a strange place he is a little more wakeful than usual, so I can't let ds2 grizzle for long without the fear that his older brother will wake up.
I know many will just say to feed him, but one day last week he fed 4 times in 7 hours and I was a wreck. He has gone from sleeping a 6-7 hour stretch at night to having very short stretches of sleep at night.
Please send me your tips for settling without too much crying and very little feeding!
we are staying with my parents for 6 weeks as my hubby is doing some training for his work.
The problem is that 5.5mth old ds is sleeping in my room in a portacot and is now waking all the time.
He is on solids and eating a lot so hunger is not an issue imo.
But is suspect that he is habitually waking cos he knows I am in the same room.
As ds1 is in room nearby and in a strange place he is a little more wakeful than usual, so I can't let ds2 grizzle for long without the fear that his older brother will wake up.
I know many will just say to feed him, but one day last week he fed 4 times in 7 hours and I was a wreck. He has gone from sleeping a 6-7 hour stretch at night to having very short stretches of sleep at night.
Please send me your tips for settling without too much crying and very little feeding!