No sleep!

Not sure why I’m posting, just so I know I’m not alone I guess. Baby is almost 5 months old and just doesn’t sleep at night. He’s up every 2 hours to feed which of course means around an hours sleep each time for me 😴 been this way since he was born. Is anyone else in the same boat/is there some light coming?
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What is his set up? Are you BF or bottle? What are his naps during the day like? My LO is 5 months and sleeps from 6:30pm to 5am with one feed at 11pm. Every baby is different but there might be something you can do to help him x

He’s bottle fed (issues when he was born) naps fine during the day, usually 2 to 3, 1 hour naps. My 1st slept through from 2 months so I was not prepared for this 😥

Sounds like naps are fine and no issues with the feeds. He must be getting enough milk from the bottle. Have you tried a baby massage? It can be beneficial to make it part of an evening routine and it usually helps them sleep better. Not suggesting it would magically solve the problem but worth giving it a go. I went to a class led by a doula. It was amazing.

How much is he drinking during the day? I tried to aim for 1000ml so he wasn’t hungry during the night. Are you feeding him straight away when he wakes or giving him a chance to go back to sleep? x

My LO was like this! I completely sympathise. It didn't improve for a while so try and ask for help so you can tag team sometimes to get some sleep. With me it got so bad I paid for 1 night in a hotel and went and slept just to get a break. Do what you need to do to look after yourself if you can. But also take pressure off some house stuff and rest as often as possible. It will get better in time (they are all different). Mine was worst case scenario so I won't say too much more but I get it and I hope it gets better soon xxx

It's so shocking to have a non sleeper and nothing works. I had to reframe it too, this is his thing everything else is great he just has FOMO and sleep is for losers vibes and I had to adjust my expectations because otherwise I'd have gone made additionally to not sleeping. Xxx when I changed my mindset- it's the one thing that really helped (the helpful suggestions that didn't work, I just had to block out and accept it was going to be like this for a bit).

@Katherine he drinks so much! Even tried baby rice at lunch but he’s not interested

@Kelly-Lou haha thanks hopefully not too much longer, makes me super emotional and grumpy! Doesn’t help that dad works nights and 0 help during the day 😥

Bless you lovely

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