Anyone else baby still waking up in the night to breastfeed?

My baby girl is 13 months now and she has NEVER slept through the night, she’s such a light sleeper and wakes up several times in the night and she ends up co sleeping/breastfeeding on and off all night. I feel so exhausted, does anyone else just feel tired constantly? I have a 3 year old son as well and I rarely get a break from them. I suffer with health anxiety so I’m always worrying my constant tiredness/achiness is caused by something else
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My 13 month old girl is exactly the same, cosleeping is the only way I actually get some sleep but she is basically latched to me all night… especially if she’s sick or sore from teething.. 😭😭 I wish I had some advice- just know you aren’t alone. From one exhausted mum to another. We will survive this 🫶🏻

Mine is just so varied! Some nights she’ll sleep through others she’s up once, twice and recently a couple of 3 wake ups! I can cope with a wake up before we go to bed or one at some other point but if I don’t get a 4h stretch I simply cannot function. Breastfeeding is the most amazing but the toughest on the mum! I don’t regret it but boy has it affected me way more than I ever expected

My daughter is exactly the same! She gets up every 1/2 hours every single night for breast

Hey, my 13 months girl is exactly the same! I feel like I had more deeper sleep when she was around 3 months than NOW! I open my eyes maybe 8 to 10 time per night

My daughter is same , wakes up at least two times per night .. don’t feel lonely

My 13 month old boy is exactly the same, it’s so tough! Sorry I don’t have any good advice , but some solidarity🥰 I also have a 3 year old … it’s a lot isn’t it! I try to tell myself it’s just a phase … I’m just not sure how long that phase is🤪

Co sleeping from day 1 and still feeds what feels like all night 🙈🤣 x

Yup, minimum x3 a night 😅 I’m convinced though that after weaning off nursing completely LO will sleep through!

I'm struggling with this too! It feels like LO is waking up to feed SO MUCH more than when he was a few months old. I've considered weaning but don't know if that will help as nothing else seems to settle him at this point 😔

@Tay I swear my girl does too! I’m honestly going to start tracking it because I feel like I’m going insane, I can’t remember the last time I closed my eyes at night and then woke up in the morning! Are you exhausted?

@Lousdi yeah that’s how I would describe it, I feel like I open my eyes and basically hand her my boob for her to latch like 8 times in the night 🤦🏻‍♀️

@Stephie do they constantly wake up to latch?

Same here 😴😴

@Natalie yes! He will take a bit of milk, then just use me as a dummy, as soon as I try to move him off, he starts sucking again. 100% comfort but no idea how to stop unless I just refuse but how many nights will he scream for 🙈

I could have written this myself! I also have a 3 year old son and have health anxiety. I haven’t slept properly since my first pregnancy and have been suffering with chronic fatigue and other health issues since my first was born. I rarely get a break from them, however I have literally just started back at work part time so my baby will be at the childminders 2 days a week (my eldest goes 4 days a week, and I’m working Saturdays so my husband will have them then). So although I will get a break from the kids I’m now exhausted from work. I mainly co sleep with my baby as he won’t sleep for long in his own room. I do sleep but it’s so interrupted and I have to sleep in awkward positions. I never thought my eldest would sleep through the night but he did, so I know it will get easier at some point, it’s just so hard to see through everything at the moment x

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@Natalie Exhausted isn’t even the word lol! I say I’m gonna track it because it is so often but when I wake each time I’m so tired I just give it to her. I’m guessing it’s habit because she never drinks for longer than 5 minutes when she wakes up and also doesn’t take a dummy

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